For the next few weeks many of us will be glued to our televisions (and laptops and tablets!) to view the Summer Olympic Games held in London.  In the spirit of the games this innovative idea was too cute to pass up. Check out this SPORTOS clip and I think you will agree. These blocks look like just the thing to work on fine motor/visual ...

I recently came across this Research Study ongoing here in Orlando at the University of Central Florida.  UCF's Anxiety Disorders Clinic has teamed up with Virtually Better, an Atlanta based interactive technology company to develop a computer simulation program that allows children to practice social skills in a safe environment through the ...

Hi all!   How is everyone doing with their holiday shopping?  I was out today for the first time and was able to at least get a small dent in what I will need for family & friends. I have to admit, even for me without too many major sensory issues, it was a bit over whelming - the crowds, the loud music, ...

In March I wrote a blog about visiting Toys*R*Us and offered some suggestions on websites that offered more than your usual selection of toys.  I receive an email from Stephanie Oppenheim who shared with me her website (the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio) and I want to share it with you.  With the Christmas season coming websites that can help ...

I am always amazed at how the majority of kids just love bubbles.  All you have to do is pull out a bottle of bubbles and kids seem to appear out of the wood work... waiting in anticipation for that first wave of round colorful bubbles to appear so they can chase after them and pop them.  I have found, though, that bubbles have many uses ...

Last weekend I had to run into Toys*R*Us to pick up a birthday present for a party my son was attending.  I am not a good shopper.  I don't like to wander around the store looking at this or that - I much prefer to just know what I want to get, go into the store, right to that item, grab it, purchase it, and leave.  1.2.3. - ...