Christmas Gifts Encouraging Speech, Feeding, and Oral Motor

Children who struggle with speech and language might have a hard time making sounds, understanding speech, expressing oneself, using language in context, eating, swallowing, and chewing. Some children have a hard time in one of those areas; others have trouble with more than one. With Christmas is right around the corner, many parents of special needs kids want to buy gifts that will promote speech/ oral motor growth and development for their child. Here are some ideas:

Christmas Gift List Encouraging Speech, Feeding, and Oral Motor

1.     Bubbles and bubble whistles

2.     Musical instruments: Kazoo, Harmonica, Recorder, Horn, Whistles (train, lip), Flutes, Chirpy*, Tommy Toot*, Saxoflute*, Water Flutes*

3.     Chewry*, chewy stixx*, chewy tubes*, chewy noodle*

4.     Listening/singing or talking devices: Whisper phone*, Toobaloo*,  Echo microphone*, kid sing-a-long microphone

5.     Games: Blow Lotto*

6.     Critter Vibe*

7.     Spoons/ Forks: Maroon Spoons*, Easie Eaters*, E-Z spoons*, Textured spoons*, Gripables*

8.     Krazy Straws

9.     Sip Tip Cup* and Mr. Juice Bear*

10.  Scooper bowl and plate*

 

These products can be found at Walmart, Target, Amazon, local toy stores, Super Duper Inc and Beyond Play.

* items are therapy items and are sold at Beyond Play and Super Duper Inc. I highly recommend these companies for therapy supplies.