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Ocular Motor Skills
The muscles of the eyes work together to allow us to track a moving object, or move our eyes from near to far, or far to near.
Eye Can Learn Fixation Exercises (help eye muscles learn to hold a steady gaze)
Eye Can Learn Tracking Exercises (help eye muscles move smoothly in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions)
Eye Can Learn Saccades Exercises (help eye muscles jump from side to side efficiently)
**These eye exercises are not meant to replace vision therapy, which is a medical treatment prescribed by developmental optometrists.**
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Perceptual Skills
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Form Constancy - the ability to identify a form even if it is different in size, orientation, color, or texture.
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Figure Ground - the ability to distinguish a form from the surrounding background.
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Spatial Relations/Position in Space - the ability to understand the position of objects in relation to each other and to one's self.
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Visual Discrimination - the ability to perceive the differences and similarities in forms.
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Visual Closure - the ability to identify a form even though part of it is not visible.
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Visual Memory - the ability to remember what one sees.
Explore Eye Can Learn Activities for Visual Perceptual Skills
Free Visual Perceptual Packet
Online Visual Skill Games
Online Puzzles (from 6-247 Pieces)
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Visual Motor Integration
Coordinating the hands, feet, and body movements with what the eyes perceive.
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Throw and catch: Start with a large playground sized ball at a distance of 3 feet. Gradually increase the distance between you and your child, and then move on to using a smaller ball.
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Beanbag Toss: Throw beanbags at a target placed flat on the floor. To make it more challenging, make the target smaller or further away.
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Balloon toss: Take turns with your child to bat it with your hands, trying to prevent the balloon from hitting the ground.
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String beads to make necklaces or bracelets
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Dot-to-dots and mazes
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Practice drawing simple lines and shapes.
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