Sensory Toys
The Power of Play
Come for the toys, stay for the systems. Toys are not medicines, play is not a cure.
There is power in play that psychiatrists use to reveal and OTs to stretch, but here, play is a spinning wheel, the child is clay and you are a potter, probably a beginner, a slip away from mud.
You can make a pot if you like, there are many pots, the child remains clay.
Maintain the spin, feel the shapes, forget the pot, play is dancing with risk, you love it and will get better.
Categories within Sensory Toys
Monkey Weather Chart - Story Telling Sensory Toy
5 out of 5 stars
3 reviews
£36.00 excl. vat
£43.20
Great Lumps (Large) - Comforting Sensory Toy
4 out of 5 stars
1 reviews
£20.00 excl. vat
£24.00
Tactile Play Bag - 20 Soft Squares - Tactile Development
5 out of 5 stars
3 reviews
£19.45 excl. vat
£23.34
Calming
Sensory input at a lower amplitude than the room is supplying. For bodies overwhelmed by the ordinary world: noise, light, demands. Often used for autism and anxiety.
Alerting
Sensory input at a higher amplitude than the body is currently receiving. For bodies that are under-fed and have started to drift, fidget, or shut down. Often used for ADHD and sensory processing differences.
Fidget
Small, repetitive, hand-scale toys that give the body something to do while the mind does something else. Useful for focus, for managing anxiety, and for hands that need work.
Tactile
Toys that meet the skin with texture, temperature, pressure, or resistance. The hand's vocabulary. For bodies that need touch to know where they are.
Oral
Toys for the mouth. Oral sensory input can help people manage their overall sensory input.
Visual distraction
Moving light, slow change, things to watch. Sensory regulation through the visual system.
Auditory
Auditory processing is involuntary, so control of Auditory Toys that make interesting sounds is empowering.
Cause and effect
Toys that respond predictably to action help the mind with prediction and the body its power.
Maintain the spin.