Jack started at nursery when he was three years old. His family worker, Michelle, noted that he spent hours with the train set using trajectory, line and connection schemas.
Michelle outlined Jack's schemas as:
Jack's line and connection schema manifested itself during his first month in nursery when he:
Home context
At home, Jack's parents supported his current cognitive concerns. They had recognised his interest in how lines were connected.
His mother, Sue, told us that Jack was fascinated by scaffolding that had been erected around their house. He noticed the vertical, horizontal and oblique configurations that resulted from the co-ordination of lines. He could see how they connected and intersected to form three-dimensional, grid-like structures around his home. He focused first on the intersections at the bottom of the house and then drew attention to higher ones until he reached the top.
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