Tech Will Save Us |
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A range of super-toys that combine physical development and hand-eye coordination with technology and coding. (our friends at TWSU have given special code PARTNER15 for an instant discount!) |
Visual tracking, visual discrimination and visual memory |
6+ |
https://www.techwillsaveus.com/ |
Dobble |
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This fast-paced game helps to hone in on several visual skills. Easy to carry, simpe to play yet fiendishly addictive and great fun for all ages |
Visual tracking, visual discrimination and visual memory |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2kmEHfT |
Mover Kit |
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Kids are raised digital screens, but this can hinder their movements and understanding of the physical world. This cool toy helps to combine digital and real-world movement with coding and technology |
Physical movement, gorss motor skills, visual spatial awareness, coding skills |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2BI6hIQ |
PLYT |
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Teach your child maths skills without them knowing as they play |
Maths, visualisation, reasoning, logic |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2kmgnL0 |
Colouring Book |
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More than just a relaxing activity, colouring aids your child in developing good finger grip. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visualisation, visual spatial awareness |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2gTOmH2 |
Finger Paints |
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Finger paints boost initial childhood development by enabling children to discover artistic techniques, tools, and materials through sensory play. |
Sensory and tactile feedback, hand-eye coordination |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgFoVl |
Paint or Color By Numbers |
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Painting by numbers teaches your child important critical thinking skills and will enable your child to construct beautiful scenes by following the simple number guides. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual discrimination, sequencing, visualisation |
3 |
http://amzn.to/2hgQxVZ |
Sand Art |
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Sand art is an important sensory activity, aiding your child’s eye-hand coordination and fine-motor skills such as pincer grip. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual discrimination, sensory and tactile feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2gTNFgZ |
Stencils |
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Stencils are great to get the kids started with drawing. |
fine motor skills, visual spatial awareness and writing skills |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgSpyf |
Bead Craft Kits |
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This set includes lots of charms and beads to thread together to make necklaces or bracelets. Whilst your little fairy is having fun, she is also exercising important physical skill. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual discrimination |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2gTTQll |
Models (car, airplane, ships, etc.) |
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A great gift for a little painter and builder who will now get a chance to build and paint their very own wooden sports car! Painting is a medium for children to achieve many important skills. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, visualisation, visual spatial awareness, cognitive skills, critical thinking, problem solving, sensory feedback |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgUoTd |
Jacks |
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A timeless game of skill and co-ordination which your child is sure to love. Dexterity, speed and timing is needed in order to balance different numbers of the Jacks. |
Hand-eye coordination, timing and rhythm, motor skills |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgR6iF |
Jumpin’ Monkeys |
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A fun game for 2-3 players where a stable hand is required! Simply put your monkey on the shooter and fire your monkey into the tree! |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, depth perception, visual feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2gTSRBB |
Flippin’ Frogs |
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It’s flippin brilliant! Your child is sure to love pinging the brightly coloured plastic frogs in the bucket or they can even make up their own game for the sheer fun of it. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, depth perception, visual feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2gTYkbq |
Ants in the Pants |
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A fun colour matching and counting game for young children, with an added giggle factor! |
visual memory, visual discrimination, hand-eye co-ordination |
3-7 |
http://amzn.to/2hgRDRP |
Don’t Break the Ice |
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Let them become part of Frozen’s world with this cool Disney edition of a classic strategic game. Players must take turns tapping out ice blocks with the toy mallet to keep Anna and Olaf skating!. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, depth perception, visual feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgWIJV |
Marbles |
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These are a classic hands on playground toy with so many different ways to play |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, depth perception, visual feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2gU3q7E |
Oball |
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Does your child display difficulty with catching? Encourage their tactile development with ‘Oball’, Oball is incredibly easy for your child to grasp the rattles with colourful beads add an extra element of fun! |
Catching, hand-eye coordination, visual spatial awareness, timing |
Any age!, Even babies |
http://amzn.to/2hgSnGp |
Tic-tac-toe |
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Treat your child to an amazing upgrade of a well loved game (also known as noughts and crosses). |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, visualisation, visual spatial awareness, cognitive skills, problem solving |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2gU5mgq |
Nerf Basketball |
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A great gift for any aspiring basketball player, this Nerf N-Sports Nerfoop Basketball Set is colourful and compact and can be hung from any door in your house! |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, visual spatial awareness |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2gU8GYW |
Dart Games (velcro) |
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Who will hit the bullseye first? The classic game of skill is now child friendly, made from plastic, fabric and velcro.. |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, visual spatial awareness |
12Months+ |
http://amzn.to/2hgOzFg |
Cuponk |
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Shoot it, sink it, win it! This electronic ball toss game will put your child to the test as they try to sink a shot from all kinds of different positions. For extra excitement, once they sink a shot, the cup lights up and makes sounds. |
