Toys are a vital component of many intervention programs. Like most children, they learn best when learning is wrapped up as fun! We have incorporated DISCOVERY TOYS products into our treatment strategies. Below we have categorized the toys that we have found that work well in our treament sessions.

PLACE & TRACE®        Item #1759

It's a puzzle, cookie cutter, dough mold, color-sorting toy, and a game! Three trays that each feature four different shapes, four stand-along dinosaurs, four animals and four vehicles that offer hours of imaginative play.

GIANT PEGBOARD™ Toy    Item #1562

Learning fun has taken on a whole new shape!  Stack, topple and toss the 25 colorful pegs. Sequence, sort, identify colors and shapes, count, and play pattern games – to build strong pre-reading and pre-math skills. Grid allows older children to visualize multiplication and graphing, or flip to a “geoboard” with raised pegs to create geometric designs.

TECNO®        Item #2073

Kids will spend countless happy hours figuring out how to put things together and take them apart with this simple yet sophisticated set. Compact, easy to carry and loaded with colorful pieces. Young minds and hands will learn how to handle wrenches, screwdrivers, washers and all the basic nuts and bolts as they create 2-D designs and advance to 3-D projects.

MOTOR WORKS  Item #2288

This mechanic-in-training set has its own working power tool and a shop full of parts to build three free-wheeling vehicles! A motorcycle, prop plane and racecar are sized right for small hands and feature moving parts.  Develops fine and gross motor skills, as well as thinking skills.

VISUAL MOTOR

HAMMER AWAY!      Item #1433

Watch your child get a bang out of learning with our "now you see it, now you don't" action toy. Builds eye-hand coordination and experience with cause-and-effect concepts. They happily hammer away - a safe release for that endless energy.

ART FORMS    Item #1281

Children make pictures and patterns with 6 different shapes in 4 colors. Playing with shapes and patterns helps very young children with pre-reading skills and even introduces early geometry concepts. The chunky pieces fit easily onto the board and stay put so young children can create designs without the pieces slipping out of place. There are also 12 actual size picture ideas to follow, enticing children to practice hand-eye coordination and spatial relationship skills as they create their ‘Art Forms’! Includes a 10 ½” x 15 ¼” plastic board, 24 plastic shapes and 6 pages with 12 picture ideas. Encourages imagination, visual, tactile and motor skills.

SCORE CENTER      Item #2296

Score one for coordination, balance and movement as youngsters shoot hoops, kick goals, and pitch balls into four different scoring zones! A variety of sport games are introduced with this convenient pop-open play structure.

PLAYFUL PATTERNS® Design Activity     Item #2930

 132 inviting pieces of slip-proof foam to work into patterns. 34 progressively challenging designs on cards, or kids can crate their own. Recognizing shapes & creative patterns is important for pre-math, pre-reading skills, and visual perceptual skills.

SENSORY MOTOR

RAINFALL RATTLE      Item #1152

Sight and sound rattle that responds to child's every touch with a gentle melody of beads and a rainfall of color.

HIDE INSIDE SURPRISE    Item #1195

Fill and dump soft box offers sights, sounds, patterns, colors, textures and activities for multi-sensory, imaginative play. Six soft animals have a different sound and texture. Sides feature "nests" for playing peekaboo or storytelling -Focus child's attention as animals disappear and reappear -Surprise "peekaboo" mirror -Portable 6" cube stores animals and other toys for on-the-go play.

TANGIBALL       Item #1340
You can squeeze it, squeak it, sniff it, roll it and kick it for gross motor development. So much sensory play with its nubby texture,color, and light vanilla scent.

SHINY TOUCHY SMELLY     Item #1263

Vibrant colors, multiple textures, and scents to sniff and identify! Full-color photography and illustrations; offers soft, rough or smooth textures to touch; features scratch n’ sniff. The “Colors” book focuses on primary colors and black & white. “First Words” covers categories like clothes, nature and animals.  Encourages sensory development as well as early language and reading skills.

PLAY SKILLS

FUN TUNES™ TRACTOR      Item #1069

 Put the farmer in the driver’s seat and an animal in the passenger seat. When you press the smokestack, the farmer will sing about that animal! Each of the three animals makes its own sound, and all the active play strengthens muscles and coordination.

TODDLER TALK Recording Phone   Item #1226

Record your voice or child's and let them hear it again and again! It's easy to re-record a six-second message for endless engagement. Press the buttons to hear phone sound effects ("Hello", Dialing, Ringing, and Busy Signal).

MEASURE UP!® Cups      Item #1971

Kids love to dump and fill, stack and swat…and this natural play introduces important concepts like size, sequence, volume and color. Later, they'll mold stamp and sort with these colorful cups that have animal shapes on each one. Uniquely designed cups are volumetrically correct, introducing and reinforcing math concepts. The contents of cups 3 and 4 really do fill cup 7! Scalloped edges aid scooping and sandbox play.

PLANE, TRAIN & AUTOMOBILE™    Item #1651

Flying, driving or chugging along, these friction-powered vehicles come to life with a moving smokestack, spoiler or wings. Children will use their imagination and develope fine and gross motor control as they push these mini vehicles along!