Vision Developmental Guidelines |
Age |
Play Material |
Skills Developed |
| 2.5 yrs |
Wheelbarrow (2 types) |
Bilaterality; Directionality; Coordination; Balance -- Hauling
and Dumping |
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Tricycle |
Alternate Bilaterality and Directionality of feet; Unity of
hands |
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Large Beads for Stringing |
E-H; Grasp & Release; Specific Fixations; Color |
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Clay Modeling (large lumps) |
E-H; Visualization; Imagination |
| |
More Ball Play |
Visual Steering & Guiding; E-H; Depth Perception; Tracking;
Total arm movement; Space & Time |
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Jigsaw Puzzles (6-12 pieces) |
E-H; Form; Size; Figure Ground; Visual Closure |
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Large Packing Boxes |
Gross motor; Imagination; In, Out, Under, On (Spatial Skills) |
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Soap Bubbles & Pipes |
Breath control; Pursuits; E-H if popping the bubbles |
| 3 yrs |
Blocks - All Shapes |
E-H; Form; Size; Units & Wholes; Color; Visualization;
Figure Ground |
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Simple Jigsaw Puzzles |
Right & Left; Rotations; Front & Back; Matching; Visualization;
Representation; Figure Ground; Visual Closure |
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Blunt Scissors & Colored Paper |
E-H; Size; Shape; Corners; Curves; Reversal of Direction;
Pursuits |
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Easel, Water Colors & Crayons |
Boundaries; Discrete E-H; Bi-Dimensionality; Representation;
Visualization |
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Hopping, Step on Shadows & Cracks |
Head to Foot Coordination; Balance |
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Ball on String - Push & Catch |
E-H; Directionality; Space & Time |
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Toys with large nuts, bolts, wrench, etc. |
Parts & wholes; Visualization; Relationships; Manual dexterity;
E-H |
| 4 yrs |
Trapeze & Swinging Rings, See-Saw |
Bilaterality; Mobility; Coordination; High & Low Space |
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Gardening & Carpentry Tools |
Directionality; Monolaterality; Visualizatoin; Tridimensionality;
E-H; Combining; Short & Long; Fixations; Finger Dexterity |
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Doll Clothes, Buttons & Button Holes, Store Materials
(boxes, cans, paper, money, etc.) |
E-H; Closing & Opening; Imagination; Creativity; Visualization |
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Finger Painting; Doctor & Nurse Kits; Golden Stamp Books;
Sticker Fun |
Imagination; Creativity; Visualization; Motor Planning |
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Skipping |
Gross Motor; Gross Patterning; Cross-patterning; Balance;
Coordination |
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Flashlight tag, Target practice (bean bag, ball, flashlight,
pointing) |
Directionality; Pursuits; Depth Perception; Spatial Skills;
E-H; Timing; Rhythm |
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Parquetry Blocks |
Figure Ground; Size; Shape; Color; Visual Discrimination;
Memory |
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"What is it?" (feel object in a bag without looking),
"Where is it?" (eyes closed & point) |
Form perception; Visualization; Visual Memory |
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I Spy |
Figure Ground; Visual Discrimination; Visualization; Localization |
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Blink game -Tachistoscopic (brief exposures) with toys &
familiar objects |
Visual Memory; Speed of Recognition |
| 5 yrs |
Jump rope, Milk carton bowling |
Motor coordination; E-H; Rhythm; Timing; Balance |
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Memory Game |
Matching; Visual Memory; Localization |
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Hole in cardboard |
Focusing flexibility (look from picture to TV) |
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Chalkboard drawings (big circles, lines and pictures) |
Arm Rotation; Bilaterality; Body-vision Coordination; Form
Perception; Centering |
