Visual Motor Delays
Early signs of visual-motor problems in children can include missed milestones and delays in gross motor skills, such as crawling, standing, and walking or fine motor skills, such as grasping and manipulating objects or gripping crayons.
Children who struggle have delays when coordinating body movement in response to what they see. Identifying these helps to lay the foundation for proper brain function as the child grows. Challenges in learning to write or draw may be the first warning signs. The deficit lies in the mechanism that enables the visual and motor systems to work together.
Activities To Encourage Eye-Hand Coordination:
- Cutting Shapes with Safety Scissors - having children safely cut out the shapes used for the activities is an excellent way to help improve eye-hand coordination.
- Jumping Games - Jumping rope and Jumping jacks challenging kids to see how quickly they can identify a card being held up while jumping.
- Flashlight Game - Turn down the lights and shine a flashlight at a wall moving it up and down and from side to side while having the kids follow your movements with their own flashlight. This encourages eye-tracking.
- Playing Catch - Kids who struggle with hand-eye coordination can play catch with a small beach ball or toss a bean bag back and forth.
Kids in Stride is therapy designed specifically for kids with developmental challenges in their movement, play, speech, language, learning and behavior. We are a privately owned practice in two locations Murphy 828-516-1700 & Franklin 828-634-7800, NC. Choosing Kids in Stride as your Therapy provider allows you to receive Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy on site, ensuring that you experience a truly integrated multi-disciplinary service. Our Pediatric Therapy is designed to deliver functional skills to increase independence. Our therapy programs are based around upper extremity functioning, fine and visual motor skills, and sensory motor integration.
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