Seeing

Here are the foundation skills involved in 'seeing'.

Children need to learn to find the connections and differences between shapes. This allows them to notices the differences in letters such as b and d. Spot the difference games  can take this skills to an advanced level. 

Place four items on a tray under a tea towel. Uncover the oibjects and talk about them with your child. Civer the objects and remove one object with out your child seeingf .Uncover the objects and ask your child which one is gone.

For younger children start with 4-5 objects. 

I spy books and printables:

• I spy ultimate challenger (Walter Wick, Jean Marollo)

• Wacky Wednesday (Dr Seuss)

• Where's the Pair (Britta Teckentrup)

Children being able to notice what is the same and what is different is a skills that will help them when it comes to reading and writing.

Jigsaw puzzles help your child develop many physical and mental skills such as helping improve hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, problem solving and memory skills.