Janelle Feylo of Downers Grove was pleased to see a letter from her principal at Prairieview School announcing such a ban. Feylo’s fourth-grade son had recently started asking for a fidget toy ...

They weren’t branded merchandise connected to weapon-wielding good ... middle school math teacher in Piedmont, California, who works with neurodiverse kids, said she’s seen fidget toys help ...

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 ...

After the assessment, students may be authorized to use school-provided fidgets. Fidget spinners are not among the options, she said. “Right now it’s considered kind of like a toy,” she said.

but have you thought beyond the backpack to gifting your elementary school student a fun fidget toy, comforting plushie or one of our best scooters to get them excited for the new school year?

Last year, the creators of Fidget Cube — a Kickstarter desk toy allowing users to click, roll, flip, glide, spin and assorted fidgety verbs — set out to raise $15,000 to make their product a ...