Games & Toys For Vision Development
Vision development begins at birth. We’re born legally blind and through a learned process of looking, touching, interacting, and exploring, we develop our vision. Parents and guardians can play an important role in helping to ensure that their baby learns to see well. We’ve compiled a list of games and toys that can aid in the development of good vision as well as important skills that will carry through to learning, starting from birth on up.
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Black/White Images
Ages: 0-12 Months
Vision Development: Black/White images stimulate the development of the optic nerves. Focusing on such visual stimuli trains newborns' vision, teaching the eyes and brain to coordinate and function properly together.
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SpinAgain
Ages: 1+
Eye-Hand Coordination
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Pound & Hammer Toy
Ages: 1-3 Years
Eye-Hand Coordination
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Sorting Cube
Ages: 2-4 Years
Eye-hand coordination
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Lite-Brite
Ages: 4+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols, or shapes.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Dot-to-Dot
Ages: 4+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Tracking: the ability to follow a moving or static object with the eyes without moving the head
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Tangrams
Ages: 5+
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.
Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Geoboard
Ages: 5+
Fine Motor Skills
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Perfection
Ages: 5+
Processing Speed
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: a skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible
Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.
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Left Center Right
Ages: 5+
Processing Speed
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.
Visual Sequential Awareness: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.
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Qwirkle
Ages: 6+
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
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Spot It!
Ages: 6+
Processing Speed
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
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Connect Four
Ages: 6+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Set It
Ages: 6+
Processing Speed
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
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Battleship
Ages: 7+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Blokus
Ages: 7+
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Tenzi
Ages: 7+
Processing Speed
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.
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Kanoodle
Ages: 7+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Deductive Reasoning: the ability to draw specific conclusions from general information.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Rush Hour
Ages: 8+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Q-bitz
Ages: 8+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Simon
Ages: 8+
Processing Speed
Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.
Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.
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Dominos
Ages: 8+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.
Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.
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Farkle
Ages: 8+
Processing Speed
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.
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Boggle
Ages: 8+
Processing Speed
Visual Discrimination: the ability to see subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible
Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.
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Scrabble
Ages: 8+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.
Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible
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Laser Maze
Ages: 8+
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Deductive Reasoning: the ability to draw specific conclusions from general information.
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.
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Pathwords
Ages: 12+
Pattern Recognition
Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.
Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.
Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible
Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.