#28 - All Things Visual: Ocular Motor Skills, Visual Perception & More!

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All Things Visual: Ocular Motor Skills, Visual Perception & More!

Welcome back to another episode of The Sensory Project Show! Today we are discussing all things visual. From ocular motor skills, to visual perception, we will break everything down so you can understand just what exactly your child is taking in when they look around the room. As always, we will share our favorite therapy games and activities you can complete with your kiddos at home!

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Activities for Ocular Motor Skills

• Zoom ball
• Logic and reasoning games / copying picture to solve
• Rush Hour
• Pete's Pike
• Laser Maze
• Simon
• Ball with letters written all over
• Melissa and Doug Letter / Number Puzzle Pack
• Elefun
• Spot It Regular Version
• Mazes, dot to dots, color by numbers

Activities for Visual Perceptual Skills

• I Spy Memory Game
• Spot It Regular Version
• Melissa and Doug Letter / Number Puzzle Pack
• Sensory Bins
• Disney Princess memory card game
• Despicable Me memory card game
• Scrabble
• Banana Grams
• Ratuki Card Game
• Pop Up Pirate
• Color matching, finding objects within a competing background
• Crosswords and word finds
• Letter code games
• I spy rice bottle
• Blink Card Game
• Qbitz
• Mental blox
• Lite-brite
• Tangrams
• Positional words game

Check out our video on How to Assess Ocular Motor Skills

Must Try Activities to Improve Ocular Motor Skills

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