How can I help my elementary school-age child learn visual-spatial skills?

How can I help my elementary school-age child learn visual-spatial skills?

The obvious way to help an elementary school child with their visual-spatial skills is to help them to draw. Help the child to represent things artistically and get the child to understand maps, the directions in the neighborhood, areas of the home. To aide visual-spatial skills, discuss with the child what thing are bigger, what are smaller, which way is up, which way is down, which way is left and which way is right. We can give our children specific directions when we ask them. Please go forward and then turn left, rather than go to your room. These can be fun and helpful activities for children.