Backward b, reversed letters, mirror letters

Children start out printing their ABCs backward. It is rarely dyslexia, will self-correct by mid-2nd Grade, and will not slow your child's progress.  Why won't it slow your child? Because your child will not see a backward h or r, etc. in print. Instantly identifying letters in print at the start of 1st Grade is your goal. Only b, d, g, p, q require being printed correctly. Your child must get instant identifying b, d, p, q, g shapes within words by early 1st Grade. Kids know names and sounds but confuse shapes b / d and p / q / g within words.

When a child is not sure if the lettters are dy or by; olb or old - the child quickly falls behind. New lessons never stop coming, which is why it is very hard to catch up.  Teach my rules:

1) Bb rule: Bb is the 2nd letter in my ABCs and b's round face always looks the way words go in a story >>>. Help your child draw tons of giant b's with eyes looking the way words go > and a smile. Repeat the Bb rule together. After reading a story together, look back through the story for b at the start, middle, and end of words.

2) Dd rule: d's straight line blocks d's eyes from seeing the way words go in a story; d is sad. Help your child draw tons of giant d's with sad eyes and a sad mouth. Make a big point of blocking d's round face with d's straight line. After reading a story together, look back through the story for d at the start, middle, and end of words. 

3) Gg rule: g has a fancy tail which tries to reach up to tickle g's round face. Draw giant g's with eyes looking down at g's fancy tail.  **After your child is sure of this form of g use a storybook to tell your child that g in stories has a special shape . You and your child hunt and point to special g in words whenever you read stories together, until your child is sure of school g and special story g. (Do this for capital I also. The Arial font I looks to children like the lowercase l of lamb.  Times New Roman font capital I has lines at top and bottom.)

4) Pp rule: Pp looks the way words go in a story, just like letter b >>>; b and p can see. Draw giant p's with eyes looking the way words go and a smile. Find p at the start, middle, and end of words while reading stories together.  

5) Qq rule: q's straight line blocks q's face from seeing the way words go in a story. Help your child make lots of giant q's with sad eyes and a sad mouth; q is sad because q's face cannot see the way word go >.

Be aware: lower-case online and machine-printed q always has a straight line; lower-case handwritten q has a small hook curved up and away from q's round face, the opposite of g.

Qq says kw, take turns saying q words: quick, quiet, quest, squirrel. Watch for q at the start and middle of words: quick, quiet, queen, squirrel. In English words, letter u is next. .

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