Games & Toys For Vision Development

Vision development begins at birth. We’re born legally blind and through a learned process of looking, touching, interacting, and exploring, we develop our vision. Parents and guardians can play an important role in helping to ensure that their baby learns to see well. We’ve compiled a list of games and toys that can aid in the development of good vision as well as important skills that will carry through to learning, starting from birth on up.

  • Black/White Images

    Ages: 0-12 Months

    Vision Development: Black/White images stimulate the development of the optic nerves. Focusing on such visual stimuli trains newborns' vision, teaching the eyes and brain to coordinate and function properly together.

  • SpinAgain

    Ages: 1+

    Eye-Hand Coordination

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Pound & Hammer Toy

    Ages: 1-3 Years

    Eye-Hand Coordination

  • Sorting Cube

    Ages: 2-4 Years

    Eye-hand coordination

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Lite-Brite

    Ages: 4+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols, or shapes.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Dot-to-Dot

    Ages: 4+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Tracking: the ability to follow a moving or static object with the eyes without moving the head

  • Tangrams

    Ages: 5+

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.

    Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Geoboard

    Ages: 5+

    Fine Motor Skills

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Perfection

    Ages: 5+

    Processing Speed

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: a skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible

    Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.

  • Left Center Right

    Ages: 5+

    Processing Speed

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.

    Visual Sequential Awareness: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.

  • Qwirkle

    Ages: 6+

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

  • Spot It!

    Ages: 6+

    Processing Speed

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

  • Connect Four

    Ages: 6+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Set It

    Ages: 6+

    Processing Speed

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

  • Battleship

    Ages: 7+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Blokus

    Ages: 7+

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Tenzi

    Ages: 7+

    Processing Speed

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.

  • Kanoodle

    Ages: 7+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Deductive Reasoning: the ability to draw specific conclusions from general information.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Rush Hour

    Ages: 8+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Q-bitz

    Ages: 8+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Simon

    Ages: 8+

    Processing Speed

    Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.

    Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.

  • Dominos

    Ages: 8+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Form Constancy: skill that allows you to understand that a form, shape, object stays the same even when it changes it size, position or is in a different environment. An “A” is always an “A”.

    Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.

  • Farkle

    Ages: 8+

    Processing Speed

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Subitize: the ability to perceive the number of a group of items at a glance and without counting.

  • Boggle

    Ages: 8+

    Processing Speed

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to see subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible

    Visual Figure Ground: the ability to focus on one object without being distracted by irrelevant background objects.

  • Scrabble

    Ages: 8+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Visual Memory: the ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. Important for tasks such as note taking and reading.

    Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible

  • Laser Maze

    Ages: 8+

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Deductive Reasoning: the ability to draw specific conclusions from general information.

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.

  • Pathwords

    Ages: 12+

    Pattern Recognition

    Visual Discrimination: the ability to detect subtle differences in and ability to classify objects, symbols or shapes.

    Visual Sequential Memory: helps you to remember the sequence of letters, objects and events in the correct order. This is essential for spelling as well as comprehension of text.

    Visual Closure: the ability to recognize an object when its only partially visible

    Spatial Awareness: the ability to perceive relation in space between self and objects or between two objects. This relates to handwriting - spacing and letter reversals, right/lefts, putting on shoes, moving in crowded spaces, not bumping into things.