These visual tracking tips and tools will help kids with skills like reading, writing, and other learning tasks. Visual tracking is a visual mobility skill.
Mention a visual processing disorder (VPD) and the first thing a parent will say is, “But the eye doctor said he has 20/20 vision!” A person can have perfect focus but still have a visual processing disorder. This is because the problem with a visual processing problem is not in the lens of the eye …
Toy and game ideas that help kids develop visual perception.
When visual perceptual skills interfere with handwriting, students can be limited in copying skills, placing letters and words on lines, and in given spaces on worksheets. There are other red flags related to visual processing and handwriting. These challenges really impact legibility, letter reversals, letter size, and overall neatness of handwriting. While parents and teachers ... Read more
Today I want to share several fun LEGO activities for auditory and visual processing skills, two important brain functions that contribute to our reading and writing abilities.
Games for the Eyes are visual processing activities that you can do anywhere, anytime. For children who have visual processing deficits they are crucial for development.
When we hear the word visual we automatically think about eyesight. We forget that it is the brain that carries out the visual process and interpretations. When someone has a visual processing disorder they have a problem with interpreting visual information such as symbols, pictures, distances etc., not their eyesight. People with a visual processing… Read More What Is Visual Processing Disorder? (VPD)
Today I want to share several fun LEGO activities for auditory and visual processing skills, two important brain functions that contribute to our reading and writing abilities.
When going through a STEM Activity, it's nice for students to have a visual guide of the design process to reference. Download this STEM poster set for FREE!!! Each poster contains one of the steps in the Engineering Process along with a cute monster illustration. I hope you enjoy these posters! Please also check out the STEM Activity Challenges in my store!! Thank you :-) Science Demo Guy Store 6 Individual Process Step Posters: • Ask • Imagine • Plan • Create• Test • Improve Great for: • Bulletin Boards • STEM Binders • STEM Night Displays • Science Lab Decor This set also includes one process poster that has all 6 steps. Science Demo Guy Store STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Kindergarten, First and Second Grades} STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades} STEM Activity Challenge Bundle: 36 Challenges {Middle School}
Also find it on Amazon: Create a sensory room for kids with just a few taps. Our TAP-TAP Sensory Lights provide visual stimuli that will capture their attention and make any space more enjoyable. Swipe to turn on and swipe again to turn off - it's that easy! By incorporating these sensory lights into daily routines, therapists, parents, and educators can provide a valuable tool in the holistic development and well-being of kids. . Helps eye-hand coordination: Children under the spectrum often have sensory sensitivities and may engage in repetitive behaviors. Touching the lights and swiping to turn them on or off can help break the cycle of repetitive movements and encourage a wider range of motor skills. This promotes physical coordination and spatial awareness. Enhances Sensory Integration: For many children, managing emotions can be challenging. Touch lights offer a calming effect through their soft, adjustable lighting. The ability to dim or control the intensity of the lights can help create a soothing atmosphere, which aids in emotional regulation and relaxation. This can be particularly useful during transitions, bedtime routines, or times of heightened stress or anxiety. Improves self-regulation: This can lead to better self-regulation and overall sensory processing abilities. Facilitates Communication and Interaction: Sensory lights provide a shared experience that can facilitate communication and interaction among children and their peers, siblings, or caregivers. These Tap-Tap lights can act as a point of focus and mutual interest, allowing for joint attention and shared play experiences. This can contribute to the development of social skills, turn-taking, and joint activities. The touch-sensitive light is the perfect tool to use with your youngster, allowing you to create a calming and cozy atmosphere or a stimulating environment with just a few simple taps. It fosters curiosity and social interaction through tactile and optical play, making it an ideal choice for children on the autism spectrum. Sensory touch lights assist these children with sensory input, active engagement, a soothing effect, visual aid, and social connections, all tailored to their individual needs. These features contribute to their overall growth and peace of mind, providing a range of benefits from a calming glow to a playful companion, helping your child grow and develop in various ways. Installation Process: Our Tap-Tap Lights is a proud recipient of the Mom's Choice Award®, a distinguished honor recognizing family-friendly products of exceptional quality.
As therapists, we often times see clients with vision needs that impact functional skills. Visual processing is a complex topic and convergence insufficiency is just one area. Read below to find out more about convergence in kids, to understand exactly what is convergence insufficiency, and how convergence plays into functional skills and learning. **DISCLAIMER** I am ... Read more
How does a visual processing disorder affect your child? Get some answers to your questions here!
Do you use visuals in your classroom? Visuals support students understand what you are trying to teach them. They encourage students to associate pieces of information with visuals. Visual learning helps you to store information for a longer period of time. It is said that videos and images are directly processed by long term memory. The visual ... Read More about Classroom Visuals
Using manipulatives in your homeschool doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. It’s an easy way to captivate your visual and kinesthetic learners while also engaging your kids in the learning process. Be sure to grab some FREE math mats at the end of this post!
