Rooted & Regulated: The Breath-Based Sensory Kit for Kids
Some children crash into everything and can't sit still. Others shut down and refuse to try new things. Both are telling you the same thing: their nervous system needs support.
The Rooted & Regulated kit uses the power of sucking and blowing to help children find their calm, their focus, and their balance, through play. Every straw and whistle in this set has been hand-picked by a pediatric occupational therapist for a specific regulatory purpose. This isn't just a toy. It's a therapeutic tool that looks like fun.
What's Included:
20 tools. One powerful system.
9 carefully selected straws, each chosen for a different level of resistance, texture, and regulatory effect:
- Short straight straw: low effort, perfect starting point for sensitive children
- Large diameter straw: easy airflow, builds early confidence
- Standard straw: familiar and manageable, a gentle step up
- Double loop straw: encourages slower, more controlled breathing
- Loop straw: longer air pathway, increases focus and breath control
- Spiral calm straw: visual tracking support, slows breath and settles the mind
- Silicone straw:soft and flexible, gentle for oral-defensive children
- Sensory ribbed flexible straw: textured for increased lip awareness
- Coffee stirrer: narrow resistance straw, deeply organising for busy systems
- Character straw: playful and low-pressure, shifts focus from effort to fun
- Metal straw: firm, cool, strong sensory feedback for seekers
- Large diameter textured silicone straw, combines comfort with tactile input
11 whistles and blowing tools, each offering different levels of airflow, effort, and feedback:
- Bird whistle: gentle entry tool, immediate sound reward
- Party blower:channels big energy into purposeful blowing
- Moustache whistle: encourages proper lip seal and rounded mouth position
- Double cone air horn: strong deep exhalation, activating for under-responsive systems (blow 3 times only)
- Floating ball whistle: sustained controlled airflow, organises beautifully
- Slide/recorder: steady tone challenge, builds breath regulation
- Bubbles: the gentlest introduction to oral motor play
Plus the Lip Guide Disc: a small yellow disc that attaches to any straw to encourage proper lip placement, slow chaotic blowing, and increase mouth awareness.
Please note: colours may vary.
What our OT Says:
The mouth is one of the richest sources of sensory input in the entire body. Sucking and blowing send powerful signals to the brainstem the part of the brain responsible for regulating arousal, attention, and calm. When a child blows slowly, they naturally create a longer exhale, which stimulates the vagus nerve and shifts the nervous system into rest-and-digest mode. When they suck hard through a narrow straw, they're giving their system the deep organising input it's been seeking.
The beauty of this kit is that it works for both ends of the spectrum. Sensory seekers, the kids who chew everything and can't sit still, benefit from high-resistance, high-feedback tools that channel their energy. Sensory avoiders, the kids who gag easily and shut down, benefit from gentle, predictable, low-demand tools that build trust with oral input, one breath at a time.
There is no right or wrong way to use this kit. Start where your child is. Follow their lead. Keep it playful.
Let customers speak for us
All three of my girls are loving this simple addition to the outside play area. Seems quite strong as I absolutely launch them. Love the fact that the height is adjustable. Great product - Happy.
We absolutely loved the gorgeous gift that we received of the cutest black & white flower bouquet with Afr & Eng gift tags for Mother's Day of 2026!
It was simply lovely and só spot on!
Thank you Tiny Tree Toys! ⚘️
I absolutely love this puzzle, and have purched multiple ones as gifts. It is well crafted, and the wood is neatly rounded off. I'll be honest I've never played the game guidlines included, and rather use it as a catalyst in my creative processes. I love the fact that there are no rules to this, and the opportunity to use it as an expressive tool. My tiny human loves it too, and can play endlessly with captivated imagination.
Absolutely love the wooden stacking toys, I am trying to move away from plastic and purchase better quality educational toys for my baby and this is the perfect shop for that!
Great addition to our light-box and there are more than one of each letter in this set. This gives you more word building opportunities.
What a great fine motor beading set. They give nice resistance when children push them together and pull them apart, which helps strengthen the fingers and improve hand control.
My nearly-4-year old daughter loves playing 'doctor' with this doll. She took it to school show and tell and it was a hit!
Another great buy from tiny tree toys <3
The Humpty Dumpty wall game is a firm favourite with our toddlers. It’s a simple cause-and-effect activity that immediately grabs attention and keeps little ones engaged. While it’s a plastic game and not the most durable piece in the room, the value for money is excellent. The amount of fun, repetition, and learning we’ve had from it makes it well worth it for early play and therapy sessions.
The rope ladder brings instant adventure into the OT space. It invites pretend play while quietly working on grip strength, shoulder stability, core control, and bilateral coordination. Climbing rung by rung challenges motor planning and body awareness, while the imaginative element keeps children motivated and engaged. It’s a brilliant way to blend functional movement, confidence-building, and play in a way that feels exciting rather than therapeutic.
The trapeze swing is always a hit in the OT room. It builds strong arms, shoulders, and core while giving the kind of movement input kids love. Swinging, hanging, and climbing all support coordination, body awareness, and regulation without it ever feeling like hard work. Big movement, big smiles, and loads of therapeutic value packed into one piece of equipment.
I was so excited to see something new in educational games. This can be used in many different ways. Perhaps it would be useful to list the different ways it can be used from simple to complex.
We are using this in therapy and I think the size and challenge is perfect for many of the kids we work with. One suggestion would be to add an extra one of each colour to make it more challenging - so if they get to the last one, it’s a bigger challenge to choose the correct colour when copying a pattern. Also in case any get lost. But overall, good quality and a lovely game
Well made and cute. Exactly what you expect
