How do children acquire skill in the use of their visual abilities?
We learn to use the visual process over time. Visual abilities develop as a result of life experiences that children have prior to entering school. We are a product of the environment we grow up in. Many of the skills and abilities we have began with meaningful life experiences as children. Visual skills and abilities are learned primarily through movement and interaction with our three-dimensional world. Novelty is critical for the emergence of a diverse set of skills and abilities. A child with a limited set of experiences should not be expected to acquire skill merely as a result of surviving a certain number of years on this earth. Time alone does not cause development. Good development is the result of the appropriate meaningful experiences occurring at appropriate times in a persons life. Physical maturity alone is not sufficient to guarantee proper development. We cannot expect children who have never heard classical music to identify an oboe or a trumpet by their distinctive so
