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developmental and inclusive resources

Visual Stimulation

A captivating kit for visual stimulation, with glitter tubes, sensory balls, liquid timers and an ocean wave projector. Light, colour and movement encourage visual tracking, relaxation and sensory exploration.

Messy Play

A hands-on kit with magic sand, metallic slime, playfoam and therapy putty for open-ended tactile play. These resources provide rich sensory input to support creativity, fine motor skills and self-regulation through playful, messy discovery.

Light Exploration

A striking kit featuring a colour-changing cylinder, LED stool, and egg to create engaging sensory light experiences. These resources promote visual stimulation, focus, and calming through immersive light play.

Everyday Sensory Tools

A practical kit with hearing protectors, chair bands, timers, lap pads, wriggle cushions, stress balls and bubble pop fidgets. These tools support daily sensory needs, helping children manage energy, improve focus and regulate emotions in classrooms or care settings.

Fidget Focus Aids

A practical kit of fidget tools including flick sticks, bubble pops, puzzles and stretch strings, designed to support focus, self-regulation and calm. These hand-held aids provide tactile input and help children channel energy to improve concentration.

Kit

Calming Tools

$229.95

Vestibular Movement

This kit includes a sensory swing, stepping stones, scoop rockers, wobble board and balance disc. It promotes active play, vestibular input, balance, coordination and spatial awareness while supporting regulation and focus.

Proprioceptive Activities

A collection of resources for relaxation and self-regulation, including sensory trails, rollers, squeeze shapes, a breathing board and a weighted elephant. Providing tactile and deep pressure input, they help reduce anxiety and restore balance.

Kit

Auditory Experiences

$469.95

An engaging kit with sound prisms, pop tubes, sound boxes, sensory cubes and rainbow recorders to stimulate auditory exploration. These resources build listening skills, sound recognition and auditory memory while encouraging playful interaction. MTASSKIT7 Kit

$434.95

A purposeful kit with therapy putty, hand strengtheners, a body sock, compression sheet and balance board to build body awareness and support regulation. Providing proprioceptive input through resistance, pressure and movement, it helps develop strength, coordination and calm.

Oral Motor & Chewing

A supportive kit with chewable bangles, necklaces, pendants and absorbent chews that provide safe oral sensory input. These tools support self-regulation, focus and calming while offering a positive alternative to chewing clothing or stationery.

Sensory Solutions

Shape your sensory space with MTA

Plan, visualise and create a sensory-rich environment designed for exploration, calm and discovery.

1 PLLE96 Bubble Tube 183cm

2 TF561 Light Box Table & Storage

3 AT601 Rectangular Mirror

4 UB007-G Ergerite Curved Ottoman

5 DM2012 Large Comfy Cushions Natural Set of 6

Sensory Solutions

Colour Changing Cylinder

Colour changing furniture is the ultimate in ambient lighting and our Colour Changing Cylinder helps create such a calming mood.

Colour Changing LED Stools

Perfect for sensory rooms. This colour changing furniture is durable, and versatile which makes it a perfect product.

Colour Changing LED Pebbles

Colour Changing Pebbles have calming properties that are excellent to create sensory play spaces or quiet areas. This colour changing furniture is durable, and versatile.

Large Infinity Mirror

Colour Changing Sphere

This colour changing furniture comes with a remote control, through which you can set up to 6 different colours. They are calming to look at and the colours fade evenly along the whole shape.

Sensory Fibre Optic Curtain Ring

Create a visually stunning environment with this Fibre Optic Ceiling Ring. Featuring 150 vibrant, multicoloured fibre optic tails that cascade from a mirrored ring, this dramatic light display can transform any space.

Fibre Optic Tails

The Fibre Optic Tails are a valuable tool for sensory therapy, providing visual and tactile stimulation without the risk of heat. They are especially beneficial in educational settings, helping children focus, relax, and regulate their emotions.

Fibre Optic Ceiling Display

Transform your sensory room into a captivating starry night with this Fibre Optic Ceiling Display Kit. Designed to project a stunning galaxy of stars on your ceiling, this visual effect creates a soothing, calming atmosphere that enhances relaxation and focus.

