Toys spread on a table between Lexi Staffin and Mateo Feola included a fidget spinner, a robot with elastic arms and ...

As you all know, fidget spinners are the extremely popular new toy built to ease anxiety in children and increase their focus. You also know that approximately one month ago we made the decision, ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — A school in Western New York is embracing controversial Fidget spinners and other Fidget devices. The spinner is a three pronged gadget, originally designed to help kids stop ...

One of the top toy trends has become a learning experience for a Cedar Grove fifth-grader. Eric Silverman designed five different fidget spinners for his technology class with teacher Jeremy Luogameno ...

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, ...

Whirling, spiraling and buzzing away like mini-propellers, so-called “fidget spinners” can be found in the palms of people nearly everywhere you go these days — including schools, where they are ...

Fidget toys have been around for years, says Lura Jo Atherly, principal at Jardine Middle School in Wichita. They can be a helpful tool for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ...

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 ...

Kelley Turnbull, school therapist at Rock Creek School in Walkersville, accepted 32 fidget mats made by members of Clustered Spires Quilt Guild for the school’s students. Fidget mats are miniature ...