Kids learn best when they are playing!
Below are 10 favorite therapy tools, toys, and games that occupational therapists, teachers, and parents love using to help children and students develop their fine motor, sorting, counting, patterning, and finger grasping skills!
Many of the toys listed incorporate tongs as part of the games or play sets; simple and popular therapy tools for building pre-writing and pre-scissor skills. Most of the included items are very open-ended toys or tools that facilitate creativity, motor planning, and problem-solving skills. Fun and functional ways to keep children engaged as they build those all-important sensory and fine motor skills.
*Updated July 2025
- Sneaky Squirrel Tongs Game
- Noodle Takeout Sensory Motor Skills Game
- Fine Motor Fun Kit™
- Mini Muffins Fine Motor Activity Set
- Sticky Bitz Fidget Cubes
- Wikki Stix Rainbow Packs
- Tongs and Tools Sampler Kit™
- Click & Pop Threads
- Jungle Rescue Fine Motor Skills Game
- Sorting Pie Play Set
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