SeeingSmarter.com Aims to Help Kids See Better and Learn More

June 15, 2010 - PRLog -- Children see with their brain, not just their eyes.  Seeing better can mean being smarter. Helping all children develop the vision skills needed to succeed in school and in life is the goal of SeeingSmarter (http://seeingsmarter.com).

SeeingSmarter.com gives practical, easy-to-understand information on:

•   Key steps to enhance the visual abilities of infants through school-age kids.

•   Ways to detect hidden vision problems, before they become learning problems.

•   Choosing toys and games that help develop needed vision skills.

•   How to train the eyes and brain to work together to improve a child’s learning
    and thinking abilities.

With sections dedicated to infants, toddlers and school-age kids, SeeingSmarter.com provides the tools every parent needs to recognize, understand and respond to a variety of vision concerns that affect how children see and learn.

Dr. Stephen C. Miller, an optometrist, with an extensive background in children’s vision and developmental optometry, created SeeingSmarter.com, to raise awareness about the vital role vision plays in child development and learning. Early childhood experiences can have a major impact on a child’s visual and learning abilities. “Children learn to see, just like they learn to walk and talk. They need opportunities through play to stimulate and enhance their developing visual abilities. Good eye focusing, eye teaming and eye tracking skills play a key role in reading and learning,” states Miller.
      
“Children as young as one month can benefit from a variety of experiences to help them develop good vision,” Miller said. “And there is a great deal parents can do from the time their child is born, through their years at school, to help him or her obtain the vision skills needed to learn to read and read to learn.”

In this age of computers and expanding reading demands in school, there’s a greater reliance on visual abilities than ever before. Any problem in early vision development could greatly impact a child’s education, as well as his or her future career. Preparing kids early, to handle the demands of a visual world, makes it easier for them to succeed in whatever tasks they undertake.

The signs of a vision problem can sometimes be subtle and may mimic those seen in children with reading and learning disabilities or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As a result, some children are mislabeled as having a learning disability or ADHD, when in reality what they have is an undetected vision problem. Eliminating the vision problem can open the door to enhanced learning potential. Once it is removed, a child can respond more effectively to learning activities at home and in the classroom.

Parents, teachers and others interested in learning how they can promote early vision development and good vision habits that help a child “see smarter”, need to check out the resources available at http://seeingsmarter.com today.

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