Primary School

The new version of the Kutsawa scissors have superior quality and durability. Scissors can be used with spring opening assistance when children are learning to open and shut. As their scissor skills improve the self opening mechanism is reversed, and they can be used like normal scissors. Plastic covered blades make them safer.

Great fiddly toy or brain challenge! Bright coloured elastic strings that can be pulled and interchanged. All strings can be interchanged with each other without creating a knot. 

Weighted vests work by providing children with sensory processing difficulties with the deep pressure sensory input that they need to calm and organise themselves. This type of ongoing sensory input can make all the difference for some children. We recommend consulting with an Occupational Therapist to determine if this is an appropriate strategy for your child.

The vests are available in black, royal and navy blue, pink, and red. When ordering a vest please send us an accompanying email indicating your choice of colour and your child's weight. We make the weights up to 5% of your child's body weight. This is the recommended weight, however some children do better with more weight. In this case you can purchase an extra set of weights - see Calming Vest Weights Set.    All prices include extra weight postage fee.       

Calming Weights are needed to place in the pockets of the calming vest. The pockets are located inside the vest both at the front and the back. The amount of weight needed is determined by your child's weight. Our weighted vests include weights to 5% of your child's body weight contained in 4x double-sewn bags. The weights are steel pellet. Sometimes children do better with a little more, up to 10%. The extra weights simply go in the same pockets inside the vest and can be easily removed as needed. Please send us an accompanying email when ordering to let us know the weight you need.

A portable easel with whiteboard and blackboad. Vertical surface promotes great pencil position for early writing skills. Includes 12 colouring pencils, 8 oil pastels, 8 triangular markers, 2 pencils, 2 chalk sticks and whiteboard marker. Good quality art materials.

These textas provide a novel way for children to practice their fine motor control as they trace the first line with the overwriter to make it change colour.

These puppets enable development of finger isolation skills and tactile awareness. Particularly motivating for young boys.

 Encourage fun and creativity with serving food for your child. Ceramic plate with face features to allow children to seperate food groups and create a fun picture. 

Dome-shaped pods made from pliable moulded plastic. Pressure can be adjusted and the level of difficulty can also be adjusted by using the pods flat-side down or up. Children develop dynamic balance, body awareness, coordination and motor planning skills. $6.50 each.

A lovely way to encourage children to develop visual tracking skills! Try lying with your child in bed at night and shining the torchlight on the ceiling. Make letters or pictures for your child to guess. Add demands to your child's postural system by doing this activity in kneeling with the torchlight on the wall.

The HowdaHug seats have been around for a long time for adults, but are newly available to children. They're designed as a recreational/camping chair which rolls up easily for storage. However, they are a fantastic option for kids at mat time! Movement seekers can get that bit of vestibular input they need by rocking. Extra proprioception is provided by the way the seat 'hugs' the body. The HowdaHug is also a very practical way to provide postural support to the child with low muscle tone. The Howdahug seat is also available in a Petite version for children 3 - 5 years. (See Petite Howdahug)

The howdahugs are popular in schools particularly for children with SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder), Autism spectrum disorders and Attention Deficit Disorder. 

Charades introduction for younger children. Have fun looking at the pictures whilst acting out subjects such as: Lions, Dogs, Cats. Older children can also play and act out things like 'Eating your spaghetti, doing up shoelaces...' We currently have a different version in stock to the one pictured. It's the same game but packaged in a smaller, metal tin.

The 'Making Rainbows' CD provides 60 minutes of storytelling to capture a child's imagination and carry them off into a world of fantasy. Developed for children aged 7-11 years.

The Miracle Belt  is a product new to Australia. It provides children with calming deep pressure sensory input in the form of a weighted belt. Please follow the following link for more information www.miraclebelt.com. The adult version is named the Sensory Belt. It is exactly the same design, the only difference being the size. Miracle belts are adjustable to fit waist ranges as follows:

MB202 - 40 - 65cm

MB303 - 45 - 70cm

SB404 - 65 - 90cm

 Comfort and the natural contours of the hand inspired the design of this new pen. Made with special coating that feels like soft silk....finger tension melts away as the natural weight of ones hand holds the pen in place, no tight gripping required. Pen includes two black refills. Also comes in a pencil Pen Again Pencil. 

 The Pen Again Pencil is designed for small hands. This innovative new pencil has the same ergonomic design as the Pen Again. Comes with a 2mm lead that never needs re-sharpening. The wishbone shape design naturally promotes an efficient tripod grasp. Non refillable. Fun colours. 

