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Visual discrimination is the ability to cite differences and similarities among a group of objects.
Activities that promote sorting, matching, and classifying strengthens these visual discrimination skills. During the lesson, the teacher flashed a shape card for three seconds and then asked the students to recall the shape on the card and duplicate it with square tiles. The ability to repeat or recall a pattern or shape that is no longer in view is called visual memory. When parents hide a ball beneath their toddler's blanket and the toddler lifts the blanket with delight as he finds the ball again, the toddler is exhibiting visual memory skills. The ball no longer disappears forever for the young child when it is out of sight because of his visual memory skills.