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UNDERSTANDING DIFFICULT BEHAVIOURS

Designed for Parents, Teachers & Therapists to better understand Routines, Sensory Processing & Emotional Regulation

Kids with anxiety or additional needs are so often misunderstood and incorrectly labelled as 'naughty', and then palmed off as someone else's problem as they appear unteachable.

What if you had training, tools, strategies and resources to better understand and interact with these kids?

Are you ready to challenge those misconceptions and traditional thought patterns around behaviour?

Are you ready to learn more about what these kids experience day in day out, as well as gain strategies to reduce sensory overwhelm, provide more movement breaks and set up routines to create calm and certainty in your life and theirs?

SKILLS TO SUCCEED AT SCHOOL

Designed for Parents, Teachers & Therapists to Confidently Teach Fine Motor Skills with Play

Teachers are now seeing so many kids struggle with fine motor skills due to too much time spent on devices, and not enough time spent playing in real life (we get it - finding the balance is hard!).

We have loads of play activities to develop fine motor skills including bilateral coordination, crossing the midline, pincer grip, handwriting and scissor skills, as well as covering loads of other learning areas and educational concepts.

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

Designed for Parents and Early Childhood Educators to Confidently Teach Skills Through Play

We believe in making learning fun - with sensory play and open ended activities that encourage children to learn, play, explore and discover.

Kids are wired to learn through play, not to sit at desks with pens. Play encourages FMS, GMS, vocabulary, comprehension, problem solving, resilience, cause & effect, social skills and so much more.

Furthermore, we want to help you understand what is really going on when kids play... What are they learning? How can they be learning when they are making so much mess?

And to challenge any misconceptions about what learning looks like. Are they really learning more if sitting quietly at a desk with a worksheet vs. loud water play with scoops and toys?

OUR UNIQUE DESIGNS

Our teaching resources are designed to help you confidently teach concepts and skills in a way that is simple to follow & understand, building on each step/skill/concept as the pack progresses.

If you can understand the concepts yourself, then you are going to feel more confident in teaching it and passing on your knowledge!

CVC Training & Resources, Christmas Activities and our 2023 Goal Setting Planners are coming soon!

Do you need help with...

  • Fine Motor Skills

    Develop scissor control, hand strength, bilateral coordination, pincer grip, learn correct letter formation, writing first & last name, colouring between the lines, puzzles, handwriting and more!

  • Learning Through Play

    We believe in making learning fun - with sensory play and open ended activities that encourage children to learn, play, explore and discover.

  • Managing Meltdowns

    Understand how our sensory profiles impact emotions and behaviour. Learn how to build a range of personalised tools and strategies to keep regulated, and what to do then managing difficult behaviours and meltdowns.

  • Understanding Difficult Behaviours

    Are you ready to learn more about what these kids experience day in day out, as well as gain strategies to reduce sensory overwhelm, provide more movement breaks and set up routines to create calm and certainty in your life and theirs?

  • Managing Anxiety

    Everything you need to understand emotions, sensory & emotional regulation, how visual schedules reduce anxiety plus practical steps to set up routines, giving you a calm and happy home/classroom

  • Understanding Routines

    Everything you need to understand emotions, sensory & emotional regulation, set up routines and have a calm and happy home/classroom

What's Included in Our Packs

Each training course includes loads of our brightly coloured, fun & interactive printables, training videos (in case you learn best by listening), and a comprehensive training manual (in case you learn best by reading).

  • Amazing printables that are practical, interactive and fun - print off and get started today!

  • Personalised files for you to edit for your child, clients or students - to make them extra special

  • Training videos to walk you step by step through learning concepts, play ideas, how to use the resources as well as practical tools and strategies to implement straight away

  • Comprehensive training PDF, hyperlinked with all the training topics covered, meaning you can easily and quickly access information

  • Complete the courses in your own time and easily access the information you are after, in the order you wish to learn it. (No need to complete prerequisite training modules before accessing certain learning areas).

  • Access to the Little Wooden Toybox Online Community: a safe space where you can ask Tash anything, share experiences, learn and discover together with like minded teachers, therapists, parents and educators.

  • VIP access to bonus materials, training and resources

  • Video content for auditory learners

  • Written content for those that learn best by reading, also making it easy to go back and find information covered in the videos

Our Training & Printables

Meet Tash

Director of Little Wooden Toybox

Hi I'm Tash, Director of Little Wooden Toybox, designer of the Letter Basics resources (our own brand), single mum of two teens with ASD (Autism), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and we've recently added PDA (Extreme Demand Avoidance) to the list - fun times!

