Bright Little Eyes creates simple, high-contrast apps for children with low vision or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) — built by a family who lived it.
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Welcome to Bright Little Eyes. We are a team devoted to creating a collection of apps that can better help a child with a visual impairment.
We created these apps because we realized our son really struggled to see. Not being able to see made it hard for him to learn. His vision therapist had advised us that our first goal should be to get him to "use" his vision. More complex apps became something he would tap on but would struggle to look at.
We have discovered that he can see best with yellow on a black background. With lots of repetition we are seeing him begin to not only "use" his vision but learn.
Our Bright Little Eyes apps are created with a simplistic layout consisting of a black or white backdrop with contrasting colors of red, yellow, or blue.
With this simplistic layout, we hope the Bright Little Eyes apps can help your child learn to see so they can see to learn.
Four apps, one mission: make learning visually accessible for kids with CVI and low vision.
A look-and-tap activity for kids first learning to use their vision. A single high-contrast target on black glows and moves to invite a look; the child selects it just by looking and holding — no speech or reading needed. Works with an eye-gaze tracker, touch, or a mouse.
A friendly worksheet companion for kids learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division — scan a printed worksheet and solve it right on screen with a visual grid, number line, base-ten blocks, and bead counter.
An interactive game where kids drag bright, primary-colored objects — a gumball machine, fish bowl, jelly beans, piggy bank — into their place on a high-contrast background.
Everything in ABC Lite, plus lowercase letters, shapes, and numbers. Same tap-listen-and-learn experience with bold contrasting colors for kids with CVI.
A simple alphabet game on a black or white background with bold red, yellow, or blue letters — designed for kids with CVI to tap, listen, and learn without visual clutter.
A spelling companion to Gridables — helping kids practice words with the same simple, high-contrast design built for children with CVI and low vision.
A new tap-based spelling app designed to make learning words fun and accessible for kids with CVI and low vision.
Real kids, real progress.
"When our son came into our lives, we were told he was blind, deaf, and would not live past spring. We praise God that he has been blessed with many springs since."
"With the simplicity of the apps and the contrasting colors, our son has begun to identify objects he couldn't before. We're so thankful for every milestone he's reached — and we can't wait to see what the future holds for our Bright Little Eyes."
— Proud Mommy, Founder of Bright Little Eyes
Questions, feedback, or your child's own #icanlearntosee story? We'd love to hear it.
brightlittleeyes@gmail.com