When we think of Christmas, there are usually two main things that we associate with the holiday; celebrating the birthday of Jesus, and with that celebration comes the joy of offering presents to others, especially children. It is said that the face of a child on Christmas morning is the true meaning of the holiday spirit. Christmas is the time that we realize yet again that giving is as joyful as receiving, and to see the face of a loved one or stranger open up with surprise and joy often becomes a wonderful gift for us.

Rehabmart offers a wide range of unique toys to those wonderfully unique children of all ages. Our vendors manufacture or distribute toys that can assist with pediatric auditory stimulation, games and toys for the hard of hearing, sensory motor developmental toys, and many other unique and different toys and games.

Pediatric sensory toys can help children with sensory challenges, autism, and developmental delays to promote sensory integration, allowing the child to experience a more encompassing and fulfilling learning adventure.

One delightful example of a sensory integration toy is the Musical Squares, which uses bright colors, fabulous sound quality and extensive flexibility, combining gross-motor skill movement with a cause-and-effect understanding. This learning device is a multisensory padded wall panel comprised of eight different switches to activate the sounds, colors, and flashing lights. The musical squares comes with eight various programmed sound worlds, and the opportunity to create two custom modes where personal sounds and compositions can be added.

Another engaging sensory toy is the Mini Carillon Auditory Stimulation Toy that helps to promote listening, color, matching, and sound recognition skills. The mini carillon enables children to play songs or make up their own tunes on the carillon precision-tuned series of bells that are attached to switches which ring the bells. There are also six color-encoded song cards that allow the child to play along with much loved children’s songs such as ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’, and ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’.

Pediatric Sensory Motor Developmental Toys also help teach children how to combine all of the individual senses into a holistic look upon the world and their place in it. Because the brain uses information collected by sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures, and object movement, the child will learn to comprehend sensory experience leading to the appropriate response and behavior.

One type of sensory motor development toy is the Explore-A-Center Pediatric Motor Activity Center, which is used to provide tactile, visual, and auditory stimulation. This fun and functional toy also teaches cause-and-effect while encouraging parallel play between two, three, or four children at the same time, allowing each of them to learn and share from exploring the busy activity center box together. Eight sensory activities produce mechanical music, blinking lights, vibration, and many different sound effects like children’s laughter or splashing water.

Since birth, a child first learns about life through his five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and tactile touch. With these senses, the child explores the world around him, learning and mentally developing along the way. While all the senses are important to be able to learn about the immediate environment, the sense of sound is crucial in that it helps form connections to people and places for the infant. The recognition of his mother’s voice, hearing the tinkling sounds of a music box, or the story told to him by his father are just a few familiar sounds of home. Yet, for some children, the sounds that they hear are silence, or close to it, and as the child develops in age and mental acuity, the delayed development of his auditory stimulation can adversely affect his learning and behavior.

Toys for the deaf can educate, connect and entertain children. One example is the See It and Sign It American Sign Language Game. Intended for one or more players, the game has six different modes that allow children to match up and sign the answer to six different sign categories such as animals, action, feelings, colors, people and food. Each of the 60 signs utilized have detailed color illustrations and instructions.

Christmas is a time of joy and receiving gifts in celebration. Toys for children to play and to learn with are a wonderful idea not just to give at Christmas time but at any time of the year because learning about life is a year-long process and enjoying the learning process is a benefit for a lifetime.

To view the many other types of educational toys and games, click on any of the following pages:

Adaptive Toys, Special Needs Toys, Switch Adapted Toys

Pediatric Cognitive Toys, Educational Toys

Pediatric Stimulus Reward Switch Toys, Sensory And Motor Skills Development, Special Needs Toys

Pediatric Sensory Motor Developmental Toys, Sensory Play, Sensory Integration, Sensory Activities for Toddlers, Sensory Toys

Pediatric Assistive Technology Switches, Inclusive Learning Devices, Augmentative Communication

Pediatric Tactile Stimulation, Sensory Play, Tactile Toys, Sensory Toys, Tactile Stimulation

Pediatric Auditory Stimulation, Sound Therapy, Music Games for Kids, Auditory Stimulation

Games and Toys for the Deaf, ASL Fingerspelling, Sign Language Games, Sign Language Flash Cards

Bill Stock
Executive Editor,
Content & Social Media Services