 Put Saucey Sam on the end of the tomatoe sauce bottle and have fun with the sauce

Skillbuilders Fine motor Kit is designed to be used by students of preschool age or Year 1, requiring additional fine motor input. The kit can be used by 2-3 students, however, it can be modified to suit a small fine motor group of 4-5 children. The Skillbuilders Fine Motor Kit is designed by Occupational Therapists. It includes: Instructions and tips on activities to engage students in when using the kit, Pegboard and pegs, Theraputty and activity suggestions, Wikki Stix and instruction book, Link chain pieces, Wind up toys, Tricky Fingers, Magnetic wands and discs, Marble maze, Jumping frogs, Lace Copy cards with threads, and Balloon tongue animal. The kit is contained in a durable plastic container.

Skillbuilders Handwriting Kit is designed for the student commencing prewriting skills and learning letter formations. The activities included are fun and use 'different' ways to learn pencil control, establish correct movement patterns, and improve posture and pencil grip. The kit is designed for 2-3 students, however it can be modified to suit a small handwriting group of 4-5 children. Skillbuilders Handwriting Kit is designed by Occupational Therapists. It includes : 

• instructions and tips on activities to engage students in when using the kit,
• information on pencil grasps in children,
• perspex angled writing board,
• theraputty with activity suggestions,
• wikki stix and instruction book,
• plastic tray and shaving cream, 
• upper and lower case letter stencils,
• a range of lead pencils,
• a trial pack of pencil grips,
• a handiwriter,
• coloured lined paper pads to assist with letter sizing, and
• magnetic wand, discs and activity cards.

The Handwriting Kit is contained in a durable and practical box. The saving is over $50 on the value of all the products, with the added bonus of all the information and activity suggestions.

Speedy Fingers is an excellent game for the development of : organization skills and the ability to replicate patterns, spatial perception, matching abilities, fine motor skills and agility. The balls are inside a sealed ball-holder and cannot escape. Each player has a Speedy Fingers card. Shake the Speedy Fingers ball holder and place it in the middle. The goal - to arrange all the coloured disks on the players board e-x-a-c-t-l-y as they appear in the ball holder.

Creates 3 different shapes, square, circle and triangle, from small to big. Five colour pen tips. Requires 1 AA Battery.

This is the ultimate resource for station-based game sessions. Activities are organised according to skill areas and levels, with suggestions for grading activities up and down.

An at-a-glance game finder lists all the games with details relating to objectives, skills, quipment, safety considerations and modifications.

Stretch Eze is a unique individual nylon lycra stretch band which can be used for resistance and stretch exercises. Great for sensory feedback as well as muscle strength. Available in small (lower primary), medium (upper primary) and tall.

This little kit of 'goodies' is ideal for both clinic-based and school-based therapists, as well as for parents to use at home with their children. Everything you need in one handy pack. Great value with no fuss! The pack includes:

• Information on strengthening hands and fingers (including what NOT to do)
• Activity cards
• Theraputty (3oz. Container)
• Dura-Band (2m length)
• Pegs in 2 different grades
• Squiz ball 
• Modelling clay
• Geoboard and elastics

 These clever writing tools tactilely and visually cue children on how much space to leave between letters and words when writing. They also feature a 'tracking window' for reading that accentuates black print. The Blue finger spacers are designed from Preschool to Year 2. The green ones are for older children. 

The weighted blanket provides children with calming, deep pressure sensory input. Many parents have found this to be an effective strategy to help their child settle to sleep. The weight is provided through evenly distributed pockets of steel pellets, quilted into place. The quilts are available in a choice of 4 colours or you can send your child's current dooner cover. An extra weight freight charge is included in the pricing. 

A great fine motor fiddly toy. Made of brightly coloured wooden blocks with elastic threading. Make all sorts of wonderful designs

Wikki Stix are a patented combination of yarn and non toxic wax formula. Soft and pliable they are easy for young fingers to twist, bend, shape and position. Easy to create letters, numbers, people, in fact anything! They stick to each other and almost any surface and can be used over and over again. Unlimited fun for hours.

Sometimes referred to as Wikki Sticks.

Comes in a variety of packs as described below. The PrimaryPack includes 48 wikki stix in bold primary colours and black and white.

Create a tropical fish mobile! Oceans of Fun includes: 48 Wikki Stix, 4 colorful fish to decorate, 2 dowels, 2 large ocean scenes to complete, a matching activity, a maze and interesting information on fish.

Dinosaur Fun has tracks and footprints to create, a maze, and a dinosaur scene.

 These look like a book mark with a transparent strip and function like a highlighter. They help readers stay on track and focussed. They are excellent for children with perceptual challenges and over stimulation. They have a 6 in sentence strip at the top and a 1 in word strip below. They are black with a yellow highlight. 

There's a challenge to get the wurm through the apple which requires logic and problem solving skills. An additional bonus is this is an ideal fidget toy.