Fibre Optic Lamp

Using fibre optic technology this Fibre Optic Lamp with Colour Changing Base will gently phase through different colours. Creates a calming and relaxed atmosphere with its mesmerising glow.

Bubble Tube

A striking addition to any sensory room, classroom, or office. Features mesmerizing rising bubbles and vibrant, colour-changing LED lights.

PLLE96K Kit

$1,534.05 PLLE96 183cm $1,149.95

PLLE98 Remote Cube 30 cm $459.95

Waterless LED Tube

A magical visual experience to any sensory room, classroom, or play area. This innovative, waterless tube offers vibrant colour-changing LED lights that create stunning light displays, captivating children’s attention and sparking their creativity.

Bubble Tube with Floating Balls

Ideal for sensory rooms, classrooms, or interactive spaces, this bubble tube provides a soothing and therapeutic effect.

Bubble Tube plus Bracket

An ideal sensory tool designed to improve visual development and communication skills. Comes with colour-changing lights, bubbles, and 8 plastic swimming fish.

Fish Tank Square

The moving fluorescent fish are mesmerizing and the tank lights up and shifts between various colours. LED lights for less power consumption with multiple settings and phases.

28 x 24 x 10 cm

Jelly Fish Tank Large

An ideal stress reliever and classroom resource, that will impress and delight those who see it. The tank compromises of 7 beautiful jelly fish and they are so realistic that they fascinate with their movements.

$149.95

Jelly Fish Tank Round Black

Captivating and mesmerizing jelly fish tank featuring jelly fish swimming with uncanny lifelike motion. Creates a calm and soothing atmosphere anywhere.

35 x 14 x 14 cm

$119.95

Giant Jelly Fish Tank Square

Ideal stress reliever and stunning ornament for any learning environment. Sleek and modern in design, this beautifully thought of product has two realistic jelly fish slowly swimming around the tank in life like motion.

$349.95

Light & Visual Stimulation

Early Years Projector

An exciting new and unique projector, designed specifically to enable children to independently and safely create, build and explore whilst engaging with magical, awe inspiring shadow and light scenarios.

LED Sensory Carpet

This mesmerising LED Sensory Carpet will retain the interest of your young students for longer than you would expect!

The light can change between 16 shades and multiple settings. Accessories not included.

This compact projector lights up the space with soft, flowing colours that mimic the gentle movement of ocean waves.

Galaxy Projection Lamp Creates a tranquil, starry atmosphere that can be projected onto walls and ceilings.

Create a unique sensory environment with circular interactive LED tiles that respond to touch!

Discovery Light Table

The Sensory Mood Discovery Light Table enhances learning through sensory exploration, creativity, and interactive play. CT75563 Discovery Table $1,149.95

Light Panels

Amazing light panels feature a bright LED surface. They are excellent for encouraging exploratory play as well as for art and craft activities and STEM and STEAM project

Easy Hold Glow Panels

These glow panels are perfect for stimulating sensory exploration and developing fine motor skills as children manipulate the panels to see the liquid move.

Teachables Light Box

Light Box Table

Light

Light & Visual Stimulation

Sensory Super Set

Create a sensory space with these floor tiles. Each tile features colourful liquid that moves when stepped on. Excellent for calming and exploratory spaces.

Kit

Sensory Liquid Floor Tiles

These floor tiles create a unique sensory experience as children stand, press or jump on the tiles.

50cm - Set of 6

Perfect for creating a calming environment with soothing mood lighting, or evoke students’ excitement with colour changing, interacting sparkle.

Liquid Floor Tiles

These sensory tiles offer numerous educational benefits, helping children develop gross motor skills, balance, and coordination as they interact with the colourful liquids.

Our Pop Up Tent in Black 105cm can be used for light projection or for self-regulation as a sensory den for students. This comes with a convenient carry bag.

Sensory Relax Space

Children can relax and unwind in the comfort of this Sensory Relax Space set that includes a Dark Den tent and 10 assorted coloured cushions.

3D Liquid Floor Tiles

Step, press, and watch the colours swirl! This set of 4 3D liquid floor tiles features ridged designs that shift and flow with every movement, creating a dynamic sensory experience that engages both sight and touch.

