Games to stimulate the vision of babies from 10 to 12 months

Babies from 10 months of age already have some capacity for mobility, some crawling and others even begin to take their first steps. At this age they are able to grasp objects and can clearly see their surroundings. Therefore, your vision is adapted to your new needs and abilities. But in addition,

Babies from 10 months of age already have some capacity for mobility, some crawling and others even begin to take their first steps. At this age they are able to grasp objects and can clearly see their surroundings.

Therefore, your vision is adapted to your new needs and abilities. But in addition, we can help them by carrying out simple activities and games at home that will enhance the development of their visual capacity.

Activities to stimulate the vision of babies

At this stage, babies begin to work with both eyes at the same time and begin to develop eye-hand coordination, although this will not be completed until 3 or 4 years. But how to stimulate the baby's vision for almost a year?

- Place objects that are far away so that they can detect them and advance to them to grab them.

- Place objects on the ground that are not toys so that they can avoid them, it is about learning to calculate distances.

- Use box sets or cubes so they have to be filled or emptied. This way they can practice the approach since they will have to look at different distances. Para - To

encourage proprioception , that is to say the perception of the different parts of the body, we can grab him by the waist and lift him up and down while we try to look him in the face. Traba - Work theeye-hand coordination

by rolling balls with sounds or colors so that you go after them or try to grab them. It is important that all the activities we do are done on both sides of the visual field, in this way we will be able to stimulate both eyes of the baby equally. With the collaboration of:

Teresa Molina and María Valencia

Opticians and optometrists

ISAVI, Institute of Visual Health