These fidget toys are fun and works on fine motor skills too! | Source: Learning Resources /the Toy Insider

You definitely want to figure out how to incorporate this fidget friend into your family!

Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog Fidget Friend from Learning Resources is a fun toy packed with pragmatic skill play. Found exclusively on Amazon, it has six different fidget actions that are fun and functional. Kids can choose to spin the wheel, turn the crank, press the button, twist the knob, pull the plunger, and move the switch for screen-free engagement. Caregivers will love knowing that they are also practicing independent play and working on pragmatic skills.

Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog Fidget Friend | Source: Learning Resources

Spike is small, but sturdy, and specially designed to help toddlers build hand strength and practice fine motor skills while they twist and turn, push and pop using the buttons, knobs, spinners, and more. With the colorful contraptions that make up Spike, kids can also work on color recognition. Adults can even use the colors to help kids work on sequencing and patterning skills, too.

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The small stature of Spike is great for on-the-go family fun! They can work on cognitive development in the car. As they fidget, they are figuring things out as well — working on creativity, problem-solving, and so much more.

Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog Puzzle Playmate | Source: Learning Resources

If you want to have the same play and positive skill benefits for younger children, consider the Amazon exclusive Spike The Fine Motor Hedgehog Puzzle Playmate from Learning Resources. This pint-sized puzzle encourages kids ages 18 months and up develop four skills: color, shape, number recognition, and fine motor skills. The 10 easy-to-grasp pieces encourage kids to play and problem solve.

Whether it’s Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog Puzzle or Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog Fidget Friend Hedgehog, kids can have a fun friend who will work on lifelong skills.

About the author

Charlene DeLoach

Charlene DeLoach

Charlene DeLoach is a contributing editor at The Toy Insider where she primarily covers parenting topics. Charlene has been featured in print and on television more than 100 times. Before joining The Toy Insider, Charlene was an attorney, real estate broker, and interior decorator. In her current life, she has vowed to get grownups using toys as decor and to teach parents and toy companies to think outside the toy box at her websites playroomchronicles.com and totaltoycreative.com. Follow Charlene on Instagram where you'll see that her account is mostly dedicated to pics of her cute dogs, kids, and fun finds.

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