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Kildare Library and Arts Services
Toys, Technology
and Training
Toys and assisitive software catalogue
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Toys, Technology and Training Project
What is the TTT Project?
Kildare Library Services would like to inform you about our specialised Toys,Technology and Training Project.
The collection is designed to offer support to children and adults with learning difficulties, disabilities or
more significant needs. Based in Athy, Leixlip and Naas Libraries this specialised collection of toys, software
and assistive technology can be accessed free of charge in branches throughout the county and can be
borrowed or utilised by joining up at any Kildare library. Items in the catalogue can be requested or renewed
online and collected by the borrower at their nearest branch library.
Membership is free to any individual who lives, works or goes to school in County Kildare. Terms and
Conditions of use apply.
The collection was chosen by the staff of Kildare Library Service in partnership with therapists working in
the community.
The Project also includes the Training element of “TTT” which is our annual series of free lectures and
workshops. These events offer further guidance, support and networking opportunities for parents,
teachers and healthcare professionals.
For up to date details of future talks and events relating to the TTT Project please email us and ask to join
our mailing list at leixliplib@kildarecoco.ie
Attendance at all of the events is free of charge and open to everyone but advance booking is required.
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Please contact the library where the talk is happening to book your place.
Contents
Conditions of Use 6 Threaders 13 Wippsider/ Wippwalker 20
Three Triangle Threader 14 Rocking Seesaw 20
Assistive Software & Technology Slanted Writing Board 14 Rainbow River Stepping Stones 20
Nessy Fingers: Touch Typing 8 Ruff’s House Tactile 14 Walking Turtle 21
Nessy Learning Programme 8 Abacus 14 Rotation Board 21
Bee Bot 8 Fanta Colour Design Set 15 Roller Seat 21
Peg Puzzles 15 Scooter Board 21
Fine Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills Kit 15 Rock Around 22
Design and Drill 10 Bilibo 22
Double Handed Tracking Boards 10 Gross Motor Skills Forever Up-Down 22
Froggy Feeding Fun 10 Balance Board Maze 17 Peanut Sensory Roll 22
Graphical Excercise Set 10 Figure 8 Maze 17 Peanut Physio Roll 23
String Cars 11 Core Disk 17 Gym Ball 23
String Farm 11 Balance Disc 17 Sit ‘n’ Gym Ball 23
Megability Beads 11 Balance Seat 18 Large Sensory Ball 23
Take-Along Tool Kit 11 Monkey Balance Board 18 Tactile Massage Ball 24
Super Sorting Pie 12 Putt Putt Balance Board 18 Tactile Discs 24
Button-up Bear 12 Tai Chi Balance Board 18 Gross Motor Skills Kit 24
Rotating Disc Puzzle 12 Balanco Board 19
Magnetic Maze Pack 12 Balancing Egg 19 Speech, Language & Social Skills
Marble Maze Farm 13 Rotago 19 Who Am I? 26
Route Maze 13 Floor Surfer 19 Basic Sequences 26
Route Builder 13 Popper board 20 Expressive Verbs 26
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How are they Feeling? 26 Play and Life Skills Move ‘n’ Sit Wedge Cushion 39
Problem Solving 27 Dress a Pillar 33 Sit on Air Cushion 39
Simple Sequences 27 Learn to Dress Monkey 33 Large Air Cushion 39
Sequences Verb Tenses 27 Octavius the Octopus 33 Weighted Ball 39
What are they Thinking? 27 Learning Frames 33 Tote Around Hound 40
Indoor Sounds 28 Lock and Latch Board 34 Weighted Lizzard 40
Outdoor Sounds 28 Basic Skills Board 34 Weighted Snake 40
What Can You See? 28 Lacing Shoe 34 Weighted Lap Pad 40
Multi-Match Categories 28 Latches Board 34 Weighted Lap Blankets 41
Prepositions 29 Wooden Doorbell House 35 Finger Colour Mats 41
The Socially Speaking Game 29 Coloured Overlays 35 Fidget Mat 41
Talkabout Game 29 Sand Timers 35 Grippies 41
Talkabout Cards Sleep Timer Bunny Clock 35 Laser Sphere 42
Self Awareness Activities 29 Laser Stars 42
The Time to Talk Game 30 Sensory and Tactile Ear Defenders 42
Verbs and Prepositions 30 Guessing Box 37 Sensory Kit 42
Early Language 30 Tactile Matching Game 37
Word Association 30 Bumpity Blocks 37 Contact Details 43
Better Builders Community People 31 Diffraction Tube Ladder 37
Better Builders Emotions 31 Mirror Chimeabout 38
Spring People 31 Feelie Dice 38
Concentration Skills Kit 31 Bitty Bottoms Cushion 38
Disc ‘o’ Sit Cushion 38
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Conditions of Use
• Membership is free to any individual who lives, works or goes to school in County Kildare.
