Most of a child’s learning comes through the visual
sense. Some researchers estimate as much as 80% of what goes on in a classroom
is visual. This is great for the visual learners who need to first see and then
they know. Other children learn by doing and experiencing what they learn.
These children also find it difficult to sit still for a long time. These
children also find it difficult to sit still for a long time. The last group of
learners likes to hear the teacher’s explanation and they learn mostly through
what they hear. These children are often easily distracted by external noises.
However, they do well in anything that involves words and stories. Some of them
have amazing memories. They can recall long conversations or dialogue from
favorite movies or lyrics from songs.
Research indicates that as much as a quarter of all
children have vision related learning problems. Vision is not just being able
to see the classroom board. Vision skills are critical for reading, spelling,
memory, being organized and more.
Contrary to common belief, vision is learned, just
like speaking and walking are skills acquired as the child grow up. Similar to
reading, visual skills build on one another. If a child ha snot quiet mastered
an earlier skill then it is likely there will be problems later on.
The children themselves are usually unaware of any
problem; they do not know that the world is supposed to be three-dimensional or
that leaves come from trees.
One of the vision skills that often cause problems
with reading is the way a child’s eye work together. Normally the eyes will
turn to point exactly at what you look at. If you observe the eyes of someone
looking at a sunset the eyes seems to look straight ahead. If you see the same
person look at his watch then you will notice that his eyes now turn in so they
point directly at the watch. Sometimes the focal point drifts out of alignment
so you eyes might actually be pointing to somewhere beyond the object of
interest. In that case what you want to see will appear blurry.
A child trying to read, when his eyes are actually
focused on the table rather than the book will develop a lot of eyestrain
trying to get his eyes to function as well as do what is requested. Reading
ends up being a struggle because his eye-coordination is out of alignment.
Research shows that as much as 80% of children who
are reading disabled, including those considered dyslexic also lack basic
vision skills such as eye-coordination.
Magic eyes vision training for children include
easy-to-do exercises that will align your child’s eyes as well as relaxing
eyestrain. No more sore eyes or headaches. Leo Angart, the creator of the Magic
eyes program says: “It’s amazing how easy children can make adjustment to the
way they use their eyes when given the right instructions.” Leo sees this in
every Magic eyes class he conducts.
Lars was a bright 10 years old, open and curious
about how things worked. He wanted to be an engineer. However he struggled
greatly with reading and becoming an engineer of course requite more than
having good hands, one must also read a lot. Lars intensely disliked any kind
of reading that did not involve pictures. Upon hearing about the Magic eyes
program, Lars’s dad immediately enrolled him since the daughter of an
acquaintance had great results after attending a Magic eyes class the year
before.
In the Magic eyes class there is a section that check
whether your eyes are coordinated or not. In Lars’s case his eyes were all
right except the focal point was about 20 centimeters behind the book. So in
order to read Lars has to use a lot of energy to keep the text in focus and as
a result he had developed a very short attention span when it came to reading.
He thought it was way too difficult and found thousands of ways to avoid this
unpleasant task. Leo showed Lars what his eyes were doing and immediately
taught him a neat way of getting his eyes to point perfectly at the page.
The next day Lars’s dad said in amazement that his
son was now interested in reading his sister’s Harry Potter book.
Leo Angart explained that fusion is the glue that
keeps vision at the near in sharp focus. Fusion is when the brain combines the
input from each eye into a perfect three-dimensional image. Normally babies
learn how to do this at about 4 months and acquire great skills in
eye-coordination. You can be reading a book and look up to answer a question,
then instantly shift your eyes right back to the next word on the line. Someone
with coordination problems will sometimes skip a few words or miss small words
because their eyes do not have the ability to smoothly shift fixation along the
printed line and at the same time take in the meaning of what is read. Children
with this problem often make up sentences in order to create meaning. They also
tend to lose their place easily because of the way their eyes move around in an
attempt to find the right place in the book. Even if the book is about Harry
Potter’s latest exploits.
Children with undetected eye-coordination problems
are often labeled dyslexic or as being hyperactive since the symptoms are very
similar. “This is very unfortunate”, says Leo Angart, “when it is
so easy to check and to correct. I advise to parents with children who struggle
with reading is to have a comprehensive eye exam that include eye-coordination
test. This will either uncover the physical cause of the reading problem or
rule it out.”
Leo Angart created the Magic eyes program in response
to the enormous need for effective method to deal with not only
eye-coordination but also other common vision problems like near-sight
(myopia), far-sight (hyperopia), “Lazy eye”, astigmatism etc. In Europe and
North America the prevalence of myopia in school children is about 20%. Vision
problems in children have reached crises proportions in many Asian countries.
78% of high school children in Taipei are nearsighted and the situation is
similar in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Leo Angart has solid scientific evidence as well as
personal experience working with children and adults for many years. “In my
experience the normal or near normal vision can be regained.” Says Leo Angart.
The Magic eyes program focus not only on the child but also on empowering
parents to facilitate the change without the need of expensive visits to a
clinic. The exercises are very simple and are designed specifically for
correcting problems such as eye-coordination.
For more information about Magic eyes and Leo Angart’s workshops visit
www.vision-training.com
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