When I see him write all of his letters backwards and from right to left, I always start to think dyslexia??? Anyway, I know I'm thinking this too soon.... I mean he's almost 3 (in late Nov) and he's writing his name.... pretty good....
So to ease my little overactive Mommy brain, I looked up a couple of resources and this is what I found:
Letter and number reversals are the most common warning sign [of dyslexia]. Such reversals are fairly common up to the age of 7 or 8 and usually diminish by that time. If they do not, it may be appropriate to test for dyslexia or other learning problems.
So it looks like I am a little premature in worrying..... but nonetheless, maybe I'll make little worksheets that will encourage him to write from left to right AND start writing his letters "facing" the right.....
4 comments:
My six year old used to do the same thing. Our ped. told us I was worrying too soon also.
I hope that calms your nerves a bit!
I think some children just do it because they can :) It's awesome that you take so much time to teach your kids. 3 is really early to be writing his name!
uh yea thats premature worrying :-) HELLOOO Caleb wont even write more than 2 letters. All he writes are H's and Os HAHA
I think its acctually IMPRESSIVE that he can write that neatly upside down and backwards!! A LOT better than most adults could do!
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