• The loan period is three weeks.
• The loan period may be extended by renewing the item online, by phone or in person.
• To register, users must have a letter of referral from an Occupational Therapist, Medical Practitioner, Resource
Teacher or other professional working with them.
• Teachers or Special Needs Assistants must supply a referral letter from their school principal to register to borrow
on behalf of the school.
• In the interests of Health & Safety please inform staff if equipment is incomplete or faulty.
• Library staff can assist users of this service, but cannot make recommendations on equipment.
• Equipment should only be used on the advice of a professional.
• Assistive software may be used in the library on the public access computers by arrangement.
• Children & Adults using the equipment should be monitored at all times.
• Toys & equipment may vary slightly from the photographs in this catalogue but will function in the same way.
• To ensure availability, please book the item you request in advance by phone or email.
• Contact details for your local branch can be found at the back of this catalogue or at www.kildare.ie/library.
• You can also request items online using your TTT membership barcode and PIN number at www.kildare.ie/library.
• Items in this catalogue are current at time of publication (2018) but some items may be withdrawn or replaced.
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Assistive
Software
& Technology
Software can be borrowed or used on a public
access computer in your local library by
arrangement.
May not be compatible with all operating systems.
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Assisitive Software & Technology
Nessy Fingers: Nessy Learning Bee Bot
Touch Typing Programme A programmable robot that
promotes planning and directional
Touch typing course. Ideal for use in the classroom.
language. Programme the Bee Bot
Ideal for students with dyslexia or
to move across the room or use the
dyspraxia.
variety of activity mats available.
Have the Bee Bot negotiate its
A cumultative structure of
way around an obstacle course by
incremental lessons.
programming it to move left, right,
forward or backward.
Learning is focused into small
manageable steps.
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Fine Motor
Skills
Fine motor skills are the coordination of muscles,
bones, and nerves to produce small, precise
movements. These items have been chosen to aid fine
motor skills and many promote other skills such as
literacy and problem solving.
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Fine Motor Skills
Design and Drill Double Handed Tracking Froggy Feeding Fun Graphical Exercise Set
Boards
Design & Drill is ideal for developing Squeeze the frog’s mouth to catch Each set has three manipulative
motor skills and encourages The child has to guide a wooden a treat in this fine motor skills game. boards which can be separated.
creativity as children secure the pencil along the pattern carved into Players roll the dice to determine the
colourful bolts into the activity this sturdy wooden board. Comes in number and colour of flies to collect, Promotes:
boards. a pear and star design. Suitable for then manipulate the durable plastic • Fine Motor Precision
right - or left - handed children. frog to collect them. • Visual Motor Integration
Promotes: • Pre-handwriting Skills
• Manual Dexterity Promotes: Promotes:
• Fine Motor Precision • Handwriting Skills • Handwriting Position
• Hand-eye Coordination and Pencil Grip • Teaches Colours
• Imaginative Play • Fine Motor Precision • Counting
• Visual Motor Skills • Fine Motor Precision
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String Cars String Farm Megability Beads Take-Along Tool Kit
Thread the cotton lace through Thread the cotton lace through Set includes 6 beads ranging in This 24-piece set includes wooden
the openings on either side of the the openings on either side of the size, soft nylon string and features a nails, screws, nuts, and bolts. As
vehicles and string up a collection. animals and string up a collection. handle and a stopper bead. well as using this as a construction
activity you can ask the child to
Promotes: Promotes: Promotes: count the number of tools and
• Fine Motor Precision • Fine Motor Precision • Fine Motor Precision identify each one or sort items by
• Manual Dexterity • Manual Dexterity • Manual Dexterity colour or type.
