Activities to Develop Visual Skills




-Hammering nails into a board

-Food preparation such as  spreading, pouring, mixing, and cutting

-Dialing a telephone

-Tracing, folding, cutting paper

-Zipping, snapping, buttoning, and tying

-Batting balloons to keep them in the air

-Draw shapes in the air for child to recognize

-Doge ball

-Drawing shapes with fingers in sand tray

-Catching, throwing, rolling balls start with large balls

-Sorting various objects (blocks, beads) by colors, shapes, etc

-Matching pictures and objects that are alike


-Stringing beads to match a pattern

-Play games like dominos and cards

-Geoboards and pegboards

-Matching design cards

-Discussing similarities and differences between two family members or friends

-Show your child a tray with objects.Remove object and ask what’s missing

-Ask your child to review surroundings then ask them to describe with eyes closed

-Show your child a picture, cover it, then ask him to child recall what he saw

-Show your child a sequence of blocks, cover it and have him build sequence

-Draw a house with parts; erase one part at a time for them to identify

-Draw a simple design, cover it and ask child to draw it

-One person hides and ask your child to recall what the person was wearing

Article By Nuria Almeida

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