Set of 4

Glitter Liquid Floor Tiles

These tiles feature colourful and metallic glitter inside. These floor mats create a true sensory experience as children stand, press and jump on the tiles. Colours may vary.

Sensory Tent

These versatile tents features adjustable flaps that allow you to control light levels inside, making it perfect for sensory light and colour therapy.

Medium

Large

Light Up Sensory Room Kit

Sensory rooms can help improve focus, relieve stress and encourage socialising; you and your students will experience all of these things with our Light Up Sensory Room Kit.

A wonderful exploratory play item. Children can explore reflection as well as create a wonderful play space for dramatic play.

A large rectangular wall mirror made from highly reflective and child-safe PMMA plastic. Each rectangular mirror features rounded edges and is impact resistant which makes them a safer alternative to glass mirrors.

A wonderful exploratory play item. Children can explore reflection as well as create a wonderful play space for dramatic play.

Our Assorted Convex Mirrors come in a set of 4. A convex mirror is a curved mirror in which the reflective surface bulges toward the light source. They are great mirrors to have a whole lot of fun with.

MTA Spaces Mirrors Exploratory

Create a magical exploratory play space for young children. It can create an inspiring environment for babies and toddlers to explore reflection and sense of self.

Kit

Natural Spaces 3 Way Mirror

Features three folding panels with safe, scratch-resistant surfaces. Perfect for classrooms and early learning centres, this mirror encourages children to explore angles and dimensions while supporting self-expression and creative play

Natural Spaces Funny Mirrors

Add a touch of whimsy to your play area with the Natural Spaces Funny Mirror Set of 3. Featuring three quirky mirror shapes - Convex, Concave, and Wave; this set transforms any space into an interactive, playful environment.

This mirror table is excellent for exploratory and investigative play. Children are able to kneel or sit against this low table and work close to the floor. Illustrated accessories not included.

Bumpas - My Heart Is Yours

Discover Bumpas – weighted plush companions designed to comfort and soothe. From Lucky’s gentle embrace to Zeek’s watchful eyes, each character offers a warm hug and calming presence whenever it’s needed most.

Bumpas Mushies

Meet Lucky, Oz, Zeek & Shin Shin. Designed to provide calming comfort, emotional support, and playful companionship.

Kit - 35 cm $139.95

Bumpas Bumpaloos

Compact, cuddly companions offering comfort, security, and playful imagination wherever kids go. Meet Woo Woo, Yumi, Ja Ja and Lu!

Bumpas

Infinity Flipper

Effortlessly flip it back and forth to ease stress, stay focused and keep hands busy.

Bumpas Squish

Bumpas Squish Characters are soft, squeezable plush with a memory foam centre, soothing stress and supporting sensory play.

Egg Chair

The Egg Chair is a striking retreat for relaxation and sensory escape. Featuring inbuilt speakers and ambient lights, it creates the perfect space to unwind, listen to music or simply hide away. Its cocoon-like shape offers comfort, privacy and sound absorption, giving a true sense of security and calm. An impressive piece of furniture that brings both style and sanctuary to any space.

An essential sensory tool made of premium lycra fabric that is safe for children to crawl through like a tunnel.

giant therapeutic and calming addition to any home or education space.

Caterpillar Lacing Set

Introducing our marvelous caterpillar lacing set, which is an exciting and exceptional learning resource that offers a multitude of benefits for young learners.

Sensory Body Sock

Combine children’s love of creativity and dressing up. Perfect for artistic expression, sensory stimulation and new spatial experiences.

Sensory Calming Trails

These beautifully designed nature-themed boards with tactile, recessed pathways offer an absorbing way for children to find a place of calm

Sensory Squeezie

A comfy chair that if you gently squeeze, it applies soothing pressure and sensory input through the trunk.

Wooden Colour Sorting Set

Featuring a variety of natural and coloured wooden acorns, bowls, a scoop, spoon, and tweezers, this set is designed to engage students.

Building Rainbow Puzzle

The vividly coloured rainbow pieces are thick for stacking and free play, making this a versatile resource for creativity and fine motor skills.

