Kid’s
Activities
Vision actually develops best by
incorporating many gross and fine motor activities for
young children. (With minimal TV, computer and hand held
electronic games needed!)
As a Developmental Optometrist, Dr. Lori Smith encourages
young children to experience a lot of movement activities
involving eyes, hands and feet.
Newborns and infants do best with large, high contrast
black/white toys such as those described at this
website: www.geniusbabies.com
Toddlers should have a lot of visual spatial activities
like puzzles, blocks, large balls,
and balloon play. They are forming impressions of and
learning about their effect on the 3 dimensional
environment.
Older children can be challenged with air hockey, ping
pong, bicycle riding, tennis and any games involving balls
and movement.
Some structured activities for children that are valuable
are dance, karate, gymnastics, musical instruments and
age-level sports that can help develop eye hand
coordination
The link provided can be
printed out and shared with your children. Have fun!
Eye word hunt