The shit hit the fan! Little did I know or expect when I took the Design Council’s Double Diamond apart, revamped and published it on medium.com in May 2016 (Link to the article). Lauren Currie and…
The Z axis As therapists, we recognize the importance of mid-line crossing to help with primitive reflexes. Reaching lateral outside…
When we hear the word visual we automatically think about eyesight. We forget that it is the brain that carries out the visual process and interpretations. When someone has a visual processing disorder they have a problem with interpreting visual information such as symbols, pictures, distances etc., not their eyesight. People with a visual processing… Read More What Is Visual Processing Disorder? (VPD)
Spend quality time with kids getting creative during this pandemic crisis! Experiment and explore your inner artist with children.
What is sensory processing. Tactile Input explained and its importance for growth and development in kids.
Visual Spatial Relations Age Group : 6+ Laid out in a colourful and easy-to-use format, it is addressed to special education needs teachers, occupational therapists, logopedists, parents and schoolteachers who aim to support their children in developing and strengthening their skills. It introduces a set of games and activities that build and enhance visual perceptual skills in an enjoyable and interactive way! Visual spatial awareness denotes the ability to understand spatial concepts and directions, necessary for interacting with the outside world. It also involves processing outside information and reasoning with it through visual representation in the mind. Along with quantitative and verbal ability, it plays a key role in developing expertise in learning and work settings as well as in determining orientation, laterality and directionality. People with visuospatial deficits have poor performance in sports and suffer from coordination and balance problems. They can also find it difficult to perform rhythmic activities. Furthermore, they are clumsy and tend to reverse forms and letters / syllables, including “o” and”8” or “ma” and am”. The book includes, inter alia: 135 worksheets; activities aiming at detecting elements with or without a point of reference; activities aiming at detecting letters in several types of grids and tables; activities aiming at finding the appropriate boxes for two-syllable and three-syllable words; activities requiring learners to follow their teacher’s instructions and draw letters and numbers inside squares, as well as interactive games and activities. Visual perceptual skills influence several aspects of children’s development and everyday life, ranging from (mixed) motor skills to essential life aptitudes.
Printable pattern grids for visual discrimination practice. Morning bin activity
These visual tracking tips and tools will help kids with skills like reading, writing, and other learning tasks. Visual tracking is a visual mobility skill.
Understanding how compound sentences are built can be a bit tricky. With this poster, building a compound sentence is as easy as....a s'more! Once my students began using the s'more method to build compound sentences, their writing and grammar skills saw major improvement. This poster features ...
How to Think Visually Using Visual Analogies infographic from Anna Vital gives a great variety of examples for anyone to use when you create your own graphics. It begins with the most recognizable visuals, circle graphs and diagrams. Further down are abstract analogies. They are
What is visual motor integration, why is it important, and suggestions to help your child develop this important skill!
Use these occupational therapy activities to work on visual saccades in kids to improve visual processing skills.
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Whether your child has sensory sensitivities, struggles with fine, gross, and/or visual motor skills, or needs help with handwriting, these occupational therapy activities will not disappoint!
The Z axis As therapists, we recognize the importance of mid-line crossing to help with primitive reflexes. Reaching lateral outside…
One of our OT’s was so excited last week to show us the new activity she was doing with a few of her kiddos. She had just started it so she hasn’t had time to embellish it for pictures…
These visual motor integration activities will help your child to learn skills needed for handwriting.
This resource on visual perceptual skills covers underlying areas of visual perception, red flags, and activities to develop each area.
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Here are 10 free visual motor printables – just print, grab a pencil and you are all set!!! 1. Visual Motor Exercise – http://yourtherapysource.com/vmefree.html 2. 2 Pages from Visual Motor Workbook – http://yourtherapysource.com/files/visual_motor_free_sample.pdf 3. Follow the Path – http://yourtherapysource.com/followfree.html 4. Letter and Shape Maze – http://yourtherapysource.com/lsmazefree.html 5. Connect Puzzle – http://yourtherapysource.com/connectfree.html 6. Graph Paper Drawing – http://yourtherapysource.com/graphdrawfree.html 7. Crossing Path Puzzle – http://yourtherapysource.com/crossingpathsfree.html 8. Frog Grid Drawing – http://yourtherapysource.com/griddrawingfreebie.html 9. Patterns Freebies – http://yourtherapysource.com/patternsfree.html 10. Lines, Lines and More Lines Freebie – http://yourtherapysource.com/linesfreebie.html Visit Your Therapy Source for more visual perceptual activities at http://yourtherapysource.com/visualdownloads.html