Weighted Animals

A valuable tool in educational settings, especially for children with autism, ADHD, or sensory processing disorders.

Chair Bands

Bouncyband for school chairs and desks increases focus and academic performance by giving students an outlet for excess energy while working.

Green Early Years - Each

Black Primary School - Each

27Db Hearing Protectors

The 27dB Hearing Protectors are designed to block out potentially harmful external noise, making it ideal for children and adults.

Weighted Butterfly & Book

Our Soft-Sewn Lap Book and shoulder butterfly offers a soothing, interactive experience for children, designed to help them focus, calm down, and improve self-regulation.

Hand Therapy Eggs

These Hand Therapy Eggs are designed to improve grip strength and finger mobility.

Tracing Pebbles

Children can trace the patterns with their fingers, pencils, or crayons, helping them develop fine motor skills that will serve them well when learning to write.

Self-Regulation Stones

An open-ended, flexible resource designed to help children express their emotions when they cannot find the words to do so.

Breathing Board

As they trace the path, they follow simple, printed instructions to practice deep breathing in a rhythmic, self-soothing way.

Silicone Chewable Necklace Set

These necklaces are perfect for mild to moderate chewers, helping to ease anxiety, improve focus, and satisfy the need for oral sensory input.

Sensory Sprouts - Calm & Fidget

A playful kit featuring squish pals, pull pipes, wriggly geckos, and cool patches for hands-on sensory fun. These tactile tools support calming, focus, and self-regulation through movement and touch.

EVLSKIT1 Kit

$58.00

Sensory Sprouts - Stretch & Pop

A versatile kit with pop-it wheels, mindful monster balls, stretch strings, and suction shapes for endless sensory play. These engaging tools encourage fine motor skills, focus, and regulation through tactile exploration. EVLSKIT3 Kit

Sensory Sprouts - Tactile Fidget

A fun kit including squish pals, cool patches, a curly caterpillar, and fidget fish to keep little hands busy. These tactile fidgets provide soothing sensory input that helps with focus, regulation, and engagement.

Sensory Sprouts - Stretch & Squish

A bright kit featuring monster balls, stretch caterpillars, and suction monsters for playful tactile fun. These sensory favourites provide calming input and help children build focus, coordination, and selfregulation.

Focus & Fidget Play

Plips

Create swirling patterns, complex prisms, architectural sculptures - the connections hold together strong, and when you pull them apart, they make the most satisfying “POP!”

Fidget Toy Kit

With a variety of different fidget toys, this set is perfect for the classroom, therapy clinics, or home use. GKIN419 Set of

Therapy Putty

Use

Toy Resources Children with sensory seeking behaviours will find that this fidget toy resource kit help to calm the senses and redirect attention to the task at hand.

Focus & Fidget

See-Through Sensory Balls

Great for so many gross motor activities, children undergo a variety of sensory experiences as they roll, toss and bounce these see-through sensory balls.

Kit

55 (dia) cm

Set of 6

Emotion Balls

The Emotion Balls Set of 6 is a great resource for the learning environment. Children will have fun while learning about different emotions.

Lakeshore Sensory Balls

The Lakeshore Sensory Ball Set features exciting textures and bright, eye-catching colours. LS322SB Set of 10

Sensory Balls Mega Pack

Sensory Balls Mega Pack - Set of 9 that children will love. Lots of fun shapes and unique textured balls to choose from.

Rainbow Glitter Balls

A perfect resource for young children with fascinating sparkling stardust that swirls around the inside of the balls as they are moved.

Sensory Ball Pack

This Sensory Ball Pack comes with a selection of 20 balls with different textures, colours, density and bounce properties.

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Sensory Chunky Puzzles Set

The Sensory Chunky Puzzles Set is designed to help young children develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through engaging, tactile play.

BE00565K Set of 2 $91.40

Sensory Games Kit

CMY Colour Mixing Boxes

This 27-piece set features boxes in three sizes and the colours cyan, magenta and yellow. Mix and stack to explore colour, balance and design. Stunning on a light panel. ZZ404 27 Pieces $39.95

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The Sensory Games Kit is a thoughtfully designed set of tactile games that stimulate the senses and enhance children’s learning experiences. ANTO16139K Kit $345.35

MandaLay Rainbow

The MandaLay Rainbow set includes 102 colourful pieces for creating and arranging mandalas.

