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, ...

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 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 ...

Testing fidget school supplies for sensory fun.

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 ...

A friend who lives in a different state recently asked me if my children had "fidget spinners" yet. I had never heard of a fidget spinner, so she showed me a picture of the palm-sized gadgets and told ...

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 ...

The latest craze in classrooms and on playgrounds comes in the form of brightly colored, hand-held trinkets that spin, have buttons to push or otherwise keep hands occupied. The aptly named fidgets ...

Three young boys are walking home from the subway on a breezy May evening in South Philadelphia when one stops dead in his tracks as anxiety overtakes him. "My fidget spinner!" he exclaims, jaw ...