Through our eyes, we perceive the surrounding world: with the help of vision, we know what colors, shapes, sizes are, and learn the distance between objects. But the unfavorable environment, the wrong lifestyle lead to the fact that many children now have vision problems. In order to maintain sharp vision, eyes, like muscles, need to be trained, taken care of, and do special gymnastics.
Dear parents! Your child's vision is at risk if:
1. The child gets tired quickly during activities that require visual strain, complains of a headache, rubs his eyes while reading;
2. Eye redness is observed;
3. Brings a toy or book too close to his face, tilts his head when trying to examine something; or vice versa - pushes the object away;
4. The child's eyes look in different directions;
5. The child squints his eyes, closes one eye or blinks often to examine small details;
6. Aspires to sit closer to the TV, leans forward while playing on the computer;
7. The child has problems with movement in space (does not pay attention to foreign objects, drops things on the floor);
8. Academic performance in school decreases. This can happen when a child does not see what is written on the board, but is afraid to say it.
How can you save your vision?
Here are the basic rules to follow
1. The lighting of the place where the child works on homework should be double. That is, the upper diffused lighting and the left lateral one, which is aimed at a notebook or book, when reading, the book should be at a distance of 40 cm from the eyes, it is not allowed to lean low over the notebook while writing. You can't read in semi-darkness, but too bright light can tire your eyes.
2. In order to support normal vision and the functioning of the visual apparatus and help our eyes