My background is in teaching (B.Ed K-7) as well as special/additional needs, and this combined with over 10 years of early intervention has given me a unique insight into

- Understanding difficult behaviours and why they occur

- Understanding how emotional regulation and sensory input impacts both us as parents and our little ones (diagnosed or not)

- Developing, implementing and managing resources & coping strategies to make home life calmer & more organised

All of these concepts and resources can be applied in the classroom, home and/or therapy; equipping parents, teachers, early childhood educators and therapists with tools and strategies to confidently manage difficult behaviours.

It's also important to note that these strategies also work for neurotypical children and children struggling with anxiety, helping to keep you and them calm and happy, and ready to learn and play!

“I have lived this day in & day out for the last 14 years – I am in a unique position to not only create amazing resources with input from therapists, but to test them in real life situations at home (where all the crazy comes out!)” – Tash K

What our Customers have to Say

“Students love them and l use them in many different ways to help develop language skills as well as having fun”

Robyn Mckean

“The children absolutely loved it. Great for fine motor skills.”

Joanne McKinnon M.

“I absolutely love these resources and so do the kids! They even request to use them over and over again!”

Joanne S.

“Always great things to find that help my little autistic grandson learn & play with nanny”

Nikki P.

FAQs

  • I have NDIS Funding, can I use this to Purchase your Products??

    Yes definitely!

    Depending on the course (or get the bundle), the training and resources will help you and your child with

    ✅ Emotional regulation
    ✅ Understanding sensory profiles
    ✅ Understanding emotions
    ✅ Routines and visual schedules
    ✅ Life skills
    ✅ Executive functioning
    ✅ Fine motor skills
    ✅ Handwriting

    If you are Self Managed, check with your LAC to make sure you have funds in your CORE budget or get approval from your Speechie or OT.

    Once you have approval, go ahead and buy the courses and then claim back with NDIS using the Tax Invoice provided on completion of your order.

    If you are Plan Managed, get approval from your plan manager then email Tash [email protected] with your

    ✅ Plan Managers Email
    ✅ Your Child's Name
    ✅ Your Child's NDIS Number
    and I will invoice your Plan Manager directly

  • Is 2 Years Old too Young for Little Wooden Toybox Printables?

    In short, no… BUT our resources are designed to be used in play settings, not at a desk with pen & paper. Little hands are not developed until 4 years old, therefore, they should not be holding thin pens or markers until they are older.

    Instead, use chunky crayons and paint brushes at an easel instead of a desk - gross motor skills (movement from shoulder) need to be developed before fine motor skills (movement from wrist).

    See our PLAY courses.

  • My kid’s Teachers says they need help with Fine Motor Skills

    We hear this a lot these days, especially after COVID restrictions where kids have spent many hours on the iPad (we get it - no judgement here 😊) but definitely check out our FINE MOTOR SKILLS PLAY COURSE to help strengthen fine motor skills, cutting skills, handwriting and writing your name.

  • I have a child with Autism/ADHD - What would you recommend?

    My two kids have ASD and ADHD too and we have been doing therapy intervention for over 10 years - so we get it!

    Many of our resources have been developed to help families cope with kids’ additional needs and to help you and your child with

    ✅ emotional regulation

    ✅ understanding sensory profiles

    ✅ understanding emotions

    ✅ routines and visual schedules

    ✅ life skills

    ✅ executive functioning

    ✅ fine motor skills

    ✅ fine motor skills

    ✅ handwriting

    Check out our THERAPY COURSES

  • Where do you get your Velcro and display folders from?

    Display folder: Officeworks
    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/display-book-a4-20-pocket-fixed-light-weight-clear-nbdbfx20cr

    Velcro - Bunnings
    https://www.bunnings.com.au/velcro-brand-25mm-x-5m-white-stick-on-loop-only-tape_p3960030 (don’t forget to get the hook side as well)

    TIP: Cut the velcro tape in half down the middle - making it last twice as long

Tips

  • Laminating Tip

    Laminate twice, CUT ONCE! This is a life changer!!!

    Run the one laminating pouch through the laminator twice - this will bond the plastic to the paper and allow you to cut out once, without it splitting.

  • Wipe Clean Tip

    Don’t want to laminate but want to reuse the activity? Place the page into a display sleeve to make it wipe clean