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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.

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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 - Mini Animal $3.95 P9891 Quantity   
Chompers - Large Animal $4.95 P9893 Quantity   
Chompers - Set Matching Mommy and Baby $7.95 P9895 Quantity   
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Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game
$19.95
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!

Item Price Part No. Add Qty. to Cart
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   
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Animal Yahtzee
$12.95
P5631
Played like the classic Yahtzee game but dice have been up-dated with colorful animal pictures on each side rather than numbered dots. Comes with dice, score pad, and 4 pencils, all stored in small, adorable tin can with lid. Great addition to therapy bags and picnic baskets. Easy to learn for children and adults. Play helps develop matching and counting skills, sequencing and pattern recognition, problem solving and hand skills. Makes a wonderful family game night game for all generations.

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