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Pinch/Grasp/Manipulation

The hand and finger positioning and movements needed to develop appropriate pinch, grasp, and manipulative skills are innately based within these toys.

Caution: Many items in this section are small and brightly colored. Supervision is needed for all young children and clients who may mouth items.

Multi-Cubes
$15.95
V6262
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Bag of 100, top quality 3/4” cubes in 10 bright colors. Cubes link on all sides for six way finger strengthening fun. A playful, manipulative to work on motor planning, 3 dimensional design copying, sequencing, patterns and spatial concepts.

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Bug Tongs
$1.00
P8514
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Cool new hand tool with the scissor like handles and clear plastic ball at the other end. Great for catching bugs, putty balls or any other small items.

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Plastic Tweezers
$1.50
P2622
At only 4 inches long, this “grabby, grippy” new hand tool is just perfect for little fingers. Specifically engineered to maintain alignment, the grooved plastic handle also provides tactile and visual cues for finger placement. Tip is pointed but not sharp and lined with non-slip teeth for holding items. Opens only 1/2 inch, so subtle and refined movement of the thumb and fingers are reinforced. Also great for working on midrange control of arms, midline crossing and range of motion. Try picking up small items including spiny balls, letter beads, colored rice, etc.

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Mini Eraser Collection
$3.50
P7643
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
You receive an assortment of 50 small adorable erasers in the shapes of flowers, stars, turtles and other friendly characters. Approximately 3/4” x 3/8” in size. They can be sorted by shape and placed flat on table or stood on edge for a greater fine motor challenge. Try picking them up or towering them using one of our tweezers or other tools to increase the hand and arm workout received.

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E-Z Reverse Tweezer
$2.95
P9964
It’s a tweezer but you squeeze-er to open, not close. Release the tension and tip automatically closes. Five inch stainless steel tweezer requires little physical strength to operate. Pickup small items, place pegs, use one in each hand to string small beads. Fun tool for small hands. Has a pointy though not sharp tip.

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Large E-Z Offset Tweezer
$2.95
P9965
These standard operating tweezers are 7 inch long stainless steel and require only a minimal amount of hand strength to squeeze closed. The pointy, not sharp, offset tip makes it easy to see the object you want to pick up. Quality construction allows for use as a precision tool capable of precise work. Pick-up paper clips, our new mini erasers, rice, etc. A great, highly durable addition to any “tool” collection.

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Resistive Reverse Offset Tweezer
$2.95
P9966
Same concept as above but longer in length and more resistive to squeeze open. It also has a bent or offset point giving a clearer view of the object to be picked up. Wood-like overlay provides clear indication of finger placement for best balanced operation. Great tool for building hand strength and endurance.

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Tweezer Set
$9.95
P9963
Get one of each of the four tweezers. 3 stainless steel, 1 plastic as described below. Sorry - no small objects to "pick up" included.

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Stringing Pegs & Pegboard Set
$19.95
E2596
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Classic peg and pegboard set that every child should have the opportunity to experience. 25 hole crepe rubber pegboard comes with 32, 2 1/2 inch long pegs with hole for stringing. Create your own designs or follow one of the 24 pattern cards. A great activity you will reach for again and again to improve fine motor skills, increase hand/arm strength, introduce geometric and spatial thinking, and build patterning and design copy skills.

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Baby Soda Bottles
$5.95
P6127
YOu get 3 large clear plastic test tubes with soda bottle caps to keep them tightly closed. Perfect for securely storing pegs, pennies, and other small manipulative. Great "put in" containers when using tweezers or tongs and as bottom is not flat but rounded, it must be held, facilitating bilateral hand use.

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Hex Peg
$24.95 $20.95 On Sale!
B0112
Exciting new twist on the classic geoboard game where rubber bands are stretched around posts to create shapes and designs. In this version, the large 6 sided board has 37 posts interspersed with 54 peg holes; additionally there are 54 pegs in 4 colors. Players take turns stretching bands across 4 posts making straight liines. Each line must be attached to a previously made line by at least one post. As lines are attached players attempt to form triangle shapes with one peg hole in the middle. the peg hole is then filled with one of their pegs. Person with the most pegs on the board is the winner. As an added bonus, Hex Peg also includes a set of design cards. Copy the placement of pegs and rubber bands to duplicate the pattern. A seriously valuable tool for working on bilateral and fine motor coordination, visual perception and visual planning.

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Make 'N' Break Challenge
$29.95
P1663
Similar in name to our other Make'N' Break products but Challenge takes the fine motor demands up a couple of notches! Players race head to head to be the first to build identical constructions using only the included tongs and not their fingers! Comes with 2 perfectly sized tongs for manipulating the colorful multi-shaped blocks and pattern cards.

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Stikeez
$3.95
P3324
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Stikeez here, Stikeez there, Stikeez everywhere! These adorable little guys are not even an inch tall but they sit atop a strong suction cup that sticks like crazy and releases with a reinforcing "pop!" when pulled. Perfect size for working on in hand manipulation, pinch, finger strength, and the ability to alter hand/arm positions smoothly. Try alternating the placement of Stikeez from table top to under table to table edge and watch the hands and fingers move! You get 5 to a set.
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Fruit Stand Avalanche
$20.95
P1967
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Using a jumbo tweezer, fruit must be picked from or placed into the angled fruit stand...but don't let the fruit spill! Angle of stand adjusts for a greater or lesser challenge and spinner can be used to determine number and color of fruit to be placed. Beautiful materials provide a great fine motor workout for the hands.

