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Visual Figure-Ground Perception
Age Group : 6+
Laid out in a colourful and easy-to-use format, it is addressed to special education needs teachers, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, parents and schoolteachers who aim to support their children in developing and strengthening their skills. It introduces a set of games and activities that build and enhance visual perceptual skills in an enjoyable and interactive way. Learning has never been so effective and attractive. A simple navigation through this material will convince you!
Visual perceptual skills influence several aspects of children’s development and everyday life, ranging from motor skills to essential life aptitudes.
Figure-ground perception is the ability to perceive a form visually and identify it within a set of other forms and lines. It is the ability to distinguish an object from other irrelevant, general elements.
It includes, inter alia:
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225 worksheets
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activities aiming at recognising colours / domino pieces
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activities aiming at recognising shapes / cubes
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activities aiming at recognising objects in the background
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activities aiming at recognising letters and numbers in a complex background
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activities aiming at recognising and counting letters and numbers
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word search puzzles
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interactive games and activities
Visual perceptual skills influence several aspects of children’s development and everyday life, ranging from motor skills to essential life aptitudes
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Theoretical background
- Definition and Categories of Visual Perception
- Visual Perception and Dyslexia
- Figure-Ground Perception
- Figure-Ground Perception Deficits
- Compensatory Strategies
- Figure-Ground Perception and Academic Skills
- Figure-Ground Perception – Classroom suggestions
- An Activity Guide For The Development Of Figure-Ground Perception
- Content Analysis
Practice activities
Level 1: Figure-Ground Activities
- Recognising individual letters and numbers
- Recognising an image and matching it to a word that represents it
Level 2: Figure-Ground Activities
- Recognising an image and matching it to an identical image within a background
- Completing an image (five options)
- Completing an image (six options)
- Recognising two-syllable words (four options)
Level 3: Figure-Ground Activities
- Completing a drawing with the help of a square-ruled background
- Completing a drawing independently
- Recognising three-syllable words (four options)
- Recognising three-syllable words independently
Interactive games and activities
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Type: Paper or PDF file
SKU: EN-EB1030
Number of pages: 240
Author: Alice Kassotaki–Speech Pathologist, MSc, BSc
Translation & Proofreading: Maria Rigli
