Sensory

Animal Lap Bag, filled with stainless steel pellets, ensuring these are machine washable. Comes in a choice of designs of dog, cat or duck. Weight of 2 kg 

Wheat filled 2kg weighted animal lap bags, designed in either cat, dog or duck designs. Ears and leg pieces make easy fidget parts to the lap cushion.

Bilibo is a new award-winning toy which stimulates childrens' imaginations as they explore the many ways they can have fun with this simple and ingenious toy. The Bilibo can be used to sit in, on, under, climb on, be a turtle shell, a bucket, or a hat. A bit like watching the delight children get from playing with a cardboard box, with the added benefits to postural control, balance, and motor planning. Please email us directly if you would like a particular colour - available in red, blue, green, orange, pink, yellow.

The Bilibo is an exciting new product which is winning many awards. Children love to explore the Bilibo. They can sit in it, on it, and under it. It can be a hat, a turtle shell, a basket to carry things in, a rocking chair, and anything else they can imagine. A simple and versatile piece of equipment.

Boing light balls change colour with a squeeze of the hand. Covered in a rubber cover. They change from 3 light modes (constant colour, slow phase, fast phase) and range in colour sequences. Move to the next colour by squeezing the ball. These are on a lanyard for wearing around your neck.

Great for visually seeking children.

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. 

Bubber feels light and fluffy, it even floats on water. Great for sensory play. Never dries out and doesnt leave residue. Even floats on water!

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 heavy 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.

Songs, rhythms, and activities to support attention, learning, sensory modulation, and self-regulation in the child. With booklet.

The Disc o sit cushion provides children with the movement they need while staying seated! A round inflated rubber seating cushion which is great for promoting correct seated posture, and/or for providing sensory input during seating for sensory regulation.  Ideal for mat time as well as for desk work. May be used as a stepping stone in gross motor activities.  Adult disc diameter 39cm. Junior disc diameter 32cm.

Skillbuilders is an exclusive distributor of the HowdaHug seats in Australia. 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. 

The Kids Companion chewelry offers another form of safe chewing for children who may require oral regulation within their day. The chewable hearts come on an 18 " lanyard, in a range of colours. Please let us know if you require a boys or girls colour, by seperate email.

Other products to note are the Kids Companion in chewable circles and the Kids Companion Fidget clips.

Stainless steel lap bag is machine washable.

Stainless Steel Lap Bag, machine washable.

Ideal for children who have stronger auditory skills for learning versus visual skills. Unique and challenging game that encourages children to listen attentively and match different sounds to corresponding pictures. Helps develop listening, audiotry sequencing, concentration and visual discrimination.

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

Our Oral Motor Pack includes 6 fun, durable items which will help children with identified needs to regulate arousal levels and attention. They are also effective in developing lip closure, jaw stability and respiration for speech. 
Activities include:
Chewytubes, Microvoice changer, Pustefix Bubble straw, Curly Straw, Touchable bubbles, and Crocodile Eye Popper .
The pack also lots of information and activity suggestions for general oral-motor play, blowing and sucking (not pictured). You could use the pack specifically for children with oral-motor issues, or as part of a sensory diet (where it is often beneficial to include more oral motor activities).

The petite howdahug is the smaller version of the Howdahug seat for children aged 3 -5 years and upto 40lb weight. Fantastic seat for the movement seeking child, particularly at mat time. For further information see Howdahug seats

Skillbuilders is an exclsuive distributor of the HowdaHug seats in Australia.

This kit comes in a kit bag (no longer in the back pack as pictured) and includes a variety of items which will form an excellent start for any 'fidget bag' programme.  For many children with sensory processing issues the provision of sensory experiences is calming and organising.  Children can readily access and manipulate each item.  There is the whatzit, a 'stress ball', theratubing (which can be used to make bracelets, for leg kick-backs, etc), an E-Z Scrub Brush for self stimulation, a stress ball, a stretchy shark, and a cobweb ball.  Lots to explore. The pack also includes information and further activity ideas.

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.

Premium quality silicone putty for all your finger strengthening and exercise needs. This non toxic, unscented putty is extra clean and non-oily. Comes in 4 oz (113g) containers. Theraputty is a quality hand therapy product and is very durable.

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 stainless 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. These blankets are machine washable.

Available in weights 2.0kg, 2.5kg. In larger weights required eg: 3kg, 4kg, 5 kg or 6kg please request by email and a quote will be provided.

Heavy items postage additional fee $4.50 included in price.

Weighted blanket in Stainless Steel pockets. Machine Washable.

Weighted lap bags are a very practical way to provide children with calming deep pressure sensory input in the classroom environment. They can be used to help children maintain their concentration during mat time as well as at the desk for written work. These lap bags are filled with wheat or stainless steel and are made in cordoroy and have segregated sections to ensure even weight distribution. The staineless steel lap bags can be washed in the washing machine.Please send us an accompanying email when ordering to advise us of your colour choice - black, burgundy, royal blue, dark green, yellow, dark grey, or rust. Please advise if Qld customers would prefer their lap bags to be non-cordoroy.

Heavy weight postage fee $4.50 included in prices below.

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.