BETTENDORF - - Inside Mrs. Yerington's 5th grade class at Riverdale Heights Elementary, you'll see many students fidgeting with something during class. "It kind of helps me focus so that I have ...

Fidgeting didn’t start with the spinner craze. If you’ve ever clicked a ballpoint pen again and again, you’ve used a fidget item. As part of our work, we’ve asked people what items they like to fidget ...

You may have been told by a parent, teacher, or even a colleague to “stop fidgeting,” as that behavior was associated with boredom or lack of attention. However, evidence shows that fidgeting, or ...

Fidget toys are not new. These handheld objects come in all shapes and sizes, from stress balls to putty and bracelets. For years, fidgets have been used as tools by teachers, therapists and parents ...

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 ...

Fidget toys have become all the rage in recent years. From occupational therapy offices to classrooms to work meetings, these items have spread like wildfire for their usefulness in keeping busy hands ...

Remember fidget spinners — those trinkets with the ball bearings that went viral circa 2017? Well, thanks to TikTok, fidget toys of all sorts are making a comeback now. Generally speaking, fidget toys ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Fidget spinners are one of the year's hottest toys, and while the devices can be a distraction in ...

Forget what your second grade-teacher told you, a new Stanford study says giving in to your urge to fidget makes you more ...

An unofficial report may be stoking fears that fidget spinners, the hottest toy of the year, could contain dangerous amounts of lead. The report comes from Tamara Rubin, a lead-poisoning-prevention ...