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Holiday Gift (EYE)deas

Looking for that last minute stocking stuffer? The Vision Therapy Blog pooled our resources again this year for favorite games and activities that will help develop basic skills for: visual processing, fine-motor, eye-hand coordination and much more. Enjoy! Share!   The Vision Therapy Blog’s Top 10: 10. Rainbow Loom 9.  Qbitz 8. Blokus 7. Rush […]

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Back to School! Are You Ready?

School is just around the corner and many families are headed to the store in search of school supplies.  But do you know the one “supply” that your child may be missing?  An efficient visual system!   Did you know that 85% of everything learned in the classroom comes through visual pathways? We often rely […]

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“I’m Bored” Solutions that Benefit Vision!

The summer is winding down quickly and maybe your kids or even you are getting bored. We have come up with a list of ideas to keep you active. Our eyes have the most opportunity for teaming when we are outside. Below are several lists of activities that are fun and encourage the visual system to […]

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Is the “Handwriting” on the Wall? The Importance of Cursive

Is the future of cursive writing doomed?  In this modern age of using keyboards and moving our thumbs on smart phones to write cryptic notes in our attempts to communicate, are we losing something important?  Students no longer have teachers peering over their shoulders to make sure they are holding their pencil correctly and forming […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Set Game & Doodle Dice

  Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Set Game – Ages 6 […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Blokus & Rush Hour

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Blokus –Ages 5 and up; Blokus […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Spot It & Blink

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Spot It – Ages 7 and […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Qwirkle & Swish

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further.  This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground.  Enjoy!  Qwirkle – Ages 6 and up; […]

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Visual Development

Why Visual Development in Children Is Important

  Vision development in children involves not only the development of good eyesight such as 20/20 vision but also fine motor development, gross motor development, and visual perceptual development.  A large part of visual development in children takes place when they are preschoolers, and proper vision development in children closely follows the cognitive stages for […]

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How to Know if Your Three-Year-Old is Behind in Visual Development

Visual development in children is extremely important in producing good gross motor development, fine motor development, and to achieve the proper cognitive stages for child development.  Children with poor vision development will often exhibit learning problems when they start grade school and may tend to be clumsy and disorganized. So it’s important to know if […]