Vision Gifts For The Teriffic Two...How Important Is That?

Pretty important, actually. How so?

For one thing, her visual discrimination skills continue to emerge. This skill enables her to note details in pictures, the likenesses and differences in shapes and eventually note the differences in letters and words.

Since her vision is probably normal so far as her acuity is concerned, now's the time to work on this important skill.

Fun activities encourage him to discriminate things he sees.

Books…always books! They don’t have to be board books now…unless that’s his favorite. It’s still a good idea to keep the lines simple and the colors bold. As you read to him, talk about the different things he sees in the picture and ask him to point to a single element in a picture. You may even be able to read all the words on the page before he turns it. Good Night, Gorilla, by Peggy Rathman is sure to enchant your budding reader.

Form Puzzles…this gift serves to further enhance this emerging visual skill as you show her how the shapes are are different. Then show her which hole has the same shape…before you know it, she’ll have this skill mastered. It’s probably better to keep the number of pieces to about three.

8-inch Ball…select a nerf ball to toss or roll in the house to further refine the visual skill of depth perception.

My, my…but he’s growing, and now she’s running! and climbing! Well, you knew she would! Now she's a Tantalizing Three...

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