• Bilateral Coordination • Bilateral Coordination • Large Motor Planning
• Sequencing • Sequencing • Hand-eye Coordination Promotes:
• Counting skills • Counting skills • Bilateral Integration • Manual Dexterity
• Colour Recognition • Early Maths Skills
• Fun and Imaginative Play
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Super Sorting Pie Button-up Bear Rotating Disc Puzzle Magnetic Maze Pack
Place the sorting cards into the This bear allows the child to Rotate the discs to move them up Use the magnetic wand to move the
bottom of the pan to provide visual participate in a number of fine motor and down the pole. ball around the mazes.
cues that support success. Top crust tasks. They will also be able to match
becomes a bowl to conveniently shapes and colours. Promotes: Promotes:
hold plastic fruit. Jumbo tweezers • Fine Motor Skills • Fine Motor Skills
reinforce fine motor skills. Promotes: • Hand-eye Coordination • Hand-eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Skills • Visual Perception • Pre-literacy Skills
Promotes: • Matching and Sorting • Motor Planning
• Counting, Colours and • Colour Recognition • Problem Solving Skills
Shapes • Counting
• Sorting, and Organisation.
• Fine Motor Skills
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Marble Maze Farm Route Maze Route Builder Threaders
Use the magnetic wand to move the Move the large peg across the Move the pegs around the board to Thread the large chunky needle
ball around the farm maze. wooden maze. make one of the twelve patters. Can through the holes.
be set at different angles for double-
Promotes: Two mazes available: sided play. A variety of threaders are
• Fine Motor Skills Right Angle Maze and Quadruple available.
• Hand-eye Coordination Maze. Promotes:
• Pre-literacy Skills • Fine Motor Skills Promotes:
Promotes: • Motor Planning • Fine Motor Skills
• Fine Motor Skills • Hand-eye Coordination • Hand-eye Coordination
• Motor Planning • Pre-writing Skills • Sequencing
• Visual Perception • Problem Solving
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Three Triangle Threader Slanted Writing Board Ruff’s House Tactile Abacus
Thread the lace through the wooden Sloped surfaces are easier to write Help the fuzzy dog sort through Wooden abacus.
triangles. Suitable for those who have on and can provide assistance to all the textured rubber and cloth
difficulty with hand control. children who have difficulty with bones he hid in his doghouse. Builds Promotes:
handwriting. fine motor sensory play skills, plus • Fine Motor Skills
Promotes: teaches children about matching, • Hand-eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Skills Promotes: taking turns and sharing. Features • Numeracy Skills
• Hand-eye Coordination • Literacy Skills a variety of rubber and cloth bones: • Colour Recognition
• Sequencing • Fine Motor Skills smooth, silky, scratchy, bumpy,
• Problem Solving ridged and more.
Promotes:
• Fine Motor Skills
• Colour Recognition
• Counting
• Sorting
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• Imaginative PlayFine Motor Skills
Fanta Colour Design Set Peg Puzzles Fine Motor Skills Kit
A pegboard set with multiple design Extra large peg puzzles for easy hand A selection of items used to improve
options. grasp. fine motor skills and writing skills.
Promotes: Options include: Contains items such as:
• Fine Motor Skills House, Shapes, Farmyard, Pets, • Handtrainer Eggs
• Hand-eye Coordination Geometric Shapes. • Squeeze Foam
• Visual Perception • Scissors
• Creative Skills Promotes: • Tweezers
• Fine Motor Skills • Springy Coils
• Hand-eye Coordination
• Visual Perception Items in the kit may differ from
photograph
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Skills
Gross motor skills are tasks that utilise the
gross or large muscles of the body like those in
the arms, legs and core. Walking, balancing, and
crawling all utilise gross muscles.
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Balance Board Maze Figure 8 Maze Core Disk Balance Disc
The maze in this balance board This figure 8 maze is a table top These inflatable Core Disk cushions A unique balancing board for play.
distracts from the balancing exercise activity. The deeply grooved pattern are designed to encourage The board consists of a hard plastic
thus making the challenge harder allows all children to be successful movement, balance and increased surface with non-skid elevations
compared with a standard balancing by coordinating the pressure with the sensory awareness in a variety of in artificial rubber to give a good
board. hands to move the ball through the situations. foothold.
maze.
