Development in the Three Planes of Space

Development in the Three Planes of Space Jane Swain 

Libby Haddock, an experienced early childhood teacher, once remarked that child development is the best-kept secret in the western world. I agree, and perhaps an even better kept secret is the growing child’s spatial development. 

Each of the three planes possesses particular forces, which influence and sculpt the growing individual; and there is an archetype to the child’s progression through the three planes. During the first seven years of life, the child is primarily concerned with the horizontal (up/down) plane of space, during the second seven year period with the frontal (front/back) plane, and during the third seven-year period with the sagital (right/left) plane.