Question | Answer |
Visual reception begins to develop when? | At birth |
Develop skills of focusing and coordinating eye movement | Birth- 4 months |
Vision is blurry, shades of grey, and eyes frequently cross | Birth- 4 months |
Hold their gaze for a few seconds | Newborns |
Follow moving objects by moving head to move eyes | 8-12 wks/ 2-3 months |
Move eyes independent of head necessary for tracking and using eyes together | 2-4 months |
Coordinated eye movements; eyes should no longer cross | 4-5 months |
The head begins to collaborate early with the eyes, large lag time (eyes move faster than head) | Tracking: 1 month |
Keep their eyes on a target most of the time | Tracking: 3 months |
Can predict the pattern of a target and can get ahead of the motion | Tracking: 5 months |
Develop eye hand coordination | 4-6 months |
Eyes fuse two images into one/ binocularity | 4-6 months |
Can look quickly from one object to another | 4-6 months |
Visual acuity has developed to 20/20 | 4-6 months |
Movement causes visual reception to develop into visual perception; i.e. spatial awareness | 4-6 months |
Learn to judge how far something is and how far to move to get it | 6-8 months |
Develop spatial relation skills about their own body in relationship to other objects and the relationship of objects to other objects | 6-8 months |
Accurate eye control; smooth pursuit/tracking | 6-8 months |
Visual reception and visual perception in conjunction with movement results in development of visual cognition (cause and effect) | 8-12 months |
Eye/hand/body coordination to grasp and throw objects | 8-12 months |
Integration of vision and gross motor coordination | 8-12 months |
Increasingly more integration of vision and movement for fine motor coordination | 8-12 months |
Continue refining visual reception into visual cognition | Toddlers and Preschoolers |
Begin to develop visualization skills to "picture" things in their mind | Toddlers and Preschoolers |
Develop object permanency | Toddlers and Preschoolers |
The beginnings of imagination | Toddlers and Preschoolers |
Children should have their first eye exam at what age? | 3 |
Object perception continues to form:
1) through what ages?
2) what object perceptions? | ages 6-7
Object perceptions:
Form constancy,
visual closure
figure ground |
Spatial perception is complete at what age? | 10 years old
position in space, depth perception, topographic orientation |
When can a child do visual imagery? | School age children |
Visual Closure | the ability to visualize a complete whole when given incomplete information or a partial picture. This skill helps children read and comprehend quickly |
Figure Ground | the ability to perceive and locate a form or object within a busy field without getting confused by the background or surrounding images. |
Form Constancy | the ability to mentally manipulate forms and visualize the resulting outcomes. This skill helps children distinguish differences in size, shape, and orientation. |