While this board can take weight up Promotes: Promotes:
to 80 kg, the footprint size makes it Promotes: • Strengthening of Core • Balance Skills
suitable for 3-10 years. • Crossing Midline Muscles • Righting Reactions
• Encourages Hand • Can be used as Fidget Seat
Promotes: Dominance
• Balance • Coordinating Body Sides
• Motor Planning • Hand-eye Coordination
• Visual Processing
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Balance Seat Monkey Balance Board Putt Putt Balance Board Tai Chi Balance Board
T-shaped seat which encourages Small balance board perfectly sized Move the ball around the maze while A balance board with a ball on an
child to maintain a midline position for little feet. keeping your balance on the board. inner track. Children can move the
and work to keep central. Provides ball along the track by balancing on
movment input without bouncing. Promotes: Promotes: the board and moving it back and
• Gross Motor Skills • Gross Motor Skills forth.
Promotes: • Sense of Balance • Flexibility
• Gross Motor Skills • Coordination • Coordination Promotes:
• Core Stability • Reaction • Balance • Gross Motor Skills
• Concentration • Balance
• Coordination
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Balanco Board Balancing Egg Rotago Floor Surfer
The maze on this balance board The Balancing Egg is unique Rotago is a system of spin which is This item has wheels at the bottom
distracts from the balancing exercise in combining a lot of fun with challenging and fun. The rotation of it. The child can sit on it and scoot
thus making the challenge harder awareness of posture and results from body movement and – promoting balance, or they can
compared with a standard balancing development of balancing skills. The the up/down design of the base lie on it and propel themselves with
board. This product contains 3 base of the egg is a soft ring that track. Holding the child’s hands their hands – promoting core muscle
easily replaced inserts each with a adapts to the head of each child. allows it to be fun for those who find strength. The board allows the child
different challenge level. The skill now is to build your egg, it too challenging. Max load 120kg. to receive proprioceptive feedback
piece by piece, on this base. Younger (information into muscles and joints)
This balance board can take a children can start by balancing Promotes: which can help with concentration.
maximum load of 120 kg. one or two pieces of the egg. To • Core Muscle Strength
challenge those who have perfected • Balance Promotes:
Promotes: the skill (not an easy task), place • Coordination • Balance
• Balance Skills some items inside the egg. Suitable • Cardiovascular Training • Core Muscle Strength
• Righting Reactions from ages 7-14. • Kinesthetic Perception • Upper Body Strengthening
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Promotes:
• Balance
• Core Muscle Strength
• Motor PlanningGross Motor Skills
Popper Board Wippsider/ Wippwalker Rocking Seesaw Rainbow River Stepping
Stones
The child can stand, sit, rock, tilt An easy to use see-saw and walking This Rocking Seesaw is ideal for
and wobble on this device. It makes toy for developing a sense of teaching balance, control and Each stone features a different
a pleasant popping sound when it balance. coordination. The non-slip rubber slope and texture that challenges
moves. inserts provide sensory stimulation balancing skills while providing
Promotes: for the feet. sensory stimulation to children’s
Weight limit: Approximately 110 lbs • Balance feet.
• Righting Reactions Promotes:
Promotes: • Motor Control • Balance The game’s difficulty level can be
• Core Strength and Stability • Righting Reactions adjusted through 3 directional points
• Balance • Vestibular Input and the ability to stack two stones
• Coordination together. This 6-piece activity set
includes stepping stones of three
different sizes.
Promotes:
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Balance
Tactile Sensory Input
Righting ReactionsGross Motor Skills
Walking Turtle Rotation Board Roller Seat Scooter Board
Children can kneel, sit or stand on Hold the handles while spinning or Sit in the ‘U’ shape or sit across Sit or lie on the board and scoot or
the turtles back and rock gently from rocking on the board in circles. and the roller seat can move in any be pulled along.
side to side to move along the floor. direction. For indoor use only.
