Vision Developmental Guidelines |
Age |
Play Material |
Skills Developed |
4 wks - 8 wks |
Bright dangling object (mobile, balloon, etc.) |
Fixations |
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Ring Rattle, Plastic Ring, Rubber Squeaking Toys |
Eye-Hand Coordination (E-H); Textures |
| 12 wks |
Cradle Gym |
Grasp & release; Fixation; E-H; Spatial Awareness |
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String of Big Beads or Disks, Teething Beads |
Grasp & Release; Fixation with Tongue |
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Stuffed Animals, Bell on Handle |
E-H; Spatial Awareness |
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Big Rubber Ball |
Near to Far & Over Head; Face Down-Roll Baby |
| 16 wks |
Mobile |
Close enough that hands might touch it accidentally |
| 20 wks |
Say "boom" with Bed Bounce |
Bilateral motor response |
| 24 wks- 32 wks |
Nested Toys |
E-H; Grasp & Release; Spatial Awareness |
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Small toys to handle |
Sizes & shapes; tops & bottoms |
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Pots & Pans, Spoon & Cup |
Sizes & shapes; tops & bottoms; inside & outside;
sounds |
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Lift on thumbs |
Bilateral motor response |
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Mobile |
Move out for feet to hit; eye-foot coordination |
| 36 wks- 48 wks |
Playpen |
Boundaries; up & down space; spatial relations; comparisons;
bilateral pull-over & through sides (but still use as little as possible) |
| |
Blocks and Pegs, Basket of Clothes Pins, Ball rolled back
& forth, Wheel in trough |
Grasp & Release; near & far space; mobility &
pursuits; search; field; relationship |
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Large books |
Name & talk about pictures of common things |
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Water toys |
Fill & spill, E-H |
| 1 yr - 1.5 yrs |
Kiddie Car |
Bilaterality of hands, eyes & feet; Directionality; Coordination
& Locomotion |
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Pull Toys |
Orientation; Directionality; Spatial Awareness; Extension
of arms & hands |
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Push Toys, Sweep & Mop Sets |
Orientation; Directionality; Extension of arms
& hands; visual steering & guiding; Coordination |
| |
Blocks |
Pile & string; Combining; Build form; Visualization; size;
shape; E-H |
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Color Cone |
Texture; Hand judgments; Associations; Likes & unlikes;
Visualization; Imagination |
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Woolly & Soft Animals |
Form; E-H; Parts & wholes |
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Climbing Equipment |
High & Low; Gross & fine motor activity; Localization |
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Books (cloth or heavy cardboard) |
Symbols & Representations; Fixations; Identifications;
Visual grasp & release; Parts & wholes |
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Sandbox |
Filling & spilling; Saccadic hand; hand dexterity; visual
cues & steering |
| 1.5 yrs |
Stairs |
Gross motor control; Highs & lows |
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Swing |
Movement through space; visual-vestibular stimulation |
| |
Rocking Horse |
Bilaterality |
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Large Ball |
E-H; Pursuits; Direction control |
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Toy Hammer & Peg |
E-H |
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Blocks (2" colored) |
Building, Combinations; Piling |
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Push & Pull carts |
Loading; Unloading; Visual Steering |
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Chest of drawers (child size) |
Personal recognition |
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Music Box |
Sounds, Auditory recall |
| 2 yrs |
Walking Rail & Balance Board |
Bilateral coordination |
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More Boards & Boxes |
Inclines & Slopes; Highs & Lows |
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Climbing Equipment |
Depths; Coordination; Balance |
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Rocking Boat, Jump Board |
Speed & Balance; Grasp & Release of total motor system |
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Trampoline |
Bilaterality |
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Pegboard |
Grasp & Release; Form; Fixation; Saccades |
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Interlocking Toys |
Units & wholes |
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Toy Telephone |
Visualization; Imagination |
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Screw Toys |
Right & Left Interweaving; Wrist Rotation |
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Small objects (pebbles, toy cars, etc.) |
E-H; Imagination; Visualization |
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More blocks (light, hollow, small colored shapes |
Combinations; Building; Balancing; Control of movement; E-H;
Expression |