Hand eye coordination, visual spatial awareness, timing, visual feedback |
9+ |
http://amzn.to/2gU94q9 |
Make N Break Game |
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This engaging family friendly game involves a fun fuelled race against the clock to build colourful wooden block structures and score the most points. |
Hand eye coordination, visual spatial awareness, timing, visual feedback, balance, timing |
8 |
http://amzn.to/2hgZbnE |
Checkers |
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Who will conquer the board? Thrill them with this high quality traditional game of checkers with wooden board and pieces. |
strategy skills hand-eye coordination, pattern recognition, sequencing, eye tracking skills. |
5 |
http://amzn.to/2gUhHBj |
Perplexus |
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Perplex them and stretch their visual growth with this great game, which requires brain power. They will be occupied for hours planning an escape route out of the Perplexus, which consists of 22 feet of tricky twists, turns and obstacles! |
Hand eye coordination, visual spatial awareness, timing, visual feedback, balance, timing |
8 |
http://amzn.to/2hmJrzv |
Qwirkle |
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A colour matching game with an exciting twist, Qwirkle requires tactical maneuvers and well-planned strategy to achieve the most points. |
visual memory, form perception, pattern recognition |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2h4Dje5 |
Battleship |
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A realistically crafted, classic naval combat game your child is sure to enjoy. Let their imagination carry them away on the high seas, and to strike down enemy ships with precision. |
visual thinking,visual spatial awareness and memory |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2hmChLB |
Labyrinth |
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A magical game that your child and indeed the whole family are bound to enjoy! Labyrinth is an exciting sprint for treasures in a moving maze. |
Visual memory, perception, sequencing, strategy |
7+ |
http://amzn.to/2hmLRhJ |
Blokus |
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Easy to learn, but with an added layer of depth, Blokus will challenge and engage your child. |
Pattern recognition, visual thinking, visual discrimination, planning, sequencing |
7+ |
http://amzn.to/2hmFScG |
Rush Hour/Rush Hour Jr. |
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A jam packed game. A path must be cleared for the ice cream truck to escape from the traffic without getting stuck in a jam! If that occurs, there are challenge cards to follow with different levels of difficulty.. |
Visual spatial awareness, visual thinking, problem-solving |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hmBiuL |
Tactilo |
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A tactile fun filled game, Tactilo’s spinning wheel has a range of textures, which have to match up to a texture on an animal card in the bag. When it is empty, the players with the most animal cards wins the game. |
Visual memory, visual and sensory discrimination, tactile stimulation |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2h4EH0k |
Bingo |
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This classic game, suitable for all the family effectively teaches children lots of different number and processing skills |
Visual memory, auditory memory, number association, sequencing |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2h4GFhq |
Memory Games |
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Encourage your child’s visual memory with this fantastic colourful wooden travel memory game. Select from among fourteen fun themes, slip a card into the gameboard and start searching for matches. |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, pattern recognition, sequencing |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hehHdD |
Simon Flash |
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Can they conquer the colours? Simon Flash is a fast and frenzied combination of the popular game of the 80’s, Simon, with the magic and intuitive play of Flash. |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, pattern recognition, sequencing, timing |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2hekRxJ |
Blink |
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Blink and you’ll miss it! Make sure they get their adrenaline rush through this super speedy game where two players battle to be the first to play all of their cards.. |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, visual discrimination, timing |
7+ |
http://amzn.to/2hemZpo |
Set |
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Get ready, get SET for this incredible matching game. SET has won over 35 best game awards including MENSA Select. The rules are simple, race to find as many SETs as fast as you can before anyone else does |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, visual discrimination, logical and spatial reasoning, visual perception, timing |
6-12 |
http://amzn.to/2h4W699 |
Loopz |
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Endless fun will be had with the new Loopz Shifter, an exciting skill and action game of music, memory and motion. |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2h4NIGI |
Sort it Out |
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A battle of brainpower, Sort it Out requires players to work altogether and use visual discrimination to put things in order. Featuring a massive selection of fun and interesting topics, this game is sure to keep your family occupied for hours on end! Suitable for ages 12 years and up. |
Visual discrimination, hand-eye coordination, general knowledge, sequencing and visual thinking |
12+ |
http://amzn.to/2hoke7G |
Mancala: |
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This is an ancient and classic game of thinking ahead, strategy and counting, not to mention fine motor skills as you move your stones. |
Visual memory, visual spatial awareness, visual discrimination, logical and visual perception |
7+ |
http://amzn.to/2ho9N46 |
Q-bitz: |
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This game exercises your vision and brain |
Visual processing, visual analysis, visual spatial awareness |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2hohYgJ |
Osmo |
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Finally a way to bring real life into a tablet. These devices are a major cause of under-developed motor and eye-hand skills because of the artificial feedback. Osmo allows physical games and activities to be linked and integrated with the screen. |
visual spatial skills, hand-eye coordination, visual feedback, visual attention, integrating tablets with physical toys |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2f8ZwDl |
Dominoes: |
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This classic game encourages visual analysis and thinking. The dots help kids to understand the link between numbers and counting. And it’s fun for any age. |
Visual discrimination, visual matching and memory, sequencing and strategy |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2h99rNS |
Where’s Wally? Books: |
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Can you find him? Pit your visual discrimination and visual tracking skills against the bespectacled red-striped hero of this classic series. Practise will improve visual skills |
Visual tracking, visual discrimination, sequencing, oculomotor skills |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2hphGGt |
