The book contains 10 different activities that occupational therapists can use with their patients to help build motor skills, communication skills and self-esteem. Each activity includes an activity plan, helpful hints, activity challenge, activity instructions, activity discussion and processing, activity variations, a space for notes and a debrief.

The activities were designed to include the use of Toobeez, the ultimate giant construction building set comprised of interlocking tubes and spheres. The tubes can be linked together to create anything imaginable, from a simple cube to a complex structure like an airplane or an obstacle course. What started out as a specialty toy has quickly grown into a favorite tool with occupational therapists to use with their patients. "Children love Toobeez because it's fascinating to connect, create and build. Therapists love the product because it lends itself to hours of endless activities that help build cognitive skills such as creative thinking, concentration and problem solving which are all necessary life skills," says Donnelly-Knox.

Toobeez was invented as a toy but due to its open ended nature, quickly became so much more than just a toy. According to John Hamilton, health and therapy market manager for Toobeez, "Toobeez is an innovative productive in which activities can be created or adapted to fit a variety of children's needs, from a school setting to an outpatient clinic."

Source: Toobeez International