s.m.a.r.t. at home

Supporting your child's reading development at home is likely a high priority. Whether your child(ren) is strong in reading or still progressing, all children benefit from eye movement exercises. To encourage and engage your child in vision activities, try making a few of these mazes.

​Draw simple outlines on a piece of paper. Add some academic content that is age-appropriate for your child.* Hang the mazes at eye level on the refrigerator with magnets. Encourage your child to cover one eye and trace the maze with their finger slowly. This causes the eye to track the finger from the start of the maze to the end with smooth eye movements. Repeat that step, but cover the other eye this time. Finally, trace it a third time without covering either eye, slowly tracking their finger from start to finish.

Here are some academic type ideas for your maze:

• Rhyming words - write a word at the start of the maze and a word that rhymes at the end of the maze
• Capital and lowercase letters
• Compound words - “rain” can be at the start, and “bow” can be at the end. Together, they make “rainbow”.
• Addition or subtraction sentences - 3 + 6 can the start and 9 at the end