Promotes: Promotes:
Promotes: • Gross Motor Skills Promotes: • Gross Motor Skills
• Gross Motor Skills • Balance • Gross Motor Skills • Upper Body Strength
• Balance • Coordination • Coordination • Development of Movement
• Coordination • Balance
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Rock Around Bilibo Forever Up-Down Peanut Sensory Roll
Allows for gentle circular rocking A spinning seat. Spinning activities Hand-held activity. Manipulate the A peanut shaped physio roll with a
motion with room for one or more should always be monitored. Never ball around and around while keeping bumpy surface all over.
children. spin a child without their permission. it on the track.
Promotes:
Promotes: Promotes: Promotes: • Gross Motor Skills
• Gross Motor Skills • Gross Motor Skills • Gross Motor Skills • Sensory and Tactile Input
• Balance • Balance • Visual Perception
• Coordination • Posture Control • Spatial Skills
• Sensory Processing
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Peanut Physio Roll Gym Ball Sit ‘n’ Gym Ball Large Sensory Ball
Peanut shaped Physio Roll. Large therapy balls. A physio ball with little feet A large soft ball with a bumpy surface
underneath to stop it rolling while still all over. Suitable for throwing and
Promotes: Available in sizes: allowing for bouncing movement. catching activities.
• Flexibility 45cm and 55cm
• Coordination Available in sizes: Promotes:
• Gross Motor Skills Promotes: 45cm and 55cm • Gross Motor Skills
• Core Strengthening • Flexibility • Core Stability
• Balance • Coordination Promotes: • Sensory Stimulation
• Gross Motor Skills • Gross Motor Skills
• Core Strengthening • Core Stability
• Balance • Balance
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Tactile Massage Ball Tactile Discs Gross Motor Skills Kit
Gym ball with an all-over pimpled A selection of items used to promote
surface for a sensory and tactile Tactile material that challenges Gross Motor Skills.
experience. children’s sense of touch on both
hands and feet. The tactile discs, Contains items such as:
Promotes: made of nice-to-touch synthetic • Bean Bag Balls
• Gross Motor Skills rubber, contain different tactile • Bean Bag Bears
• Sensory Stimultation structures, each with its own colour. • Monster Mitts
A set of 5 different tactile structures • Reaction Balls
in a range of colours. • Sure Katchball
Promotes: Items in the kit may differ from the
• Tactile Integration photograph
• Regulation
• Matching and Counting
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Language and
Social Skills
Social skills are used to interact and communicate
with others.
These items have been chosen to aid both verbal and
non-verbal communication, such as speech, language,
gesture, facial expression and body language.
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Who Am I? Basic Sequences Expressive Verbs How are they feeling?
The cards can be used in a number Designed to support language The 48 cards depict a wide range of Cards with different activities and
of ways such as a warm-up game, development for children and adults. states such as listening and frowning, expressions. The child has to guess
group cohesion activity or a closing Basic Sequences features cards in 16 intentions such as beckoning and how the person is feeling using the
game. They can be used to gel a new three-step sequences of common stopping, reactions such as hushing clues from the pictures.
group or for players to get to know activities like shaving, writing, eating, and sneering, and emotions such
one another by asking appropriate reading and painting. as anger and happiness. Includes: Promotes:
questions. The cards will therefore
fingers – counting, tapping on the • Reading Faces and Contexts
help to stimulate group conversation
and allow people to practice and Promotes: shoulder; hands – waving, shaking • Communication Skills
• Communication hands; faces – frowning, raising • Emotional Intelligence
improve good social skills with
• Organisation eyebrows.
others.
• Sequencing
Promotes: Promotes:
• Communication • Communication
• Social Skills • Social Skills
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Problem Solving Simple Sequences Sequences Verb Tenses What are they Thinking?
The child tells you what they see in The child sorts the cards into simple The child sorts the cards into Cards with different activities and
the cards and what they might do in sequences of actions. sequences of actions. expressions. The child has to guess
that situation. what the person might be thinking
Promotes: Promotes: using the clues from the pictures.