Ring toss: |
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A great traditional game that anyone can play. This thinking process and visual feedback helps to drive learning and development |
Visual tracking, visual discrimination, sequencing, oculomotor skills, visual feedback |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hpcEcW |
Twister |
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This is the classic game with a twist!. Challenges your child’s body control by to getting them to put their hands and feet at different places on the mat without falling over! |
Gross motor skills, body and limb awareness, right-left integration |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hwPUE7 |
Elefun: |
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Running around, jumping up and down and hand eye-coordination to catch the flying butterflies make this game fun, fast paced and great for the little ones to improve many visual skills. |
Gross motor skills, hand-eye and body-eye coordination, catching skills |
3+ |
http://amzn.to/2hwKn03 |
Pictionary |
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This easy to play game is not only fun for every member of the family but you’re developing learning, visual and thinking skills at the same time. Check out my article about how to improve visual skills with Pictionary here: |
Hand-eye control, oculomotor skills, visual thinking, creativity, thinking skills, visual language skills |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hwMbq9 |
Chalkboard. |
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Traditional drawing and writing board yet kids still love to play with chalks on the board.. |
Hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, tactile feedback, sensory stimulation |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2hpl5VZ |
Operation |
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This modern twist on the classic gory game comes complete with silly sound effects that children will love!. Surgical scrubs optional. Suitable for ages 6 – 18. |
Fine motor control, hand-eye coordination |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hwRnu4 |
Bop it: |
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The fast moving game of memory, processing, coordination and action. Watch how quickly the kids pick up these skills and learn from this modern electronic challenge |
Memory, visual and auditory processing, visually directed action, hand and arm control |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2hwKGYO |
Model Puzzles and Kits: |
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All model kits are a fantastic way to improve hand/eye, fine motor and visual pre-planning and discrimination skills. I’ve chosen Star Wars kits because most kids love them and will be proud of their creations |
Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual pre-planning, sequencing |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2hpskgg |
Parquetry blocks: |
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*Central Vision Opticians stock this in our branch in Finchley |
Visual discrimination, visual memory, sequencing, visual spatial awareness, visual image manipulation |
3+ |
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Rorys story cubes: |
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This is one of the best toys for learning visual and language skills. It also teaches imagination, creativity and story building. I still take a set with me on holiday, the kids put away their devices and use their minds instead! Even the adults enjoy the challenge. |
Visual learning, visual thinking and language, imagination, creativity |
3+ |
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Tangrams: |
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This is an ancient yet fiendishly fun way to develop your visual skills. Using the 7 shapes provided, you can make hundreds of different pictures and try can create the one provided. If you want to have a few designs to practise with, send us an email [email protected] |
Hand-eye coordination, visual thinking, image manipulation, visual spatial awareness, visual discrimination |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2hqsKTF |
Jigsaw Puzzles: |
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The classic puzzle still keeps children and adults entertained while developing their visual skills. |
Hand-eye coordination, visual thinking, image manipulation, visual spatial awareness, visual discrimination |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2hn9TpT |
Guess Who? |
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This classic game promotes observation and listening as well as advancing visual and processing skills |
Visual discrimination, sorting and comparing, visual deduction and reasoning, language skills |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2hngmkB |
Charades: |
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You can play this family game almost anywhere and help improve skills. It’s fun for everyone. |
Visually directed movements, non-verbal communication, visualisation, visual thinking |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2hec3Kq |
Connect 4: |
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This classic game will have you planning visual thinking, sequencing and strategy while using your fine motor skills. |
Visual thinking, strategy, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, pre-planning |
6+ |
http://amzn.to/2he3i2X |
Connect 4 Launchers |
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A modern twist to the classic game requiring fine motor and hand-eye coordination. |
Visual thinking, strategy, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, pre-planning, visual feedback |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2hnhnZR |
Don’t say it: |
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Improve visual-language, visualisation and visual thinking skills with this great game. |
Visual-language skills, visual thinking, memory |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2hncjod |
Nano challenge: |
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This is the modern hand-held twist to the classic Simon Says. Improve your visual memory and sequencing skills to try and beat your friends. |
Visual memory, sequencing, visual processing |
8+ |
http://amzn.to/2hnghgK |
Playing cards: |
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Don’t forget one of the easiest and most flexible ways to play countless games, activities and puzzles. |
Visual memory, visual thinking, strategy, pre-planning, sequencing |
4+ |
http://amzn.to/2heepsw |
Attribute blocks: |
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Want to teach visual identification and visual discrimination of shapes and sorting? This toy is great for learning lots of visual skills |
Visual discrimination and identification of shapes and colours, sorting |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2hnfxIo |
Bingo: |
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The classic game of number matching is something the whole family can enjoy! |
Visual memory, discrimination, number lines, sequencing |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2heetJ7 |
Continuo |
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This classic 80’s game will get your family engaged in using their brains |
Matching and discrimination, planning and strategy, visual-spatial awareness |
5+ |
http://amzn.to/2yn4WEn |