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Glitter Pom Poms
$2.95
P6247
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Soft, colorful, fluffy ½ inch pom poms with the glittery threads that keeps them from sticking together. Perfect for picking up with any of our tongs, tweezers or other hand tools. 80 to a pack so there are plenty for group activities. How fast can you pick up all the red ones and put them in a plastic bottle? Also great for craft activities.

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Chompers
These wildlife grabbers are so strikingly detailed and lifelike you are almost afraid to get too close! But take a chance...pull the trigger and watch as the mouth closes tight. kids love that feeling of control, as they make the dinosaur, or some other animal, pick up cotton balls and small objects for placement in a container. Highly motivating tools for working to improve hand strength and control, mid-line crossing, range of motion, arm and shoulder stability, visual attending, direction following and so much more. Assorted animals.

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Chompers - Large Animal $4.95 P9893 Quantity   
Chompers - Mini Animal $3.95 P9891 Quantity   
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Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game
$21.95
P3532
Fun game for 2-4 young children. Players take turns using the adorable Squirrel Squeezers to pick up and place the correct color acorn into the corresponding hole in their log. First to fill their log wins. Spinner tells you which color acorn to pick but it also has spaces marked, "pick an acorn," "steal an acorn," "lose an acorn," so there is some beginning strategy lessons to be learned. Motivating way to work on improving fine motor color, hand strength, matching and sorting, and decision making skills.

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Super Sorting Pie
$27.95
P2135
Provides a fun way to strengthen hand and arm skills while also reinforcing early concepts of sorting by attribute. (color, number, shape, and category). Set comes with large, durable, 8 3/4 inch diameter plastic pie shell, removable divider, 60 substantial fruit counters in 5 colors, 3 double sided sorting cards, 2 jumbo tweezers and Activity Guide. Top crust asks as bowl to hold counters while playing and as lid when it is time to clean-up.

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LaQ Building Sets - 3D or flat
LaQ building system consists of 7 very different very tiny, styles of building pieces. They come in a rainbow of bright colors and push together and bend apart with a pleasing and reassuring "snap"! Start by creating flat, 2 dimensional models using the Try60 set. After mastering those, move to simple 3 dimensional building with the Try85 and then onto the large minikit for multi-person building. All sets work together and come with instructions.for producing a variety of differnt models. Provides hours of creative and innovative fun for builders of all ages. Helps improve fine motor skills, wrist and finger strength and stability, motor planning bilateral coordination spatial organization concentration, logical thinking and more. This amazing little construction toy packs a big punch of good stuff!

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LAQ Try60 Plain: 60 pieces flat building $7.95 P4750 Quantity   
LaQ Try85Cubic $9.95 P4753 Quantity   
LaQ Mini kit-175 pieces all types of building $19.95 P4757 Quantity   
Spiny Balls
$3.95
P3901
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Brightly colored, soft spine balls. Fun to squeeze, throw, hide, grab. How many can you tuck into the palm of your hand? 12 balls in a set.

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Pip Squeaks - New!
$11.95
P3305
Pip Squeaks are adorable. 6 inch long animal shaped tongs. It all started with the "Sneaky Snacky Squirrel" and then his Bunny. Skunk and Froggy friends joined the fun. Very motivating for working on hand/finger skills, range of motion, crossing midline, etc. Great addition to any therapy bag, rice or water table or home program. 2 animals in a set.

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Squeeze Eggs - New!
$2.95
S1161
Simply squeeze the egg and watch the cute little character "pop" out. Release your squeeze and the little guy disappears back into his hideout. Great little tool for working on cause and effect, hand and finger strength, sustained grasp and they are loads of fun and very motivating.

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Magnetic Wand and Chips
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
You'll find 1000 uses for this strong magnet & small plastic colorful chips.Play: follow a path; chip pick up; move the chip but don't attach it". Also use for sorting, counting and in-hand manipulation tasks. 20 chips included. Additional 50 pack of chips available.

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Magnetic Chips and Wand $4.95 X2503 Quantity   
Magnetic Chips (50) only $2.00 X2502 Quantity   
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Mosaic Puzzle with Suction
$24.95
P8083
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Set comes with 490 half inch plastic squares and triangles that fit perfectly into the square holes of the grid. Create your own patterns and pictures or follow the ones provided. There are 6 full size pictures that fit under the grid allowing for simple one to one matching to complete the picture. The 24 pictures in the booklet are smaller and so must be copied by counting and spatially figuring out where to start and when to change colors. Handling and placement of the small, colorful pieces facilitates development of a refined pincher grasp. But for removal everyone loves using the special suction tool provided. Also try using one of our tweezers to help with placement and removal. A terrific product you will reach for again and again!

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Hi Tec Lite-up Art - Masterpiece Therapy Unit
$75.95 $55.95 On Sale!
P1236
Amazing technology lets you create vivid pictures and designs with light! All you do is stick the small, peg-like LED's into the design boards self healing mat and watch the colors explode! Or use with one of the included picture/pattern sheets for a more structured task. Work on fine motor skills, pinch and finger strengthening, visual perception and creativity with one of the coolest, most motivating and possibly addictive products available today! Comes in a soft protective carry case with tools to assist with the pushing in and taking out of the smallest LEDs along with patterns/designs for photocopying. Ages 8+ This unit is 8"x11". Comes with 200 LEDs in 8 colors. Includes AC adapter and patterns. Unit DO NOT OPERATE ON BATTERIES-(but we're working on it!).

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