Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Garage Sale Visual Therapy Toy

lite briteI found a "Lite Brite" toy at a garage sale which worked as a GREAT light box for visual therapies for my daughter.  Even though some of the pegs were missing, we had enough to use to help her practice fine motor activities while engaging her visually.  A toy like this became an important part of her mommy and me therapy. There was a board that lit up and brightly colored pegs that could be places in different patterns against black construction paper. We could play together keeping her attention and working hard at her motor skills. It was very helpful in keeping her skills at least at the same function.  Buy packs of colorful construction paper for even more visual stimulation and a pencil top to punch holes into the paper to make fun patterns (if you cannot find enough pegs or replacement pegs).  p.s. Lite-Brite toys can be found on Craiglist, Ebay, Amazon.com and at various toy stores...but check out local garage and estate sales first!   (submitted by MOM Marcia, with edits by Mommies of Miracles)

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