Several of our PT’s recently took a continuing education course where they talked about the differences between focal and ambient vision. Focal vision is what you are looking directly at and can operate on its own. Ambient vision is what takes in everything going on around you and provides information back to your body so […]
Eye See: Visual Perceptual vs Eyesight
Occupational therapists are frequently asked what the difference between visual perception and eyesight is. Vision plays a significant role in the way we interact with our environment and how we learn. Visual acuity refers to how clearly a person sees. Vision is more than just eye sight and how clearly we see. A person can […]
Car Games
With the holiday season in full swing, your family may find itself spending some time in the car while traveling between various family members or other destinations. Here are some games that are fun and can work on skills such as visual discrimination, figure ground discrimination and visual form constancy. When I used to travel […]
Using the Super Skipper
The Super Skipper is a great tool to work on jumping, coordination, timing, and visual perceptual skills to name a few. Just to warn you there is music that goes along with it, so if your child is sensitive to auditory input, they may not like this toy. There are 3 speeds that it […]
Tactile Letters
One of our recent projects at work was to make tactile letters. Our therapists used various tactile surfaces such as duct tape, felt, cardboard, bumpy paper, glitter paper, denim and any other paper/material we could find that would provide different tactile input. This allows the child to trace letters and get different tactile […]
What are 4 things playing Connect Four can help?
image retrieved from: amazon.com Connect Four is a game that I used to love playing as a kid! However, now that I am working with kids I realize how much more it can be than just a game (while your kids think they are just playing a game). Here are four things that playing Connect […]
What Can Velcro Popsicle Sticks Teach?
Once again, I found some really fun ideas on pinterest that I passed on to the OT’s at work. I actually combined two ideas for them to work with. The first was velcro popsicle sticks and the other was using preprinted Lego pictures. We bought some colored popsicle sticks, added velcro and then had […]