TOOLS FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS.
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
Specially designed products, links, questions and answers for educators to support their students and help them learn.
HELP YOUR CHILD REACH THEIR GOALS with
Hand Picked Therapy Toys & Equipment.
Wiggle Kids provides Therapy Toys and Equipment products that have been Hand-Picked by our very own Paediatric Occupational Therapist. These products are designed to help your clients reach their goals and are inspected and tested to ensure they meet our three primary objectives – Fun, Function & Quality.
ROOM TO REGULATE
CUSTOMIZED SENSORY ROOMS
A sensory room can be a sensory-rich environment where your client can access tools and activities to help them regulate. When creating your sensory room, think of the 7 sensory systems and choose tools/equipment that target that sense. Sensory integration research shows that sensory input can help with regulation.
Below is a small example of some of the sensory products you can customize your client’s space with:
PROFESSIONALLY Approved
WIGGLE KIDS RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS
These Wiggle Kids Therapy Toy & Equipment Products are specially designed for educators in their classrooms and schools to help their students in areas such as improving pencil grasp, improving focus/attention and self-regulation, and setting up sensory rooms in their schools.
Our OT has chosen products from these categories to help you find toys and equipment that will easily incorporate into your classroom to help support your students. We also offer a customized sensory room kit to help your students get their Wiggles out!
ASK THE EXPERT
Aisling Nebor, OT
As a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and a Mom of two, I know the importance of Play and Fun. Simply put, when kids are having fun they learn. The tools we use are so important – and for kids the tools we use are TOYS! It is my passion to help children reach their potential, and I am so excited to use my experience as an OT, and as a Mom to hand-pick the best toys for you to continue the learning at home.
Have a Question? If you have an Occupational Therapy product related question, Ask Ash – and she will do her best to answer!
Question: My child holds the pencil in a funny way. How can I help them?
Handwriting Help >
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Question: How can I work on core strength with my child at home?
Core Strength Recommendations >
Submitted by a Parent
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Tips for the Holidays
The holidays can be a great time to create family memories, but sometimes can also be tough for kids with special needs. Here are some tips from our OT of how to help your child during the holiday season: Holidays bring a lot of change to a child’s routine, and this...
Winter Fun!
This Holiday season is a little different than other years with the restrictions that go along with a pandemic! We thought we’d share a few ideas of fun ways to celebrate the holidays while staying safe. Some of these are our family’s traditions with a little twist J...
Positioning at Home for Online Learning
With the world changing and the landscape of our children’s education changing, many kids are spending a lot more time looking at a computer and sitting at a desk. For many kids (and adults in fact!) this type of positioning can be really challenging! Here are a few...
MyWiggleKit
Have you seen our new Wigglekit? It is called “MyWigglekit” and was created as a solution for families, clinics, and schools who are looking for a personal kit for kids to help keep germs at bay. During the time of COVID, many clients have been asking for personalized...
Summer Fun!
The sun is finally shining and there are so many great ways to work on gross and fine motor skills when outdoors! Here are a few to fill these beautiful sunny days: Get your hands in the sand! If you are lucky enough to be near a beach/lake, make sure to bring your...
Learning To Use Scissors
How can I help my child learn to use scissors? Scissor skills can be very tricky for little hands! Why is this??? Because it is a skill that requires bilateral integration: the ability to use both sides of your body in a coordinated way. When cutting with scissors,...
Our OT’s Favourite Apps
With everyone walking a fine line of home-schooling, social distancing and everything else that has our stress levels to the max, we thought we'd share some of our favourite apps to help educate and relieve some of the guilt some folks feel about screen time. Doesn't...
Why do I need to use a visual schedule?
A Visual Schedule is a tool that can contain pictures or written words to help a child understand the plan for a period of time. This can help them prepare for upcoming activities, which can help with transitions. Adults use visual schedules all the time - often we...
Halloween – The Spookiest Time of the Year!
Halloween is an exciting time for many kids! However for some children with sensory processing challenges it can be difficult to participate in all of the activities. Here are some quick tips from our OT to keep in mind this halloween: Halloween is an...
Joint Attention – Why do we need it?
Joint attention or shared attention is the shared focus of two individuals on an object. It is achieved when one individual alerts another to an object by means of eye-gazing, pointing or other verbal or non-verbal indications. It is one of the...