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Children's Vision

Children's Vision

During the infant and toddler years, your child is developing many vision skills, and is learning how to see: how to focus near and far, how to follow objects with both eyes together, and developing 3-D perception (how far away objects are from them). Vision leads the desire to learn to crawl, walk, run, and explore. Preschoolers continue this process in developing visually guided eye-hand co-ordination, and fine eye-muscle movement skills needed for learning to read. Children should have their first full eye exam after age three.

School age children need many vision skills in order to learn and participate in recreational activities. Visual skills needed include: sustained focus ability up-close 10 to 13 inches, clear distance vision, ability to aim eyes together when looking side to side and near to far, plus the ability to use eye-hand co-ordination accurately. A full school age eye exam should be scheduled at the end of kindergarten or within the first two to three months of first grade. Vision problems are easier to detect when children are in school rather than the summer months when the child has less visual stress. Vision problems make it harder for your children to learn, succeed, and to fully participate in all that the school experience has to offer them.

Signs and Symptoms of Vision Problems in Children

Short attention span for age
Poor eye-hand or body co-ordination
Headaches occur with up-close activities
Avoids near activities: puzzles, coloring, games, reading
Easily loses place while reading
Does not like to read, though likes to be read to
States “Reading is boring.”
Rubs eyes a lot with reading or other near activities
Turns or tilts head to use only one eye
Skips lines, reverses letters past appropriate age
Uses finger to guide eyes while reading
Consistently performs below potential

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Seattle, Washington 98115

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