Light Play

Lots of fun light play toys and activities for kids of all abilities, including how to make your own light table, the best light-up toys and even sun and light crafts!

Close up shot of a baby boy having fun in a sensory group with illuminated toys.

Light Play, Product Reviews

The 5 Best Light Up Sensory Toys of 2023

Light-up sensory toys have become a popular choice for helping children calm down. With our list of the best, you’re sure to find a toy your child loves!

multi-colored neon glow sticks

Light Play, Toys, Visual Impairment

Top 10 Light Toys for Kids Who Are Visually Impaired

It may seem like $10 won't get you much these days, but here you'll find the best inexpensive light toys for kids who are visually impaired!

Homemade Light Box

Light Play, Sensory Activities

Best DIY Light Table Tutorials & Ideas

Have you ever considered making your own light table or light box? Here you'll find five of the best DIY light table tutorials, ranked from the more difficult and complex...

5 Pinterest Activities with Glowing Easter Egg

Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Light Play

5 Glowing Easter Egg Activities

We've rounded up five of the greatest Pinterest ideas for your child to have fun with glowing Easter eggs! Your kids will enjoy going on a glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt,...

LightAide Lesson Plan from Ox Ridge Elementary School

Light Play

Colors, Literacy and Social Play

This lesson plan from Ox Ridge Elementary School shows how the LightAide can be used in a second grade classroom to make story time accessible to all the students.

LightAide Lesson in Loge Elementary School

Light Play

Rainbow Lessons with Light and Texture

This is a seven-day lesson plan from Loge Elementary School where we spend one day on each color of the rainbow using a LightAide and tactile elements.

LightAide Lesson Plan

Light Play

The Look, Feel and Smell of Colors

It can be difficult to come up with fun, engaging and multi-sensory ways to teach colors to children who are visually impaired. This lesson plan uses the bright lights of...

LightAide Lesson by Yakima Public Schools

Light Play

Bright Lights and Shape Identification

In this lesson plan from Yakima Public Schools, students are introduced to shapes and matching through the bright lights on the LightAide.

five music and light toys

Light Play, Toys

Our Favorite Music and Light Toys

Bright lights and fun songs are proven motivators for children of all ages and abilities to encourage learning, motor skills, and understanding fundamentals of the way things work. Here are...

melted bead suncatcher

Light Play, Visual Impairment

Suncatcher Activities for Kids with Visual Impairments

Suncatcher art projects make great hands-on activities for children with visual impairments considering their tactile traits including different textures and raised-line graphics.

baby Ivan with his light box

Light Play

Cups on a Light Box

If you just got yourself a Light Box for your blind child you may not know where to begin. This is a simple activity that may interest your baby right...