Why Choose From Our Products Page?
At Carolina Therapy Connection, we have an open mind to drive innovation. The clinic should be an educational resource to provide our families with direct access to the latest pediatric habilitative and rehabilitative services products. Everything you see on this page is direct recommendations from our knowledgeable 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. Explore our top picks below, featuring innovative learning tools, calming aids, and essential therapy resources. These items are the heart of our clinic, helping us provide exceptional services. Click here to visit our Amazon Storefront and discover these incredible selections.
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.
Infant /Toddler Toys & Products
Fisher-Price Little People Big Animal Train Toy
Lights, Music, and Smart Stages Learning Content. Great for: language development, pretend play, alphabet, counting, colors, shapes, opposites and imitating animal sounds.
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Academia & Education Products
Sound Puzzles
Great for kiddos who love to hear a noise or sound following action (i.e. ‘mooing’ following placement of cow puzzle piece)
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Wiggle Seat
Great for kiddos with ADHD or difficulty sitting still for long periods of time
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Wobble Stool Desk Chair
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
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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!
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Fan Favorite Clinic Toys & Sensory Products
Sensory Compression Vest
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!
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Mini Hand-Held Massager with Hand Grip
Kids at our clinic LOVE this as a way to provide sensory input
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Mini Pop Tubes Fidget Toy
24 Pack, Sensory Stretch Tubes Kit Stress Relief Toys for Kids
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Therapy Brush for Occupational and Sensory Brushing
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!
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Self Care Practice
Melissa & Doug Super Smile Dentist Kit
With Pretend Play Set of Teeth And Dental Accessories. Great for kiddos who have difficulty or aversion to brushing teeth and/or going to the dentist due to sensory sensitivities
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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!
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Switches & Switch/Easily Activated Toys
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!
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12 Pack Easy Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
for Kids Age 4-8 Years Old (9 different themed sets to choose from)
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ThinkFun Rush Hour Traffic Jam Brain Game
STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up.
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
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Pictureka!
Fun game used to target visual motor, visual perceptual and figure ground development
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Rubik’s Race Game
Head To Head Fast Paced Square Shifting Board Game Based On The Rubiks Cubeboard (Ages 7+)
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Exercise Putty (6-Pack)
Therapeutic putty used for hand strengthening prior to fine motor task (handwriting, cutting etc.)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Feeding, Mealtime & Oral Motor Products
Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder
Many versions of this product are available on Amazon. Our feeding specialists recommend using any of the MESH ones, similar to the one below!
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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
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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!)
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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
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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
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Baby Einstein Glow & Discover Light Bar
Learning Resources Spike The Might Motor Hedghog (18+ Months)
Fisher-Price Little People Big Animal Train Toy
Lights, Music, and Smart Stages Learning Content. 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
Wheel Balance Toy
Spring Loaded Scissors
Spring Loaded Scissors
3 Pack
Sound Puzzles
Great for kiddos who love to hear a noise or sound following action (i.e. ‘mooing’ following placement of cow puzzle piece)
Wiggle Seat
Great for kiddos with ADHD or difficulty sitting still for long periods of time
Bounce Band for Desks
Relieves hyperactivity, provides sensory input while sitting
Wobble Stool Desk Chair
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!
Dive Into Shapes Geometry Building Set
Fisher Price Sit ‘n Stand Skyway
Clinic Fan Favorite!
Doorway Sensory Swing
(Easy to install in any home!)
Stepping Stones for Kids Indoor and Outdoor Balance Blocks
Harkla’s Sensory Kids Pod Swing
Sensory Play Water Beads
Great to use for base of sensory bin
Kinetic Sand
Great to use for base of sensory bin
Squigs (Silly Suckers)
Spinner Stacking Toy
Clinic Fan Favorite!
Sensory Pop-it Puzzle
Squishy Stress Balls for Kids
Sensory Pop-up Tent
Up & Down Roller Coaster for Kids
Sensory Sox (3-5 years old)
Sensory Compression Vest
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!
5 Piece Foam Block Climb & Crawl Play Set
Mini Hand-Held Massager with Hand Grip
Kids at our clinic LOVE this as a way to provide sensory input
Mini Pop Tubes Fidget Toy
24 Pack, Sensory Stretch Tubes Kit Stress Relief Toys for Kids
Therapy Brush for Occupational and Sensory Brushing
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
Fastener Board
Great fine motor skills practice!
How to Tell Time & How to Tie Your Shoes Interactive Books
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wood Lacing Sneaker – Learn to Tie a Shoe
Melissa & Doug Super Smile Dentist Kit
With Pretend Play Set of Teeth And Dental Accessories. 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!
Extra Sensitive Pressure Switch Button
Switch Activated Bubble Machine
Touch-Sensitive Hexagon Wall Lights
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!
Goliath Dragon Snacks Game – Find The Treasure
Build Or Boom Visual Motor Game
Make or Break Visual Motor Game
Rubiks Race Visual Motor Game
Apples to Apples Game
I Got This Problem Solving Game
Magnetic Color and Number Maze
Tangrams
Creative Fort Building Set
Crocodile Dentist Visual Motor Game
CADOO Board Game
Shark Bite Fine Motor Game
Yeti in My Spaghetti
Bounce Off Visual Motor Game
Game Of Life
Gnomes at Night Game
Topple Chrome Game
A-B-SEA Alphabet Game
12 Pack Easy Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
for Kids Age 4-8 Years Old (9 different themed sets to choose from)
Wooden Sorting and Stacking Toy
Peg Board
Stacking Peg Board & Bead Stringing Set
Lacing Farm Toy Wooden Block Set
ThinkFun Rush Hour Traffic Jam Brain Game
STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up.
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
Melissa & Doug Suspend Family Game (31 pcs) – Wire Balance Game
Pictureka!
Fun game used to target visual motor, visual perceptual and figure ground development
Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Blocks Geometric Tangram Brain Teasers
Rubik’s Race Game
Head To Head Fast Paced Square Shifting Board Game Based On The Rubiks Cubeboard (Ages 7+)
Exercise Putty (6-Pack)
Therapeutic putty used for hand strengthening prior to fine motor task (handwriting, cutting etc.)
Disney Frozen Frantic Board Game
Candy Land Board Game
Kanoodle Fine Motor Game
Spelling Bee Language Game
Break The Ice Puzzle Game
Kerplunk Fine Motor Game
Guess Who Card Game
Shopping List Memory Game
Zingo Vocabulary Game
Googly Eyes Drawing Game
Colors and Shapes BINGO Game
Monkeying Around Fine Motor Game
Giant Pegboard Fine Motor Activity
Go Fish Launch Game
Qwirkle Matching Board Game
Beginning Skills Floor Puzzle
Scrabble Junior Word Game
I SPY Eagle Eye Find-It-Game
Froggy Feeding Fun Fine Motor Game
“I Got This” Fine Motor Game
Magnetic Letter Building Fine Motor Activity
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
ARK’s Z-Vibe Travel Kit with Spoons
ARK’s Z-Vibe Oral Stimulator for Speech & Feeding
ARK’s Y-Chew XT Oral Motor Chewy Tool
Sensory Chewy Necklaces
Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder
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
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
Who’s Feeling What? Social Emotional Learning Games, Communication Games for Kids
