Starfish

21/10/2026

Will it get to take up permanent residency or just stay on a visitors residency?

Early indicators were more miss than hit, but it seems to have found its mark with this student!

Time will tell.

Good example of how varied our sensory and learning needs can be.

20/10/2026

Only tools that support learning in our specialist tutoring centre make it into the Brain Box - if students wish to use one during our sessions.
Plenty are put to the test. Plenty fail.
The ones that take up a permanent position:

FIRM
Nee Doh or Smoosho cube - regular NOT the niceberg.
Nee Doh or Smoosho Gum Drop
Nee Doh or Smoosho Dream Drop - without the base
Smoosho Heart

SQUISHY
Smoosho Colour Change Furry
Smoosho Decision (Magic) Ball
Smoosho Yoghurt

Halo picky bands - small: green & red
Silent Clicker
Kaiko SpiKey

Currently trialling the 🆕 Kaiko Poppi.

And drum roll 🥁
The most used ones, the ones that invariably end up in a student’s hand:
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Smoosho Colour Change Furry Squishy
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Smoosho Yoghurt

These aren’t always the ones students reach for first, particularly the yoghurt, but they are the staples.

18/10/2026

Madi is away for a few days, dancing 💃 and having a lovely time.
She made sure she pre-prepared this clip for you in her absence.
Perfection 👌🏽
Enjoy your day everyone. Hope it’s a good one.

17/10/2026

💕 Ditched the pink. We did love the pretty pink.
❤️ But we took opportunity in our latest shipment from our manufacturer, to have them do a red instead of the pink 2 minute giant sand timer.

A 2 minute sand timer is a handy one to have.
And I was worried that the pink colour might put some people off getting it, when it was a two minute timer they needed.

It’s relatively easy to make a change like this for us. Our manufacturer is so good to@work with.
We also added in a new giant sand timer - a 20 minute one.
20 minutes is a good length of time for an activity, for scheduling breaks in 20 minute increments.
It just made sense.

17/10/2026

Switched out the pink for a gorgeous red.
But can you spot the new one?

16/10/2026

12/10/2026

But here I am. Once again impressed by what they’ve come up with.
This time, it’s another innovation and accessory for the so-so-clever Play Tabs.
You can now add this cube to your set.
It holds up to 5 of your Play Tabs tiles.
If you’re just starting out or new to the whole Fat Brain Play Tabs, my gosh they’ve got so many ways to extend your options.
There’s the:
✨ essential set (the board and 6 tiles)
✨ 6 different tile packs (each pack had 3 tiles)
✨ Play Tab Go (comes with 2 tiles and has an attachable ring for the pram)
✨ Board (yes, you can just buy the board on it own and then add whichever tile packs you’d prefer or that suit your child)
✨ Modular Activity Cube (the tiles need to be purchased separately). Such a smart thing to add to get even more versatility from your Play Tabs collection.