HAZLE TWP. — Toys spread on a table between Lexi Staffin and Mateo Feola included a fidget spinner, a robot with elastic arms and playthings to squeeze, stretch and fold. Lexi and Mateo will share the ...

Fidgets spinners are supposed to help students sit still and focus. But many teachers are saying it’s having the exact opposite effect. Meant to help children with attention deficit hyperactivity ...

Fidget toys are great for avoiding other kinds of fidgeting, but they are also thought to improve concentration and focus. For some people, the right fidget toy can also reduce nail-biting and other ...

HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some local students are stepping up to assist other students in need. Their focus is to help children who struggle to stay engaged in classroom activities.

Melissa Ferry is a big believer in the benefits of allowing students to use fidget toys in the classroom. She points to research indicating that playing with fidget toys — little gadgets, cubes, ...

Occupational therapist Tera Robinson has seen fidget spinners help kids to concentrate in the classroom. She explains why and how they can be helpful. Fidgets in the Classroom: Why? What? How? We are ...

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — Items that may once have been thought of as simply toys are being used as tools to help kids concentrate. A growing number of students in Carmel Clay Schools are using fidgets.

Although fidget spinners were once believed to be a much-needed solution to a common classroom problem, they're now being blamed for causing more issues than they solve. These gadgets are intended to ...

A friend who lives in a different state recently asked me if my children had "fidget spinners" yet. I had never heard of a fidget spinner, so she showed me a picture of the palm-sized gadgets and told ...

First there were the fidget spinners, then the squishies, then the pop toys, then the faux game controllers, bendable this-and-thats and a number of other hand-held items that my kids could manipulate ...