Promotes: • Communication • Communication
• Communication • Sequencing • Learning about ‘action words’ Promotes:
• Social Reasoning • Problem-solving • Reading Faces and Contexts
• Problem-solving • Communication Skills
• Emotional Intelligence
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Indoor Sounds Outdoor Sounds What Can You See? Multi-Match Categories
Cards with different activities and a Cards with different activities and a This entertaining game can be played Comprising two sets of identical
CD with matching sounds. The child CD with matching sounds. The child by both individuals and groups. pairs, Multi Match has been designed
has to match the Indoor sound with has to match the Outdoor sound Each of the selection of pictures is for a variety of games, matching
the picture card. with the picture card. viewed through a space in the book’s tasks and activities suitable for
pages, gradually revealing more children, adolescents and adults.
Promotes: Promotes: and more of the image. This allows
• Listening Skills • Listening Skills players to guess what they can see, Promotes:
encouraging communication and • Communication
vocabulary building. • Attention and Concentration
Promotes:
• Listening skills
• Attention and Concentration
• Logical Thought
• Visual Perception
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• Problem Solving
• Expressive LanguageSpeech, Language and Social Skills
Prepositions The Socially Speaking Talkabout Game Talkabout Cards Self
Game Awareness Activities
Eight prepositions have been The Talkabout board game is a
photographed six times in different The game focuses on social journey through the week where a Fun, quick and easy to play, this
contexts. The concepts and interaction in three key areas: home, player will encounter a number of game features the familiar Talkabout
vocabulary shown relate to common school and wider community. different social skills tasks that need drawings to provide visual cues.
experiences such as a cat on a lap; to be completed in order to get to There are 20 group games. Each
while other cards introduce humour Promotes: the end of the week. game card includes instructions for
with for example, a bear queuing at a • Listening playing the game and colour coding
bus stop. • Social Skills Promotes: to show which cards are best to use.
• Self-Awareness A lot of the activities can be made
Promotes: • Self-Esteem easier or harder by increasing or
• Language Development • Body Language decreasing the number of cards.
• Communication • Conversational Skills
• Assertiveness Skills Promotes:
• Self-Awareness
• Social Skills
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The Time to Talk Game Verbs and Prepositions Early Language Word Association
Get children talking and interacting Use these cards to help children Includes Early Vocabulary and Allow your child to use language in a
with this board game. The game practice saying sentences and Language Concepts packs. Is your colourful humorous way. If your child
teaches and develops essential learn how to use verbs in every day child talking yet? If not, use these is talking, but needs help to expand
language and social skills for children life. Prepositions are used in most cards to encourage him/her to start their language skills by learning to
aged 4-7. sentences and they are learned early talking and also begin to use more describe, explain and discuss things,
on in a child’s development. descriptive words as well. then these cards are excellent.
Promotes:
• Listening Promotes: Promotes: Promotes:
• Turn-taking • Vocabulary • Early Concepts • Communication
• Basic Conversations • Verbal Comprehension • Vocabulary • Verbal Reasoning
• Non-verbal Communication • Communication • Verbal Comprehension • Language Processing
• Eye Contact • Social Skills • Communication • Problem Solving
• Understanding Feelings. • Word association • Word Association
• Social Skills • Logical Thinking
• Social Skills
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Better Builders Better Builders Emotions Spring People Concentration Skills Kit
Community People
Better Builders Emotions is a ball and Four people, fitted into spring loaded A selection of items used to promote
Better Builders Community People rod construction toy assembled as 6 tubes, which bounce up and down Concentration Skills.
is a ball and rod construction toy dramatic play characters. The faces at the slightest touch. It can be used
with colourful faces, uniforms, and express 6 distinct emotions to which to teach counting and colours or can Contains items such as:
personalities! children can relate: happy, sad, angry, be used as a ‘cause and effect’ toy. • Handtrainer
surprised, confused, and scared. • Tangle
Promotes: Promotes: • Magnetic Polydron
• Communication Promotes: • Counting • Bean Bag Bears
• Play • Understanding Feelings • Colours • Stress Ball Set
• Manual Dexterity • Verbal and Non-verbal • Cause and Effect
• Imagination Communication Items in the kit may differ from the
• Colour Recognition • Imaginative Play photograph
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Skills
Through play, children can develop physical, social
and cognitive skills.
