Getting kids ready for school is not just about buying supplies and getting clothes organized—it’s also a great time to jumpstart their little bodies and minds.
Back to School Readiness
Reviewed by AblePlay
[1]Bright and Ready Activity Cards are a great way to help children with special needs transition from summer vacation to school. This inventive 52-card set is packed with age-specific activities that promote thinking, creativity and opportunities to practice both the fine motor skills and manual dexterity needed for classrooms.
These interactive, illustrated cards also help kids focus on a specific task and practice listening to or reading directions—always a good review when heading to school. Some cards encourage physical activities that can prepare kids for playground fun by toning their body skills. Bright and Ready Activity Cards are sturdy and laminated and made by appropriately-named Ready Set Resources.
For more information on this products, go to https://brightandready.com/ [2].
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Air-Lite™ Junior Bolster Swing
Strengthen your core and build motor skills! Our Air-Lite Junior Bolster Swing challenges balance reactions and offers proper head and body alignment as children change positions to sit, straddle or swing side-to-side or front-to-back. Portable and durable. For home use only.
- Provides a smooth ride for sensory avoiders and lots of action for sensory seekers
- Supports kids with ADHD, sensory processing disorder or autism
- Made by Fun and Function
For more information on this products, go to https://funandfunction.com/ [5].
ABC Touch and Feel Letters
[6]Learning the alphabet becomes a multi-sensory experience with our ABC Touch and Feel Letters! The 26 letters have different colors and textures, and are super large with a 3” diameter. Includes storage bag with pull string, making it easy to learn your ABC’s wherever you go! Age 2+.
Price: $22.99
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The Homework Tent
No more homework blues! Pop up the tent and the stress floats away. Kids enjoy having a hideaway space to focus, concentrate and learn. The tent is also the perfect comfort zone and reading space. Nylon ties on front door make it easy to open and close the hideout. Flame retardant 70 Denier nylon, meets CPAI-84 standards. Sturdy shock-corded poles for easy assembly. Durable and long lasting polyethylene floor. “T” style door for easy access. Multi-color design in a vibrant blue, red and yellow. Measures 48” x 48” x 42” High.
Price: $41.99
What’s “APP”ening? Helpful App for Children with Special Needs
[10]I Click-I Talk by TOOKTY LLC. has several unique and critical features that are missing from competing augmentative and alternative communication AAC systems. For example: track usage and analyze data, layout and image size options, text image options, place holder and text image options, record voice, write text, import personal images/photos. I Click- I Talk was created as collaboration between a computer scientist and a speech and language pathologist.
Price: Free
Available for iOS [11]
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This post originally appeared on our September/October 2012 Magazine [27]