Why Choose From Our Products Page?

At Carolina Therapy Connection, we have an open mind to drive innovation and believe the clinic should be an educational resource to provide our families with direct access to the latest products in pediatric habilitative and rehabilitative services. Everything you see on this page are direct recommendations from our knowledgable and experienced therapists and are items we use every day at our clinic! We believe in using toys, games and a variety of other therapeutic items that promote success for a child’s capacity to succeed and develop the skills necessary to improve learning and development. Looking for something specific you don’t see here? Call our clinic at (252) 341-9944 or speak with your child’s therapist, so that we can help your family find the right products for a better carryover of therapy at home.

Great for: language development, pretend play, alphabet, counting, colors, shapes, opposites and imitating animal sounds

Playskool Stack ‘n Spin Monkey Gears

Baby Soft Toy Blocks with Numbers, Shapes, Animals, Fruit and Textures

Great for kiddos who love to hear a noise or sound following action (i.e. ‘mooing’ following placement of cow puzzle piece)

Great alternative seating solution to any classroom seating, student desk chair or kids computer chair.
Ideal for kiddos with active, high energy and sensory seeking behaviors during seated tasks

Waxed Yarn Reusable Molding and Sculpting Sticks

These are most often used at our clinics for letter formation, shape formation, and motor planning skills!
This provides children who are in the pre-writing stages a sensory friendly way to practice letters, numbers, shapes and more!

Great to use for base of sensory bin

Kinetic Sand

Great to use for base of sensory bin

Deep Pressure Sensory Support – This compression vest for autism and sensory processing disorders creates a warm, supportive hug for kiddos who struggle with focus, stress, or anxiety.
Talk to your child’s occupational therapist to see if this product would be a good option for them!

These Wilbarger therapy brush sets can help calm and relax kids and adults struggling with touch or sensory processing challenges, which makes it an option for those with ADD, ADHD, or autism.
Speak with your child’s therapist to better understand instructions for using these brushes, evidence behind this treatment & if this may be a good option for your child!

Fidget Spinners with Pop-it Buttons sensory toy

Great for kiddos who have difficulty or aversion to brushing teeth and/or going to the dentist due to sensory sensitivities

Melissa & Doug Freestanding Wooden Fresh Mart Grocery Store

This wooden grocery store is designed to inspire kiddos to browse the shelves and pay for purchases on 1 side, while on the other side, the grocer rings up items
Promotes pretend play, life skills, counting, imaginative play and so much more!

Fine & Visual Motor Games, Toys & Products

Mr. Potato Head Set (This classic toy will always be great for body awareness, development of fine and visual motor skills, pretend play and so much more!)

Develops critical skills – Playing through the challenges builds reasoning and planning skills and provides a great stealth learning experience for young players
Great practice for visual motor & visual perceptual skills with 40 challenges ranging from beginner to expert

Exercise Putty (6-Pack) – Therapeutic putty used for hand strengthening prior to fine motor task (handwriting, cutting etc.)

Speech Therapist Recommended Toys

Pull-Back Vehicle Set – Soft Baby Toy Set

- Joint attention
- Anticipation (ready…set…)
- Motor imitation (driving car, clapping hands “yay!” once they pull it back, etc.)
- Imitation of environment sounds (beep beep, vroom vroom, go!)
- Cause and effect
- Labeling: cars, wheels, animals, etc.
- Requesting (want, more)

Learning Resources Sorting Surprise Picnic Baskets, Toddler Sorting & Matching Skills Toy (Great for fine motor skills too!)

