Testimonials
Testimonial Category: Tangle Toys
| "Hello Tangle maniacs!!!!
I am a School Social Worker in Southfield Michigan. I use tangles everyday with my students to help them focus on daily tasks, calm down when the pressure is on and sometimes just to have fun. I also use my collection of tangles to help ease the stress of my fellow colleagues. I started the school year, two weeks ago, with a dozen tangles and I am now down to only a few. It is a daily occurrence to have teachers and administrators show up at my office looking for the little bundles of joy. My goal is to put a tangle in the hands and hearts of all my co-workers to help de-stress and remind them that toys are fun even for grownups. Thank You Tangle!!!!
Jean" |
| - Jean |
| Southfield, Michigan |
| "My son was recently hospitalized for a month. During his stay we were given a tangle with textures to play with during his stay. My son has Shaken Baby Syndrome and has severe limitations. The tangle toy was great for him. His vision is limited so the textures provided great input. He has difficulty holding objects so the size/width of the toy allowed him to be able to hold it for short periods of time—something we cannot do with many toys. Moving the tangle around provided some range of motion for him. The possibilities with this toy just seemed endless. I was sad to have to leave it behind once his hospital stay was done. " |
| - Cara |
| Unknown |
| "I am a general education teacher who was given a Tangle toy from a fellow co-worker. I used it with a student in my room that had ADHD. It worked wonders! Thank you for your product. She was able to stay focused without distracting her peers." |
| - Sara H. |
| Michigan |
| "I was in the checkout line of a major discount retailer the other night with my husband, and sitting on the shelf beside me was the neatest little toy I'd ever seen. I picked it up and read "Tangle, Jr." on the small, triangular package. The way it was rolled up neatly with one loop sticking out intrigued me as to how this thing really worked once it was opened. My husband, knowing how much of a big kid I am, reluctantly purchased it for me and that's where my fun began. It's like a hard but liquidly (if that makes sense) sculpturing tool. I play with it while I watch TV and while I sit in front of my computer. I love to tangle it into different shapes and sit it on my monitor like a mini sculpture. It never stays there long though, because I can't keep my hands off of it. I can't tell you how much fun I've had with it. I look forward to expanding it with other sets of Tangle, Jr. and seeing what other "sculptures" I can come up with. Thank you for creating such an innovative little treasure!" |
| - Ruth K. |
| Raleigh, NC |
| "I want to tell you how much I love Tangles! My collection is presently at 21 and growing rapidly. I fly frequently, which makes me nervous, so my Tangles have become a staple in my carry-on. In fact, I take at least one with me everywhere. Home, work, you name it, it comes. It's a great stress reliever and helps make a bad day better. I'm so happy to have them and I can't wait to see if any new Tangles come out." |
| - Jennifer |
| Pennsylvania |
| "Children on the autism spectrum tend to have high levels of anxiety. I have found that giving a student a Tangle distracts them from the difficulty of the current experience that is causing them stress. Pairing this with some deep breathing and you have a recipe to calm down! While busying their hands their minds are also engaged. It is an excellent coping strategy that I am able to provide as their teacher." |
| - Katie |
| B |
| "I am an occupational therapist working for two school districts. I travel between school and provide services each day to students with special needs. While my students have varying disabilities, many have difficulty with attention to task and need help staying focused. Others have poor motor coordination and muscle strength and this impacts their ability to complete written work. Each week, I bring a variety of therapeutic tools to each school to assist my students in learning to function to the best of their ability. I have found Tangle products to be very useful and I always keep them in my travel bag each week. I offer small Tangle toys to students to use as fidgets to improve their auditory and visual attention. Other students pull apart and put together Tangle toys as a warm up activity to improve the small muscle strength in their hands. Then, they seem to have better endurance for written work. Everyone seems to enjoy working with both large and small Tangle Toys." |
| - Karen C. |
| Brandon School District, Michigan |
| "I am amazed! I have been teaching seven years. I have never found a more positive approach to helping ADHD diagnosed children learn than when I experimented with a Tangle Toy. Wow! Children who need to move something enjoy using a Tangle Toy. Children who didn't know they needed to move use a Tangle Toy. I use a Tangle Toy at "teacher meetings!" Thanks for your invention! I hope to save money to buy a class set." |
| - Sherry |
| Unknown |
| "I recently purchased several Tangle items for my family. While browsing your web site to make my purchase I read "The Tangle Peace Plan" with much interest. I am a Girl Scout leader to almost 25 second and third grade little girls. I think Tangle would make an excellent teaching tool for my troop. We could use it to learn in may ways. For example: my girls could sign a pledge to Tangle when they are angry instead of arguing. This would also help them earn their "Working it out" Girl Scout patch. We could also use Tangle as a relaxation tool that they could use at school. Also, as stated in number 5 of your peace place "Better Brains and Thoughts Through Tangling! Tangle Therapy is the obvious answer to low self esteem, repressed hostility and general unhappiness. " I think that Tangle would be very beneficial tool for my troop." |
| - Janna |
| Sheridan, WY |
| "I would like to thank you for creating these toys. I have several students with ADD and ADHA who have been driving me crazy this year. Now I hand them a Tangle when they walk in my classroom and they are NO TROUBLE AT ALL. It keeps their hands busy and mouths closed and they seem to be learning so far better than before." |
| - Susan C. |
| Unknown |
