Unknown to your child, his eyes are seeing the upcoming letters and words. The brain wants to pop the letter or word into place as soon as the child needs it.
When your child's brain does not have lessons stored and ready for instant recall - a cascade of trouble starts. Let's look at the lessons that are often not well enough learned (stored); not ready to go:
1) b / d and p / q / g, 2) look-alike sight words such as whether, which, though, thought, etc
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3) and, comprehension skills.
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Preschool - 2nd Grade: Children know the name and sound of b, d, g, p, q but cannot identify b from d and p from q and g when the child sees these letters within words. Goal: check your child on these five letters. Be sure your child does not get confused by these letters because this confusion causes a child to fall behind.
Parents depend on preschool and kindergarten but there is not enough time for the required repetition; parents must monitor and help. Ignore all other backward letters, they will not slow your child's progess, are rarely dyslexia, and will self-correct by mid 2nd Grade. Better to use your time teaching my tricky letter rules:
Bb rule: b is the 2nd letter in my ABCs and its round face looks the way words go in a story >. Help your child draw lots of giant b's with a smile and eyes looking the way words go >. Take turns saying b words, like boy, bear, bus. Repeat the b rule together. Using a story, have your child find and point to b at the start, middle, and end of words.
Dd rule: d's straight line blocks d's round face from seeing the way words go. Help your child draw lots of giant d's with sad eyes and a sad mouth. Tell your child d is sad because it cannot see the way words go in a story. Take turns saying d words: dog, dragon, door. Repeat the d rule. Look for d words in a story; d at the start, middle, and end of words.
Gg rule: g's fancy tail tries to reach up to tickle g's round face. Help your child draw lots of giant g's with eyes looking down at g's fancy tail. Take turns saying g words: green, grass, goat, go. Find and point to g at the start, middle, and end of words in a story. Repeat the g rule together. (Beware: Handwritten q looks like the opposite of g.)
Pp rule: the round face of p looks the way words go in a story, just like b; b and p can see. Help your child draw lots of giant p's with a smile and eyes looking the way words go. Find and point to p at the start, middle, and end of words in a story. Take turns saying p words.
Qq rule: the straight line of q blocks the round face of q, online and in print. The round face of my q is blocked by my pretty hook which curves up and away from q's round face. Help your child draw lots of giant q's with sad eyes and a sad mouth. Find and point to q in stories - always with a straight line - at the start and middle of words: quick, quack, squirrel, squeak; q says kw in English words and letter u always comes next. Also, have fun making the handwritten q with a hooked tail curving up and away from q's face.
I know this is alot already but try to help your child start collecting sight words when you are reading stories together. Make a list for the frig. with stars and stickers. The 1st ten: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, it, he. All sight words lists are the same and in the same order.
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The wonderful lion at the top was drawn by Albrecht Durer in 1521.
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