EZ42280 104 Pieces $94.95

Sensory Textures Kit

The Sensory Textures Kit is a thoughtfully designed set of wooden sensory games that enhance tactile recognition and promote sensory exploration.

Colourful Peg Board Game

Designed for teaching set theory, each height is colour-coded for easy identification, allowing children to explore a range of quantities from 1 to 10.

Sensory Pattern Blocks

The Sensory Pattern Blocks set includes tactile blocks made from recycled plastic, each featuring a unique texture to enhance sensory learning.

Cotton Sensory Sand with Tray Kit

This thoughtfully assembled set provides ample material and space for individual or small group tactile exploration.

Kit

Green Sensory Cotton Sand

Clear Small Tote Tray

Jumbo Sensory River Stones

Smooth-sanded, over-sized beech wood Jumbo Sensory River Stones feature inset, nature-inspired textures.

10 Pieces

An

Sensory Lacing Shapes Set

The colourful liquid inside creates a mesmerising visual effect as children squish and manipulate the pieces.

Glitter Wands

Mesmerising sensory wands in a variety of colours.

A rainbow innovative resource with 12 flexible strands for creating linear, geometric and 3D designs, building creativity, dexterity and fine motor skills.

Silicone Stacking Pyramid

A  set of colourful silicone blocks in varying sizes that stack into two pyramids, encouraging creativity and learning through play.

Liquid Sensory Bottles

Flip to watch the visual magic, an array of liquid sensory bottles.

These Teachables Rainbow Squares Sensory Pads are a fun, sensory resource for both children and adults.

Calming and therapeutic, move the silicone ball throughout and back again.

Squish back and forth and help improve hand strength and movement.

Social & Emotional Development

How Am I Feeling?

These unique wooden feeling blocks will be hours of fun as children play around with the up to 4000 different variations of feelings and emotions- happy, sad, scared or just down right spooky!!

Emotions Buddies Kit

Includes two sets of 4 charming, soft-to-the-touch characters that fit comfortably in the palm of a child’s hand.

Emotions Circular Rug

The Emotions Circular Placement Carpet is a highly visual 2 x 2m circular carpet has 12 different emotions and feelings with keywords to encourage group discussion.

Emotions Cushions

A terrific active learning resource which promotes social and emotional development.

Are you ok? Emotions Mats

These are especially ideal where classroom space may be awkward, and a traditional placement rug or mat is not suitable.

Are you ok? Emotions Mats - Set of 10

Feelings & Emotions Carpets

This carpet set includes 16 tiles, each showing a child with a different emotion. Featuring vibrant artwork, NSW Manuscript font and natural tones to reduce visible marks.

Bamboo Buddies

Meet the ‘Bamboo Buddies: Emotion Edition’, a delightful set of 6 charming bamboo characters designed to help children learn, play and grow!

Emotions Puzzle with Coping Strategies

This emotions puzzle with coping strategies is an excellent tool for helping young children develop emotional awareness and regulation.

Emotions

Kindness Hearts

Children will love to touch, hold and give away these attractive, tactile heart stones.

Emotion Story Stones

Features ten tactile plastic stones, each depicting a unique facial expression that helps children understand and express their emotions.

Set of 10

$69.95

Making Faces Magnetic Set

Help discuss and build a young child’s emotional intelligence with the Making Faces Magnetic Set.

Feelings & Emotions Sorting Bag

A thoughtful and open-ended resource designed to help children recognise, express, and understand emotions.

Diversity of the World Kit

Includes two sets of high-quality, handpainted figurines, each to represent a wide range of social and physical identities.

Basic Sequences Early Learning Kit

The Basic Sequences Early Learning Kit is designed to help children develop a strong sense of time, chronology, and memory through engaging story sequences.

All About Meditation and Breathing Book Pack

This Meditation and Breathing Book Pack includes stories that will help children learn about ways to deal with stress, worry, anger and anxiety.

