Games to stimulate the vision of children from 3 to 5 years old

Children between 3 and 5 years old have almost completed visual development. During this stage, the muscularity of the eye is strengthened until both eyes work together, coordinated and precisely to be able to start with the reading and writing stage. In Guiainfantil.com we offer you some simple tip

Children between 3 and 5 years old have almost completed visual development. During this stage, the muscularity of the eye is strengthened until both eyes work together, coordinated and precisely to be able to start with the reading and writing stage. In

Guiainfantil.com we offer you some simple tips and activities that you can do at home to promote this development and enhance the correct functioning of children's vision. Games to help children stimulate their vision

1- It is important to work

eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills . The ideal to promote these two skills are activities such as drawing, coloring, play with plasticine, making bracelets with beads ...2- Parents can sit on their lap and read stories, in this way

will associate images to the texts and go working visual memory. 3- We can use examples, such as filling a glass of water up and a little full to practice the

contrary concepts such as: a lot and a little, full and empty, everything and nothing, open and closed ... 4- It is convenient that they acquire autonomy habits when it comes to dressing and that they can fasten their buttons or tying their shoelaces.

5- You can order objects by size and color to

reinforce visual discrimination. At this age there are numerous games to work on visual skills and perceptual vision and all of them are aimed at favoring the good visual health of children.

With the collaboration of:

Teresa Molina and María Valencia

Opticians and optometrists

ISAVI, Institute of Visual Health