Of course, reading through all this, I noticed that DS4 has troubles on Big Brain Academy with the spot the difference out of these 4 moving pictures, and of course i wonder if it's a vision thing. He doesn't seem to have a whole lot of trouble reading, but he's definitely a whole word kid (won't do phonics at all).
HI SPG,
DS12 definitly had 'behavior vision' problems, almost no depth perception, but at the time I was very resistiant, as it seemed so 'snake oil' - but he has been tested twice. The same visit that found he had almost no depth perception also pegged him as reading on a 12th grade level. The Optometrist and I both scratched our heads about 'is it worth it to do all this traveling when the reading is ok?'
Time took care of the depth perception, and DS can throw and catch, particularly a frisbee. But he did struggle with asynchronous development between his 'eye-age' and his 'mental-age.'
Bottom Line - one can have behavior-vision weaknesses and reading can be spared. One can try the eye excersizes and get big improvements or not. Some of these weaknesses do correct with time AND practice. (Apparently DS12 went through an 'obsession phase with wall ball' in 4th grade at school that I never knew about.)
How many of these kids could be well described as 'not well rounded?' Quite a few I guess. With mine, there seems to be a pattern of a skill area 'dragging behind, and then leaping forward.'
His printing come to mind. Lately he's been trying to get his 'Rubix Cube Solves' down to 3 minutes, and I know that it's good for his floppy little fingers.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