Labeling (colors, food, numbers)
Joint attention
Requesting (want, more, open)
Counting (1-10)
Answering WH questions (“What is in the purple basket?”)
Describing (color, shape)

Battat – Pound & Roll – Baby Activity Toy Station with 1 Toy Hammer & 4 Balls for Kids 12 Months +

- Labeling
  - Nouns (colors, ball, door, star, etc)
  - Verbs (go, stop, open, close)
  - Location words (in, out, up, down, on, off)
- Joint attention
- Vocal Play and Exclamatory sounds (woah, uh-oh, whoosh, boom, yay)
- Turn Taking (my turn, your turn)
- Following Simple Directions (put on ___, give me ____)
- Requesting (more, want, help)

Learning Resources Peekaboo Learning Farm

- Labeling/imitating
  - Animal names and sounds (moo, oink, neigh, uh-oh, boo!)
  - Verbs (walk, hop, hug, hide, open, close)
  - Location words (in, out, on, off)
- Joint attention (can sing Old MacDonald as you play, play hide-and-seek/peek-a-boo, etc.)
- Following Simple Directions (open it, close it, give me)
- Requesting (more, open)
- Filling-in with singing Old Mac Donald

Learning Resources Rise & Shine Diner – 38 pieces

Targets:
- Identify/label/imitate nouns: bowl, plate, breakfast foods & drinks, etc.
- Joint attention
- Imitation of motor: eating, drinking, using utensils
- Self-play, functional play, relational play
- Positional concepts: in, out, off, on
- Wh questions: what do you like to eat? What do you want? When do we eat cereal?
- Requesting: want, more, help
- Following directions (give me, put on)
- Life skills/ social skills: placing an order, paying, taking an order, reading a menu

Shape Sorter House

Targets:
- Labeling/imitating
  - Nouns – tree, cat, car, etc
  - Can put your own items in compartments to target specific nouns child is addressing
  - Verbs – open, close, get
- Can be individualized with use of any small toys placed in compartments
- Joint attention
- Self-directed play, functional play, relational play
- Positional concepts; in, out, on, off
- Requesting: open, more, want, help
- Facilitating 2-word productions: open door, take out, want more, want blue
- WH-questions – based on items placed in compartments
- Turn taking: my turn, your turn

Melissa & Doug Deluxe 10-Piece Alphabet Nesting and Stacking Blocks

Alphabet Nesting and Stacking Blocks- best for toddlers 2+ Targets:
- Labeling nouns (animals, items, colors)
- Positional and spatial concepts (up, on, in, out)
- Joint attention
- Following simple directions
- Answering WH- questions
- Cause and effect (build a tower and knock it down!)
- Introducing alphabet letters/sounds and items that begin with those letters

ThinkFun Zingo Bingo Award Winning Preschool Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers Age 4 and Up

Develops critical skills – Perfect for pre-readers and early readers, builds language and matching skills in preschool kids through fun, fast-paced play
Best for ages 4-10 years old

Many versions of this product are available on Amazon. Our feeding specialists recommend using any of the MESH ones, similar to the one below!

Nuby 360 Grip N’ Sip 8oz Tritan Cup, Weighted Straw with Hygienic Cover

Oral Motor Textured Stimulation and Sensory Input Duo Spoon for Babies, Toddlers or Kids

Stimulates the tongue, gums, lips and mouth palate with textured spoon ends
Each Duo Spoon features a textured spoon head on either end to create varying experiences when kids are learning to self-feed, explore tastes, or enhance a sensory oral feel
A more playful, fun, and friendly design that’s better than a standard spoon our sensory spoons can create new food textures to enhance every individual meal or snack

PandaEar Baby Bendable Utensils Spoons

These bendable spoons encourage self feeding at different stages and can be repeatedly adjusted as your child’s motor skills improve.
The spoons can be bent to any angle and work equally well for the left or right handed.
Angling the spoons make scooping food easy for children with a variety of disabilities (Discuss use and potential need with your child’s occupational therapist!)

Munchkin Stay Put Suction Bowls for Babies and Toddlers

Meal-time Cutting toys, 73 PCS Play-Set For Cutting Fruits & Vegetables

Great for fine motor skills practice & learning to properly use a knife safely
Promotes engagement and identification of different types of foods
Develops pretend play skills and development of appropriate meal-time behaviors

Social & Emotional Development

Learning Resources All About Me Feelings Activity Set

When kids learn how to recognize, understand, and feel their feelings, they build the skills they need to make friends, master teamwork, and live a happier, healthier life!
With 6 fun faces and 6 unique shapes, these feeling toys for kids strengthens social-emotional learning skills through fun, hands-on play
Kids can use the set’s built-on sorting to divide and match the counters by shape, color, and emotion