Looking for holiday gift ideas that will promote a child's vision development?
We have compiled a list of popular toys and games by age level to help you shop this holiday season!
Birth – 2 years:
Squish pads
Black and white pattern pages/soft blocks
Gymnastics wedges
Books – read, read, read to them! (Really, this is appropriate for all ages)
Soft puppets for imaginative play (Build visualization with imaginative play!)
Preschool:
Melissa and Doug Beads on pegs
Lacing cards
Balance Beam/Stepping Stones
Expandable Tunnels
Mega Cardboard building blocks
Hi Ho Cherry O!
Early Elementary School Age:
Spot it! card game
Giant sized erector sets
Rocker Boards
Toss Across beanbag game
Blink
8 and up
Rebounder and bean bags
Legos – Pro tip, if your child gets frustrated with tons of little pieces, buy smaller sets to help them develop the skills they need in scanning and identifying which block to place where.
Marble Runs
Engineering sets – Model cars/planes, Circuit board building, or kinetic art sets like the Chain reaction workshop from Kiwico.com
Kanoodle
Chess board
Basketball and hoop – then bundle up and play some free throw games!
Cornhole game set
** In general, think about encouraging and building eye-hand coordination, gradual increases in ability to scan through a crowded array, MOVEMENT, and interaction with real objects rather than a 2 dimensional screen like a tablet or computer monitor.
Have a wonderful holiday season, and happy shopping!