Vision Gym Cards
by Paul & Gail Dennison

Playful Movements for Natural Seeing Cards

The Vision Gym program offers safe and simple movements of the eyes and whole body that can release eye tension and improve visual skills. Relaxed and effective vision is the delightful result of increased awareness of the qualities that, at varied distances, make up the visual experience: shape, color, texture, space, and depth. Each playful activity takes about a minute to do as it focuses on developing one or more specific visual, sensory, or motor skills. The 34 Vision Gym activities, beautifully illustrated on round, full-color cards, invite users to explore and coordinate skills of looking, listening, touching, and moving, so as to function in the world more fully, with all of the senses. The Vision Gym activities are a further enrichment of the Brain Gym program, used in homes, schools, and businesses in more than 80 countries.

The kit includes the cards, a display stand, and an instruction booklet in English, French, and German. The five Vision Gym movement categories described are each coded with a symbol for easy reference to the cards: Star Catchers for eye relaxation; Hugs for gross- and fine-motor development; Bubbles for awareness of the physical space and geometric planes in which movement occurs; and Space Crossers for near-to-far visual flexibility.