With Spring approaching, the OT’s want to share some fun and creative activities that will work on your child’s visual skills. The visual system allows us to engage and explore the environment around us. With these skills, we are able to move our body around space, scan for objects in a crowded room and understand what is surrounding us.
Visual Skill Building & Activities
I Spy Game
While seated on a couch or at the park, start by naming one object that you see within your surrounding. “I spy with my little eye….something blue!” Make it a little harder by increasing the amount of objects your child needs to find- “I spy with my little eye three blue objects.” Now, change the game to mimic “Where is Waldo.” Have your child look for one specific item or person in a crowded room or public space.
Color Beading Task
With the theme of Rainbows, let’s do a colorful beading task! First, scatter a bunch of colorful beads around the table and have your child sequence them in order of the colors of the rainbow. Together you can measure your child’s wrist, and have your child cut a piece of string to start beading. Your child may need assistance in knotting the end of the string, however, you can have them point to where the knot should be. Now it’s time to bead! Your child can do this at home with siblings or friends, or at the park!
Pop The Balloon!
First, have your child choose 10 colorful balloons that they would like to use. Together you can pump or blow air into the balloon. Remind your child to hold the bottom of the balloon until you say “ready, set, GO!” On “Go” your child can release the balloon into the air and track where it lands. Before you move onto the next balloon, have your child go find the balloon and bring it back!
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