School and Family Social Inclusion

Introduce meaningful conversations about diversity, empathy, and respect with the School and Family Social Inclusion Memory Game.

My Inclusive School Puzzles Set

The My Inclusive School Puzzles Set features four 24-piece wooden puzzles depicting various school environments: the classroom, playground, dining room, and gymnasium.

Mindfulness for Early Childhood Book Pack

A great book pack to help introduce mindfulness to younger children. Features stories that will help children build self-awareness, awareness of others, and awareness of the world.

Charts

An assortment of charts, learn about feelings, daily routines and calendar and weather.

MND50893 Daily Routines

$45.95 KD2303 Daily Calender & Weather

Feelings $20.95

The Emotions Puzzles

Set of 10 emotions puzzles featuring the basic emotions that guide our behaviour, plus 10 matching icons to help identify them.

Sorting Emotions

Sorting Emotions includes 54 illustrated cards and 4 colour-coded boxes, helping children recognise and sort a range of feelings

Feelings & Emotions Puzzle Cards

An engaging resource that helps young children build social-emotional skills through visual recognition and hands-on play.

Wooden Feelings Puzzle

Our Wooden Feelings Puzzle is an engaging and interactive resource for children to explore and express their emotions.

My First Feelings Pack

Through simple text and beautiful illustrations, this series is designed to help children better understand their feelings and how to manage emotions.

Little Big Chats Book Series

The Little BIG Chats series has been written to assist parents, caregivers and educators to have open and age-appropriate conversations with early learners around crucial, and yet at times, ‘tough’ topics.

Movement & Integration

Chillout Chair

Offers a fun and functional seating option for primary students. This lightweight chair is perfect for flexible learning spaces, adding a splash of colour and convenience.

Peanut Massage Ball

This Inflatable Sensory Ball with Tactile Nubs can be utilised for flexible seating within your learning space. The sensory ball comes with a manual air pump for ease of inflation.

Tactile Bumps

Seat Wedges

This seat wedge in purple is an inflatable shaped cushion to sit on, or it can also be used upright in any chair as a back support or on the floor.

Rocker

Ottoman An innovative and versatile seating solution perfect for dynamic learning environments. Offering four different seating positions.

Sensory Seat Cushions

They can be used on the floor to strengthen lower body muscles and to train for balance as well. One side is bump-studded while the other side is more gently textured.

Self-regulation Classroom Pedal Desk

The Self-regulation Classroom Pedal Desk are designed to provide opportunities for students to self-regulate through movement without having to leave or disrupt the class. It is ideal for inclusive environments and helps kinesthetic learners and any student who needs to get the wiggles out so they can refocus and engage in learning. In just a tenminute ride, students can become more engaged and ready to learn.

for students with additional learning needs.

Movement & Integration

Activity Rings Nordic

A versatile set of six soft rubber rings designed to inspire creativity and physical activity. illustrated accessories not included.

Nordic - Set of 6

Mini Top Nordic

The Mini Top is a carefully designed sensory toy that promotes motor skill development for children. Insert not included.

$41.45

Tactile Discs Nordic

The Tactile Discs Nordic Set features 10 durable, tactile discs made of soft synthetic rubber.

10 Pieces

$249.95

Hilltops Nordic

The Hilltops Nordic Set features three playful hill-like platforms of varying heights, designed to inspire active movement and engage children in jumping activities

GJ2821 Set of 3

$249.95

Riverstones Nordic

The River Stones are inspired by stepping stones in a river with each side of the triangle varying in steepness and difficulty.

Set of 6

River Nordic

The Gonge River Nordic Balance Set includes six versatile balance elements designed to inspire creativity and physical development in children

Set of 6

$187.95

Supporting stronger student engagement through dynamic classroom experiences.

Educators tell us that when students are involved in tactile, physical experiences, they are more engaged, focused and connected to the learning. This new initiative is all about putting the spotlight back on hands-on learning, and the power of connection and engagement it unlocks.

92% of teachers say student engagement is a key driver of success. Educators also point to attendance and student learning satisfaction as important for academic success.

Source: State of Teaching & Learning in K-12 Education

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