These items have been chosen to aid these skills
and to develop confidence in everyday and new
experiences.
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Dress a Pillar Learn to Dress Monkey Octavius the Octopus Learning Frames
This toy helps your child learn to This is a 21 inch tall monkey featuring Octavius is the perfect tool for The dressing frames are a set of
dress. There are small pockets to 11 dressing activities. Your child can teaching dressing skills as each of his wooden frames with two pieces of
place rewards in for accomplishment learn to snap on straps, button, legs offers a fine motor manipulative cloth attached to the sides, which
and there are six dressing activities hook and loop, zipper etc. Includes task such as button, buckle, snap or can be fastened together at the
e.g. lacing, buckles, buttons, zips etc. runners, socks, dungarees and tie. centre.
t-shirt, all completely removable for
Promotes: taking on and off. Promotes: There are 12 Frames: one of each
• Fine Motor Skills • Sensory and Tactile Large Buttons, Small Buttons, Zip,
• Dressing Skills Promotes: Stimulation Buckles, Toggles, Snap Buttons, Ties,
• Bilateral Coordination • Dressing Skills • Fine Motor Skills Laces, Velcro, Rings, Safety Pins,
• Hand-eye Coordination • Fine Motor Skills • Social Skills Loop buttons.
• Sequencing
• Imaginative Play Promotes:
• Dressing Skills
• Fine Motor Skills
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• SequencingPlay and Life Skills
Lock and Latch Board Basic Skills Board Lacing shoe Latches Board
Unlock, unlatch, open the hinged Learn to dress Bear. Practice Lacing Shoe. Undo a latch, open the door and
panels, and count on finding fun buttons, zips, velcro, laces and reveal the picture beneath. Learn
when the pictures beneath are buckles Promotes: colours, numbers and animals.
revealed. • Developing Independence
Promotes: • Fine Motor Skills Promotes:
Promotes: • Dressing Skills • Bilateral Ingegration • Basic Problem Solving
• Functional Skills • Fine Motor Skills • Dressing Skills • Fine Motor Skills
• Manual Dexterity • Bilateral Movements • Colour and Number
• Language • Memory Recognition
• Counting
• Bilateral Movement
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Wooden Doorbell House Coloured Overlays Sand Timers Sleep Timer Bunny Clock
This doorbell house features four Mutes the contrast between text and 3 , 10, 15 and 30 minute sand timers. Bunny’s face indicates when it’s time
electronic doorbells, four locks with background for those with dyslexia to get up.
matching keys and four poseable and some other reading difficulties. Promotes:
play dolls • Start and Fnish Tasks Promotes:
Promotes: • Time Management • Good Bedtime Routine
Promotes: • Literacy Skills
• Fine Motor Skills • Sensory and Tactile
• Creativity Stimulation
• Auditory Skills
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Tactile
Sensory and tactile stimulation involves the
sensation of touch and texture.
These items have been chosen to offer a
variety of different tactile and sensory
sensations.
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Guessing Box Tactile Matching Game Bumpity Blocks Diffraction Tube Ladder
A hands on way to encourage young Create shapes and patterns with 18 A set of tactile blocks with bumpy Each of the five tubes is a different
learners about shapes and textures. individual red and blue wooden tiles surface all over. colour, is highly reflective and turns
Includes: 20 wooden texture blocks stored in a wooden tray. with a light touch. Can be used in
and 20 animal shapes. Promotes: two positions, upright on base or with
Promotes: • Visual Perception rollers in a more horizontal position
Promotes: • Matching • Fine Motor Skills
• Tactile Discrimination • Creativity • Hand-eye Coordination Promotes:
• Multi-sensory Approach to • Construction • Sensory and Tactile • Stress Reduction
Learning. • Visual Perception Stimulation • Relaxation
• Turn-taking • Manual Dexterity
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Mirror Chimeabout Feelie Dice Bitty Bottoms Cushion Disc ‘o’ Sit Cushion
Wooden spinning frame with jangly Six cubes spin on their axis. Matching Small cushions with marbles inside, Allows for ‘active sitting’ or
shiny leaves. pairs can be found and the order suitable for children who need to movement while sitting.
rearranged. fidget and move.
