Here is an example of a program for developing spatial vision from age 9 months to the beginning of first grade:
Age 9 – 11 months
Present him with an upside-down picture, check if he turns his head, then turn the picture right side up while saying 'upside down'.
Thread rings onto a conical pole and ask him to remove them.
Demonstrate how to thread rings onto the pole. Ensure the pole is thin and the ring has a large inner diameter.
Ask him to insert a string into a pot.
Show him that you are hiding an object under a pillow or cloth, check if he discovers it.
Present an object, hide it behind your back, and encourage him to find it.
Lift him up and then down, saying 'up' and 'down' each time.
Present an object, place it on a step, and encourage him to bring it.
Age 12 – 14 months
Place two fabric sheets in front of him, show him an object you place under one of the sheets, remove it with your hand closed, place it under the other sheet, and ask him to find it.
Give him a familiar book upside down, check if he turns it right side up, and if not, draw his attention to it.
Present a doll, as he reaches to take it, turn it so the back of the doll is facing him, check if he turns the doll around.
Encourage him to thread rings onto a rod, then flip the rod to remove the rings all at once, ask him to mimic you.
Put several items in a box or cup, pass it to him, he will likely try to remove the items one by one, show him that he can turn the cup upside down to empty it all at once. Repeat the action and check if he turns the container (also involves problem-solving).
Routinely:
Show him how to hang clothes on different hangers. Teach him about things above.
Draw his attention to objects or devices that go up and down, such as swings, roll-up blinds, and emphasize the concepts of 'up' and 'down'.
Age 15 – 20 months
Place three fabric sheets in front of him, show him an object you place under one of the sheets, remove it with your hand closed, place it under another sheet, and ask him to find it.
Play with him with a big ball. If he can handle it, encourage him to kick the ball.
Place an object under a chair or sofa and encourage him to retrieve it.
Demonstrate how to transfer water from one cup to another.
Encourage him to climb on ladders (under supervision, of course).
Encourage him to reach for objects that are low – this will require him to bend, and objects that are high – this will require him to stretch.
Play with him by spinning in place in both directions.
Swing him on a swing. If possible, swing together with him.
Encourage him to go up and down stairs – holding onto a rail or an adult's hand, alternating right and left hands.
Play music that you love and dance together (lift him in your arms, turn him into different positions, dance hand in hand or side by side).
Age 21 – 29 months
Use everyday activities for practice - teach him how to open door handles and faucets, continue to thread beads - reduce the bead hole size and transition from pipe cleaners to a stiff elastic lace and finally to shoelaces.
Screw in screws with him on a board with screws that are suitable for children.
Encourage him to build more complex structures than a simple Lego tower.
By the end of the period, he should be able to build a tower of 8 blocks.
Create a free and safe environment for the child so that he can move without limitation.
Play pass with the child using a ball.
Play soccer with the child.
Teach him to perform head rolls.
Encourage him to climb stairs.
Dance with the child.
Play with him by jumping on tiptoes and walking on tiptoes.
Pull and push a cart with him.
Teach the child to assemble puzzles. Progress the puzzle level gradually. It's important not to pressure the child either in terms of level or pace.
Lay out three pictures, present him with a picture identical to one of the three, and ask him to give you that picture using the term "the same." Later repeat the action but this time lay out four pictures.
Start matching pictures by laying identical ones on top of each other.
Assemble a puzzle with two pieces that form a symmetrical picture.
Assemble a puzzle made of two asymmetrical pieces.
Assemble a puzzle of 4 pieces.
Practice threading rings on a rod by size, starting with 2 rings and progressing gradually.
Teach him sizes – demonstrate with a large and a small object that are the same, then move to different large and small objects.
Demonstrate how to nest cups of different sizes into each other.
Continue matching shapes to the appropriate hole in a box.
Age 30 – 36 months
Teach him to walk in a straight line.
Increase use of playground equipment – ladders, tunnels, slides, and swings.
Purchase a tricycle and a scooter for him.
Cut out small, medium, and large squares and ask him to stack small on small, medium on medium, and large on large.
Present him with three objects of different sizes - small, medium, and large - like forks, spoons, balls, etc., and ask him to give you one according to size.
Progress to five objects of different sizes and ask him to give you a larger or smaller object – cups, hoops, baubles, etc.
Continue to assemble puzzles with 4 pieces or more.
Teach him to nest cups by size.
Teach him to build a tower from cups of different sizes.
Ensure he is capable of fitting all the shapes into a shape sorter.
Age 3-4
Ask the child to walk forward, backward, inward, outward, quickly, slowly. Mark a line and have them jump from side to side.
Teach the child to walk on a winding line.
Teach the child to stand on their head.
Teach the child to roll.
Games:
Form a Shape (Oreda) - start with a large board and then copy an image.
Ages 4-5
Ensure the child knows the following concepts: on, inside, before, behind, under.
Build different shapes from cubes and ask the child to imitate you (use suitable games like Form a Shape, Hit a Hammer).
Play Treasure of the Rings (Shapir).
Build Lego structures according to a picture – copy the picture.
Play Find the Treasure at home using a map and numbers where you have hidden the notes.
Play the game Monkey Face (Oreda).
Teach the child geometric shapes and explain how to identify them: square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, ellipse.
Teach the following geometric shapes: diamond, trapezoid, ellipse, pyramid.
Teach apexes of geometric shapes (square, triangle, pentagon, Star of David, etc.).
Mark on a transparent cup: half and quarter, on another cup mark a third. Ask the child in different situations to fill half, a quarter, or a third.
Ages 5-6
Note: In parallel to this topic, complete with the child the chapter on visual processing in the workbook Ready (Hila Flor Madual, Smadar Gafni).
Also, play with the child the following games: Form a Shape, Treasure of the Rings,
Speedy (Kadkad), after the child is proficient in Speedy, move to Prince and Princess (Foxmind), Katamino (Foxmind).
Ensure the child knows the following concepts: center, corner, right, left on their body.
Ensure the child knows the following concepts: on, inside, before, behind, under.
Sketch for the child a map of the garden (a specific room or yard), hide an object in a specific place, mark
the location of the object on the map and ask the child to find it.
Assemble puzzles with 48 – 100 pieces.
Age 6 – Grade 1
Two-dimensional vision: Games: Form a Shape, Speedy – with the aim to increase the speed of copying the structure.
Three-dimensional vision: Threading – progress gradually.
Build simple and then complex three-dimensional models by copying – scales and such.