Special Needs and Occupational Therapy Using Educational Learning Toys
Toobeez are the perfect developmental toy for teaching special needs students perseverance, respect for others, communication, teamwork and cooperation, citizenship, responsibility, individuality, caring and trust.
For children in need of physical therapy, the Toobeez activities that focus on gross and fine motor skills will improve muscle tone and coordination. This helps with greater overall skill enhancement.
A Wide Range of Learning Toys in One Box
Children who are on the autism spectrum benefit from the focused activities that encourage working with others as well as from the fun solo play. If they enjoy mathematical activities, these building toys that resemble giant tinker toys, will promote creativity and confidence.
Occupational therapists love to use these educational toys that encourage concentration, responsibility, communication, and following directions, helping co-workers further instill trust in one another.
Special education teachers appreciate the Toobeez classroom toy that allows for addressing a wide range of special needs. These simple creative toys have amazingly complex applications. They can be used as preschool educational learning toys in a special needs early intervention program, classroom learning toys in integrated or special education learning environments, all the way up to occupational therapy for high functioning teenagers and even team building with adults.
Mike Parsons, a special education teacher, says his kids “ate it up!” Working with a mixed population of 12-17 year old teens who are severely emotionally challenged, with varied diagnoses, Parsons’ goal to make school here as positive and successful an experience that we possibly can. When he first introduced Toobeez to these students in his classroom, he met with instant success: split the kids into two groups. I stood a large mat on its side, so that they couldn’t see each other’s ideas. I simply asked them to build a house.’ They INSTANTLY kicked into cooperation mode. They were communicating, sharing ideas you could almost hear their minds working. I was flabbergasted!
Whether you work with children who have sensory integration disorders, speech problems, physical disabilities or other cognitive, physical, or emotional challenges, using Toobeez will motivate children to get active, interact, and communicate, while building their sense of genuine accomplishment and self-esteem.
An Educational Toy for Individualized Learning
Toobeez educational learning toys come with pamphlets for Occupational Therapy, Mathematics, Physical Education, and Language Arts Toobeez activities that allow you to differentiate education to play to the multiple intelligences of your students and craft lesson plans that meet each student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Toobeez are unique educational toys for children with unique needs.
The educational learning toys will help each of your children and students reach their full potential. Give your special needs students and occupational therapy patients an opportunity to surprise you. The possibilities for growth are endless with Toobeez.
About the Author
Candace Lindemann holds a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard. As former teacher and full time mom, she enjoys sharing new experiences with her baby and creating informational articles about educational toys.
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