Light and Shadows
Sighted children's learning is constantly reinforced by what they see around them (colours, shapes, objects in use at home, facial expressions, illustrations, digital images, animals, landscapes, skylines, architecture, transport and so on). Children with a vision impairment may have greatly reduced opportunities for incidental learning and the reinforcement of concepts and knowledge of the world around them. Some children with impaired vision may have gaps in their general knowledge and in their development of spatial, numerical and scientific concepts.