 Hello, so today's YouTube video you might notice is a little bit different because there's somebody here with me! Hurrah! This is Lyra and she'll introduce herself in a moment but first of all today's video is about fidgets that you can use in the classroom quietly and the reason that I'm making this video is because I was looking for one and there wasn't one and I thought who do I know who's an expert in such things and I thought of Lyra so tell us a little bit about you and then we'll go into the fidgets. I am Lyra, I am 12, I'm autistic and I find videos really helpful like these sorts of ones. Excellent, so we're going to talk about like that you've got lots of fidgets haven't you? Yes. But today we're specifically looking at a particular category. Yes, so they're like quiet ones that you can use in a classroom without like disrupting other students. Yeah because the thing is it's really important if you're going to get a fidget that you're going to use in some way to help you to regulate that you find one that works for you but it also doesn't drive everyone else completely back to you as well. That's quite important isn't it? Also if kids are watching this if you can find quiet ones then it tends not to annoy your teachers as well. Yeah and so then they're less likely to take them away from you which is a good thing. Yeah. Right so what are we looking at first Lyra? Stretchy frogs. So they're like these little like stretchy frogs and I went through a phase of like only ever use like literally I would have one of these with me at all times. I still use them a lot but they're just stretchy because look I have I have like a lot of frogs. So what's so good about these and how would you use it in a classroom? They're very quiet and they're very like fidgety but they don't like like if it's because I know that some people they like don't like things looking like fidget like this isn't technically like this isn't advertised as a fidget toy it's like just a toy which I like to fidget with. Like it was in a party bag? Yeah I think I got it in a party bag and then I love for them. And you've got also something else in here what's this? Oh yeah that's called a monkey noodle but it's like a monkey noodle but it's like it's like a really extra long stretchy version and I like them for the same reason and also I like wrapping it around my fingers. What Lyra is category number two? Category number two is like chewy so I normally have a chewy with me. They're like a little silicon thing and there I have ones on a string so you can put them around your neck and then they and then you can just chew them. This one is softer and then I have also got I have other ones as well but these are the ones I just could find. So then I have this one but they're like this one is smaller and it's softer and then this one's bigger and it's a bit harder and then also I have it's just you know the like poppy appeal bracelets and stuff it's just like one of those ones but it's one Mum found. It's actually from Prusap and there will be people from Prusap probably watching this so that's the people referral unit. It says it on it. Yeah you're really important I don't really know what you do but I care about you. She chews you. Yeah I chew you so yeah and that's for like because again like I know that some people don't like it being super obvious so it just looks like a normal bracelet and then you can chew it. And another thing with the like softer and harder chews just to be aware of is that so some people need harder chews and some people need softer chews some people if they had a soft one they would just chew through it really quickly but also when you start with chews if you've not used them before then you're like hard. Yeah and yet but also your muscles are a bit weak and as they build up then you kind of need slightly harder ones because you get super strong mouth. I need to let Buddy in he's scratching at the door. Now we have Buddy as well. Yeah he's a great fidget toy. I was trying to persuade her school that they should have a school dog at the moment. Or let me bring in Buddy. Yeah. Right next. Coosh I like so they're just like a ball sort of that's made of like silicon hairs kind of and I just like how they feel and also like like Ellie sometimes pulls out her hair and so she sometimes uses this because it feels a bit like hair so it like stops her from hurting herself by accident and stuff. Yeah good tip for anyone who's struggling with trichotillomania or hair pulling that you can get a similar feeling kind of from the Coosh. Okay so next we have like tangles I really like tangles there's loads of different types so there's like normal ones and they're just like sort of and like you can attach and attach them but they're like uh how do you describe a tangle? Just show them there's no real so it's it's just like sort of a circle which you can like twist and fidget and stuff and so this one's a textured one but you can get totally plain ones and then I have this other one which is different I used to have two but I lost the other one but it's like a bit squishy and it's got like bumps on it and it's thicker than the other one and so I really like this one because it's just like another fidgettiness because like I like squishing it I also like biting it and last but not least what's the final category Lyra? Putty I have loads of putty but these are like three different types well they're not different types are they they're all Aaron's thinking putty yeah but like three different sorts of like categories in there okay Aaron's thinking putty Lyra has been importing from America for years but finally now we have it at our local toy shop yeah it's amazing and they also have the giant squish mellows also amazing also amazing okay so first of all we just have like the classic so this is like this is the wizards wand um it's glow in the dark it's thinking putty but it looks like this it's very pretty it's purple with gold specs in it this one uh and I like putty because they're very stretchy and you can make things with it so yeah I like this one and then I like putty as well you always used to nick my putty yeah so then we have this so this is like a medium-sized tin sort of so that's like a bigger tin you can actually get even bigger tins but they're like weird mega ones so then I have this putty it is a sensory putty and it's like it feels a bit different to the normal ones because it's like more kind of fluffier feel it feels different oh yeah it's very different yeah but it's still nice don't you think yeah it's a bit less sticky actually yeah and it's like it feels a bit more like slime then the last one is a mini one it's very pretty this one so I take these ones to school because they're like smaller mini because compare this to this one to this one it's like quite different yeah you can put in your pencil case can't you yeah I put them in my pencil case so it's very pretty it's purple with like kind of iridescent like good work Lyra lovely vocabulary and it feels very nice and I like how it looks as well and it's little so it's easy to take everywhere this has got bits in yeah I know look at it it feels sounds a bit of interesting right but shall we say goodbye for this one now and maybe you know if you guys enjoyed Lyra's video then give it a thumbs up and uh let us know that you'd like her back Ellie was hovering in the background somewhere so she might be up for making one sometime too as well yes thank you so much Lyra for being the guest star on my youtube channel today thanks for having me mother I was forced into this yeah child labor child labor I don't get paid anything I genuinely don't get paid why do you think all the putty comes wrong me I've been paid for it all yeah true I wasn't actually forced into this that makes it sound even more like a monster okay on that note I think we should go thank you Lyra