Parent resources

Recommended Products

These products are frequently recommended but these items may or may not be appropriate for your child’s needs so we encourage you to reach out to your treating therapist or to schedule a free consultation/screening if you have questions about whether these items are right for your child!

Great Toy Brands

    • Fat Brain
    • Melissa and Doug
    • Lovevery
    • Hape Baby
    • Step2
    • Manhattan Toy Store
    • Educational Insights
    • Magnatiles
    • Pikler Triangle
    • Kinetic Sand

Holiday Gift Guides

Gifts that Keep on Giving

  1. Season passes:
    1. Cosley Zoo Brookfield Zoo
    2. Museum,
    3. Shedd Aquarium
    4. Morton Arboretum
  2. One-time passes: movies, bowling, swimming, theatre performance, Disney on ice, circus, ice skating, roller skating
  3. Subscriptions:
    1. KiwiCo,
    2. National Geographic Kids Magazine,
    3. Little Passports
    4. Lovevery
    5. Baking Boxes
  4. Class/Season of Lessons: swimming, sports, gymnastics, dance, karate, musical instrument, pottery class, art class, craft class, horseback riding lessons

Speech & Language

Fat Brain Spinner

Spin Again Toys – Fat Brain Toys

Puzzle

Melissa and Doug Hide and Seek Board

Learning Resources

Learning Resources Sorting Picnic Baskets

Busy Book

Busy Book for Kids

Timer

Secura Visual Countdown Timer

Critter Clinic

B. Critter Clinic Toy Vet Play Set

Wind Up Toys

Wind Up Toys

5 second rule

5 Second Rule

Headband

Hedbanz

Zingo

Zingo

Talk With Me Book

Talk With Me

Pop the Pig game box with the pig figure, hamburger pieces and die

Pop The Pig

Storyboard

Storyboard

Play Kitchen

Play Kitchen

Play Food

Play Food

Fine Motor and Visual Motor

Mini Lite Brite

Mini Lite Brite

Pix Brix

Pix Brix

Light Table

Light Table

Pie Sorting

Pie Sorting

Squigz

Squigz

Mega Bloks

Mega Bloks

Duplos

Duplos

Puzzles

Puzzles

Ball Tower

Ball Tower

Magnatiles

Magnatiles

Lite Brite

Lite Brite

Learning Resources Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog toy with colorful removable quills

Fine Motor Hedgehog

Fine Motor Hedgehog

Lacing Boards

Lacing Boards

Poke a Dot Books

Poke a Dot Books

Pop Up Pirate

Pop Up Pirate

Water Wow Books

Water Wow Books

Reusable Stickers

Reusable Stickers

Snowball Maker

Snowball Maker

Marble Run

Marble Run

Chalk

Chalk

Reusable Stickers

Play Doh Tools

Pyramid of ten Play-Doh cans in assorted colors

Play Doh

A hand stretches green therapy putty from a tub filled with small farm animal charms

Putty

Gross Motor

Kablooey Blocks

Stomp Racers

Stomp Racers

Climbing Blocks

Climbing Blocks

Balance Beam

Balance Beam

A child reads while reclining on a gray foam play couch folded into a lounger

Play Couch

Bean Bags

Bean Bags

Yoga ball

Yoga Ball

Stacking Gears

Stacking Gears

Trampoline

Trampoline

Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster

Cozy Coupe

Cozy Coupe

Tricycle

Tricycle

Chalk

Chalk

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

Peanut Ball

Peanut Ball

Rody Horse

Rody Horse

Bump Ball

Bump Ball

Balance Stones

Balance Stones

Sit N Spin

Sit N Spin

Scooter Board

Scooter Board

Infants & Babies

Baby Einstein Glow & Discover Light Bar Activity Station

Baby Einstein Glow & Discover Light Bar Activity Station

Musical Light Up Tummy Time

Musical Light Up Tummy Time

Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym

Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym

Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym

Baby Einstein 4-in-1 Kickin' Tunes Music and Language Discovery Play Gym

Baby Einstein 4-in-1 Kickin’ Tunes Music and Language Discovery Play Gym

Noggin Stick

Noggin Stick

Spinner Toy

Spinner Toy

Pop Up Toy

Pop Up Toy

Climbing Gym

Climbing Gym

Climbing Gym with Tunnel

Climbing Gym with Tunnel

O-Ball

O-Ball

Tower of colorful plastic stacking cups

Stacking Cups

Stacking Cups

Piggy Bank

Piggy Bank

Ring stacker toy with textured rings in bright colors and black-and-white patterns

Ring Stacker

A baby presses down on a push-and-go toy car, shown with four colorful animal cars

Push to Go Cars

Wooden baby play gym with hanging toys over a quilted activity mat with sensory flaps

Play Mat

Fisher-Price pony toy that works as a push walker and a ride-on

Pony

Green Toys Stack and Sort Train set with shape blocks and stacking pieces

Stack and Sort Train

Teal Oball rattle ball with easy-grip holes and beads inside

O-Ball

A baby does tummy time on an inflatable water play mat

Water Mat

Tummy time floor mirror with a cloth crab book and high-contrast patterns, shown with a baby looking into it

Tummy Time Mirror

Curved tummy time support pillow in an arch print with a rainbow toy and teething ring attached

Tummy Time Boppy

Toy drum with bug-shaped shakers, a tambourine and other rhythm instruments

Instruments

Soft plush ball with ribbon tags and an embroidered frog

Taggie Ball

Skwish rattle made of colorful wooden rods, beads and elastic cords

Squish Ball

Clip-on baby mobile with high-contrast black-and-white pattern cards

Mobile

High-contrast black-and-white soft cloth book unfolded into panels, with a baby holding one

Contrast Book

Set of colorful plastic linking rings

Rings

Soft fabric birdhouse toy with a carry handle and four plush birds

Soft Toy Box

Ogo Sport Ball
Yellow banana-shaped silicone baby toothbrush and teether

Banana Brush

Clear silicone infant toothbrush with a round safety shield

Silicone Tooth Brush

NUK training toothbrush set with a textured oral massage brush and a safety guard

Nuk Brush

Winkel rattle and teether made of colorful looping tubes

Winkel Rattle & Sensory Teether Toy

Atom rattle and teether with colorful balls and sliding rings

Manhattan Toy Atom Rattle & Teether Grasping Activity Baby Toy

Yellow T-shaped chewy tube

Yellow Chew Tube

Red T-shaped chewy tube

Red Chew Tube

Light blue ARK Grabber chew tool with a loop handle

ARK’s Light Blue Baby Grabber Chewie

Light blue ARK Y-Chew, a textured Y-shaped chew tool

Ark’s Y Chew

Blue Comotomo silicone ring teether with four small nubs

Comotomo Teether

Mint green ridged silicone teething tube

Teething Tube

Smartphone showing a baby development app that tracks mental leaps, open to Leap 1: Sensations

The Wonder Weeks App & Book

Book cover: The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, M.D.

The Happiest Baby on the Block

Book cover: The Montessori Baby by Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike

The Montessori Baby

Book cover: The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies

The Montessori Toddler

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