Promotes: Available in:
• Sensory Stimulation Promotes: Promotes: Junior Size
• Tactile Stimulation • Sensory Stimulation • Sensory and Tactile Regular Size
• Auditory Stimulation • Matching Skills Stimulation
• Visual Focus • Core Strengthening Promotes:
• Visual Tracking • Sensory Stimulation
• Balance
• Core Strengthening
• Can aid Concentration
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Move ‘n’ Sit Wedge Sit on Air Cushion Large Air Cushion Weighted Ball
Cushion
A straight edge faces on the back Large inflatable cushion suitable for The weighted balls are filled
Wedge shaped cushion. Allows for of the chair for a dynamic sitting floor work. Size: 55cm. exclusively with water. Their surface
‘active sitting’ or movement while position. When it faces the front of allows to achieve a good grip.
sitting. the chair it allows for a relaxed sitting Promotes:
position. • Balance 2 weights available:
Available in: • Tactile Feedback 2kg Yellow
Junior Size Promotes: 3kg Blue
Regular Size • Balance
• Core Stability Promotes:
Promotes: • Tactile Feedback and • Aiming and Catching
• Gross Motor Skills Stimulation • Concentration
• Sensory Stimulation • Can aid Concentration
• Core Strengthening
• Can aid Concentration
39Sensory and Tactile
Tote Around Hound Weighted Lizard Weighted Snake Weighted Lap Pad
A weighted dog (2.3kg) which The Weighted Lizard is a comforting The Sensory Weighted Snuggle A weighted lap pad which provides
provides input and stability enabling companion. Through the provided Snake provides a gentle weight to reassuring downward pressure to
a child to focus. pressure, it can help children remain help facilitate proprioceptive input the upper thighs while the user is in a
attentive in class, focus during as it wraps snugly around the upper seated position.
Promotes: homework, alleviate excess energy or shoulder area. This fun design and
• Relaxation provide the necessary calmness for cute fabric makes this friendly Promotes:
• Concentration bedtime. A period of use of 15 to 20 snake perfect to wear during school • Relaxation
• Sensory Integration minutes is recommended due to the activities, or during times that require • Concentration
• Calming weight. Ages 3 +. good attention. The Sensory Snake • Self-Regulation
can also be placed in the lap if this is • Calming
Promotes: more comfortable for the child.
• Relaxation
• Concentration Promotes:
• Regulation • Relaxation
• Regulation
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• ConcentrationSensory and Tactile
Weighted Lap Blankets Finger Colour Mats Fidget Mat Grippies
Weighted Lap Blankets have a A set of 5 flexible mats with coloured A weighted lap pad with lots of Sensory and Magnetic Exploration
calming effect, helping attention oil. Simple pressure moves the oil fidgets including pull-string vibration. toy.
span and reducing excessive around the mat, leaving a temporary
fidgeting. The deep pressure trail where pressure has been Promotes: Promotes:
provided will assist your child with applied. • Sensory Stimulation • Develops Tactile Senses
just the right input. • Self-Regulation • Sensory Stimulation
Promotes: • Calming • Concentration
Set of three • Fine Motor Skills
Each blanket weighs 3 lbs. • Hand Strengthening
• Calming
Promotes: • Cause and Effect
• Relaxation
• Concentration
• Self-Regulation
• Calming
41Sensory and Tactile
Laser Sphere Laser Stars Ear Defenders Sensory Kit
This dual use laser pod is a relaxing Rotating lamp that reflects stars onto Blocks out distracting noise and A selection of items that can be used
colour changing mood light as well the ceiling and walls. helps child to focus on a given task. to help with sensory integration and/
as being a light show projector. The or sensory diets.
semi sphere top attached creates Promotes: Promotes:
patterns within the sphere. Remove • Sensory Stimulation • Concentration Contains items such as:
the top and a dazzling light show is • Visual Stimulation • Calming • Hedgehog balls
displayed upon the ceiling. Supplied • Self-Regulation • Boomwhackers
with AC adaptor. • Calming • Tangles
• Variety of fidgets
Promotes:
• Relaxation Items in the kit may differ from the
• Regulation photograph
42CONTACT DETAILS:
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Tel: 01 6284403 Naas Community Library
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