Happy Thanksgiving from All Care! Day 4 of the shopping guide is here just in time for your Black Friday Shopping tomorrow and this one is for your school aged loved ones! A lot of these great toys will provide fun for the whole family!
Perfection
This game is a challenge for adults and kids! These complex geometric shapes need to be matched with the appropriate hole before the whole tray pops up. What a great activity for visual motor skills! You can also make the game easier by removing the time constraints.
Best for Ages: 5-9 years
Skills Addressed
Visual Motor Skills
Visual Discrimination
Fine Motor Skills
Pincher Grasp
Where to buy it: Find it here, on Amazon
Louie Lobster Claw Catch
Louie Lobster is such a fun water toy! Just squeeze the handle and the claws clamp shut to catch small objects. The toy comes with a ton of great game ideas, and it great for developing scissor skills and hand strength
Best for Ages: 5-10 years
Skills Addressed:
Hand Strength
Scissor Skills
Hand Eye Coordination
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board
What a fun way to develop writing skills. There are hours of drawing fun ahead when your child greats to create beautiful, glow in the dark art!
Best for Ages: 6+
Skills Addressed:
Fine Motor Skills
Pencil Grasp
Handwriting
Visual Motor Skills
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Find It
This game is AMAZING for visual scanning skills, and keeping parent’s sanity in the car! Kiddos exercise their visual perceptual skills as they spin, twist and shake the Find It game to locate one of 40+ objects hidden within, and they come in so many great themes!
Best for ages: 8 years and up
Skills addressed
Visual Perceptual Skills
Visual Scanning
Visual Discrimination
Identification
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Dueling Stomp Rocket
This is a great toy to encourage balance and weight shift as the child has to lift one leg to launch the rocket. Rockets are foam and soft as to not hurt anyone. Safe and fun! What more could you want?
Best for Ages: 8 years +
Skills Addressed:
Balance
Leg Strength
Weight Shifting
Where to buy: Find it here, on Fat Brain Toys
Upside Down Yoga Spinner Board Game
Yoga is such a great activity for kids, and this game helps to make it fun! Spin the spinner and answer one simple question or try to hold a certain pose for ten seconds. These activities can help improve kids’ posture, balance, coordination, strength, and self-regulation, and so much more!
Best for Ages: 6y-15y
Skills addressed:
Balance
Core Strength
Focus
Coordination
Gross Motor Skills
Range of Motion
Body Awareness
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Gonge River Stones
Remember making stones out of mom’s couch cushions when you were younger? Now your kids can have the same fun, and you can save your cushions! These cool gross motor props are a fun way to get kids moving, balancing, and having fun! Create an obstacle course and hours of fun!
Best for Ages: 36 month - 15 years
Skills Addressed:
Balance
Following Directions
Turn Taking
Visual Perceptual
Motor Planning
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Scooter Board
From children to teenagers; no one can resist a good race..you can get creative with these scooter boards and have your children race on another on their belly or in sitting position. This will encourage bilateral coordination, hamstring strengthening, strengthening of the ankles, and when laying on your belly, it will strengthen your arm and back muscles.
Best for Ages: 3 years +
Skills Addressed:
Bilateral Coordination
Balance
Leg Strength
Arm Strength
Back Strength
Following Directions
Turn Taking
Motor Planning
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Spooner Boards
Kids will love this fun and challenging toy! You can balance on your feet and rock side to side, lie on your stomach and spin like crazy, or if you live up north, use it as a sled!
Best for Ages: 36 months - 15 years
Skills Addressed:
Balance
Coordination
Gross Motor skills
Weight Shifting
Where To Buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Automoblox
Your child can challenge their fine motor skills and imaginations by changing out the wheels, rims, and all other parts of the car to make their own designs!
Best for Ages: 36 months - 10 years
Skills Addressed:
Fine Motor Skills
Creative Play
Problem Solving Skills
Hand Strength
Manual Dexterity Skills
Where to buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Jump Start Trampline
This toy is great for increasing leg strength and coordination, and provides great vestibular input. Its also a great way for your kiddos to work off extra energy!
Best for Ages: 3 years +
Skills Addressed:
Leg Strength
Gross Motor Skills
Motor Coordination
Vestibular Input
Proprioceptive Input
Where to buy: Find it here, on Fat Brain Toys
See-Me Connecting 6 Foot Tunnel
What a fun toy for creating an obstacle course! It also folds up easily for easy clean up. This toy helps to promote bilateral coordination, proprioceptive input, and leg and arm strength.
Best for Ages: 3 years +
Skills Addressed
Bilateral Coordination
Proprioceptive Input
Strengthening of Arms and Legs
Where to buy: Find it here, on Pacific Play Tents
Stick-Lets
This is a great toy for engaging the imagination. These reuseable, weather-resistant, safe, silicone joints allow kids to use found objects like sticks to create anything their mind will allow!
Best for Ages: 5+
Skills Addressed:
Fine Motor Skills
Hand Strength
Creative Play
Problem Solving
Where to buy: Find it here, on Stick-Lets.com
Learning Advantage Hammer and Nails
We love this game because it provides the opportunity to develop so many great skills! Let your child make a masterpiece!
Best for Ages: 4+
Skills Addressed:
Hand Strength
Following Directions
Visual Discrimination
Visual Perceptual
Fine Motor Skills
Hand-eye Coordination
Manual Dexterity
Where to Buy: Find it here, on Amazon
Be sure to check back tomorrow for a lot of toys geared around family fun! You can also check out our recommendations for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Tomorrow is your last day to enter our Gift Card Contest, so be sure to share with your friends and family!