So What Visual Gifts Are Appropriate For A Toddler?She's been crawling and her visual discrimination has improved to such an extent that she’s been discovering everything...every crumb, every tiny piece of paper, and every bug on the floor. Now he’s pulling up and taking tentative steps. That means more things to see...and get into. Thank goodness he’s probably not running...yet! He has depth perception and can discriminate simple geometric shapes. He may even grab a crayon to scribble. Her acuity is nearly normal, so she’ll enjoy pointing to things you ask her to find in a book. So what gifts should you select? He still enjoys the familiar toys he played with earlier. Books...board or otherwise...will hold her attention a bit longer now. They can even have more words.
Shape Sorters…those with three shapes are best to sharpen his discrimination skill. If you select one with more than three, he may become frustrated. This one also combines sound to make it more interesting.
Form puzzles...This is a good time to introduce puzzles and show her how they work. Here are a couple of good ones to help her get the hang of putting a puzzle together.
Small Beach Ball…A 14-in one a good gift choice to aid little hands catch the colorful ball more easily. One skill builds on another and the next thing you know he’s a Teriffic Two... Return to Home Page from visual-gifts-toddler
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