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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.

Drill and Design
$42.95
P3519
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
A powerfully fun and meaningful activity for a wide range of children. Use the “power” drill or screwdriver to screw bolts into the 100-hole activity board. Set comes with 120 plastic bolts in 5 colors, 3 interchangeable drill/screwdriver bits, 2-sided wrench and 10 picture/pattern cards. Follow the cards or create original patterns. Watch hand and planning skills develop as this well designed tool provides years of fun and purposeful activity.

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Large Headed Snappers
So vibrant and authentic looking kids cannot help but interact with these jaw snapping wild animals. The 12 inch long handle and trigger mechanism are constructed of heavy duty plastic, more durable than most. Larger mouth opening and heavier weight facilitates two handed use when picking up items. Buy 2, even wild animals need friends.

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Dino Headed Snapper $3.50 P9879 Quantity   
Tiger-Shark Headed Snapper $3.94 P9878 Quantity   
Wolf Headed Snapper $3.50 P9892 Quantity   
Animal Snatcher
12" reacher. Easy one-handed trigger operation. Fun to "eat" marbles, cotton balls, etc., but don't let him "eat" you! A great crossing midline activity. Assorted styles.

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Alligator Snatcher $2.50 P4801 Quantity   
Dolphin Animal Snatcher $2.50 P4810 Quantity   
Critter balls
$2.95
P3905
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
A spiny ball with a cute little face and long tail! Great used with our toolkit for developing hand skills or as classroom manipulatives. See how many you can hold in one hand or will fit into cupped hands. Assorted colors; 6 critters per set.

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Peel and Stick
At last, you get all the great benefits of a craft project but without the mess, prep time or uncertainty regarding outcome. Success is virtually guaranteed as kids peel and stick the colorful foam tiles on to the numbered picture boards. Includes 4 projects and enough sheets of colored foam squares for 4 players at the same time. A fun, motivating, take anywhere activity to help improve hand skills, concentration, visual perception and decision making confidence.

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Peel and Stick Wings $9.95 P2592 Quantity   
Peel and Stick Trains $9.95 P2593 Quantity   
Stacking Caps (Temporarily Discontinued)
$18.95
P2193
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
The sheer abundance of color and material you get with this product makes it irresistible! The approximately 1” x ½” plastic caps come in 10 attractive colors and they stack. A terrific way to work on the arches of the hand and finger mobility, mid range control of fingers and arm, grading of movement, as well as design copy and direction following skills.

Try holding 5, 10 or more in a stack in your hand. Then place them down one at a time on the table. Pick them up again duplicating the order of a different stack or as verbally instructed. Increase level of arousal and speed of response by having 2 or more players race to complete a set tower design. Enough pieces for large groups or to share with another therapist/teacher.

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Screw Block
$14.95
P3787
Who would think that from a simple block of wood such a great therapy/developmental tool would come! Screw and unscrew the large chunky wooden bolts into the horizontal wood block. But if you really want to challenge shoulder, arm and hand skills, place block vertically. Use screwdriver or hands, it’s a great workout either way!

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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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Multi-Cube Pegboard
$22.95
V6263
An exciting complimentary piece to the multi-cubes. Molded in strong translucent plastic, this 8” square board has 100, 3/4” pegs standing on it. Cover all 100 pegs with multi-cubes or make patterns or towers. Placement and removal of the cubes from the pegs facilitates more distal, fingertip grasping and arching of the hand.

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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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Wooden Stringing Block Sets
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Each set includes 12 chunky wood beads and a cotton lace with long, round tipped wooden needle and permanently attached end bead. Built for success, these first stringing beads are attractively decorated on both sides and each can stand on edge, making them perfect for pretend play as well as lacing. Two styles available.

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String & Beep $14.95 E5320 Quantity   
String a Farm $14.95 E5325 Quantity   
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Large Peg & Picture
$39.95
P5616
Beautifully crafted 10 inch square solid wood boards with 81 holes. Comes with 88 chunky, easy to grasp pegs in 4 colors and 4 full sized patterns. Perfect for preschool through early elementary students, working on visual perception, fine motor skills, patterning and endurance for task completion.

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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
$19.95
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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