Behavioural Optometry
Orientation and Spatial Arrangement
In order to learn to read, write and spell it is essential that a child sees accurately what is actually on the page in front of him. Each word sound must always be matched up with the same sequence of letters in the same order. The strings of letters in a line must break in the correct place to form the individual words. If each time the child sees a particular word it has a different letter arrangement it is extremely difficult to pick up a visual 'picture' of that word for instant recall when spelling or a fast sight-sound match on reading.