Description
These no-prep Spot the Difference Visual Perceptual coloring pages were designed to help develop eye tracking, scanning, and visual discrimination skills—all essential for reading, writing, and overall academic success. Unlike traditional spot-the-difference activities, this resource is differentiated, offering 10 themes with three levels of challenge: finding 3, 5, or 10 differences for each scene. The 30 images are different to provide even more variety. Students find and color the differences on each image.
The PDF packet, created by an experienced COTA, will be available electronically immediately following payment.
How This Spot the Difference Visual Perceptual Resource Supports Learning
✅ Enhances eye tracking and scanning – Crucial for reading fluency and handwriting.
✅ Develop visual discrimination – Helps students recognize patterns and differences.
✅ Strengthens visual-motor coordination – Supports drawing, math, and comprehension skills.
✅ Improves fine motor skills – Coloring the differences works on fine motor skills.
✅ Encourages executive function – Prompts students to analyze details and ask, “What is different?”
When to Use This Spot the Difference Visual Perceptual Resource
✔ Occupational Therapy – Strengthens foundational visual processing and fine motor skills.
✔ Classroom Stations – Engaging small group activity.
✔ Writing Prompts – Full-color images are great for creative writing centers.
✔ Morning Work – A focused, skill-building way to start the day.
✔ Early Finishers – Provides an independent, meaningful task.
✔ Speech session– Target vocabulary, describe what they see.
✔ Writing prompts – Provides pictures for creative writing prompts or story starters for writing centers.
What is included in the Spot the Difference Visual Perceptual Coloring Pages Packet
1. 30 pages, 10 different themes with 3 levels of difficulty
2. Differentiated 3, 5 and 10 differences for each of the images
3. Differentiated writing pages to include the differences
4. Answer keys
30 pages/ 10 themes Black and White: Dentist, fire station, pool, restaurant, science lab, classroom, outdoors, city, haunted house, and school.
