Wooden Puzzles

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After group today - the ot said it would be helpful for dd to have wooden puzzles - you know the ones with the little knobs on that you pull out of the slot and put them back in. We managed to buy one for her but what we need are different size knobs/handley things. She has one with small plastic knobs but needs larger - round/cylindrical shaped ones.

Have tried ELC - no luck - all the same...

any suggestions..

Formative Fun and Rompa (rompa.com I think) also have some of those. Ds1's portage worker has a load of them...... There are some really nice shape ones. DS1 loves them.

try Formative Fun (www.formativefun.com) - they have a special needs catalogue with puzzles with larger knobs. Also just bought a fab one on Monday from 'The Rocking Horse' - a toy shop near us that also does mail order - with very large knobs and colour-coded base board - i.e. yellow duck fits into yellow space. This is the best one I've bought so far and dd can do it without much help, mainly because the pieces fit quite loosely into the space and it's easier for someone with fine motor problems to complete (does this make sense? Sorry it's difficult to describe such a visual/tactile thing). The Formative Fun puzzles I've got are a bit too 'tight'. The Rocking Horse also does mail order on 01423 566718. The puzzle costs £9.95 and has five animal shapes (duck, dog, cow, horse, sheep) in different colours with very large round knobs.

A few from eduzone - which also has a great special needs toys section.

www.eduzone.co.uk/shop.asp?v=191-132
www.eduzone.co.uk/shop.asp?v=191-133
www.eduzone.co.uk/shop.asp?v=191-167
www.eduzone.co.uk/shop.asp?v=191-200

alright jimjams you were faster than me!

www.acorneducational.co.uk
but I have managed to get some with big knobs from mothercare, they also had the picture underneath to make matching easier

excellent - at this stage we are not worried about her putting them in the shape but taking them out.. trying to get that oblique thumb action ... she is okay with the one she has but we wanted to have her experience a number of size knobs...

thanks for that - her birthday is coming up and we thought we might be able to get her some for her birthday.

As usual - mumsnetters come to the rescue.....

Agree with Fio2 about the Mothercare ones. Knobs much easier to grip than the ELC ones.

found a good one at mothercare - as you said - bigger knobs so she now has two types to practice her grip - much cheaper than dh bought the first one for....