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freakyaye852
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Dislexia is not mixing up letters that look alike, it's mixing up letters in a sequence. For example, I see the word 'hello' a dislexic person might see 'hlelo'. Your child should know the alphabet and sounds by first grade, is she speaking properley? The spoken difference between 'b' and 'p' is just a voicing, have her put her hand on her throat and say 'p' then 'b' if she is saying 'b' correctly her throat should rumble. You could try some writing exercises like simple sentences which she says out loud and writes, like 'the pig is big'. She really just needs more time connecting the written and oral. |
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megandadam
Joined: 28 Dec 2008
Location: toronto, canada
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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i wouldn't worry about the mis-printings of the letters or numbers at that age. i work with kindergarten kids (ages6-7) and although it does happen, i wouldn't say it's something to see a specialist about. it's generally a new language so mistakes happen. just make sure to correct every time you see it and should work itself out.
as for the mirror writing i had a couple kids who did that and it was extraordinary. i couldn't even do that if i tried to. again, i don't think it's really something to get up in arms about. just correct it.
however, i would argue against saying anything to the parents referencing dyslexia or any other type of medical term that could get them upset, especially at that young age. unless you're a doctor or a specialist, it's not a good idea. these things are minor mistakes that i have noticed that sometimes simply occur in language studies with early learners. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Sleepy in Seoul wrote: |
| Am I unusual to have been writing in cursive before the age of five? |
Yes. It wasn't typically taught until grade 2 when I was young.
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| Dislexia is not mixing up letters that look alike, it's mixing up letters in a sequence. For example, I see the word 'hello' a dislexic person might see 'hlelo'. |
This.
Problems in writing are Dysgraphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgraphia
come on people you're on the internet..
Dyslexia is purely a reading disorder. |
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v88
Joined: 28 Feb 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
Why I started worry about my girl in such a "early age" is because I read many articles talking about dyslexia stated that kids between 5-7 who suffered from dyslexia can be completely cured with proper treatment. However, many parents/teachers didn't notice the problem of dyslexic kids in their early age and missed the best time for treatments.
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This is my advice: Kids all develop differently, some pick up writing faster others pick up running faster. Just because your daughter is having a tough time with b's and d's does not mean she has a disease that needs treatment and a cure.
She will grow and learn rather than be cured. She may always have more difficulty than others in terms of reading or she may actually over compensate and become better than most. Perhaps it is an emotional thing. Perhaps your daughter feels stress over learning the letters and finds it difficult to remember exactly which way to write them. Perhaps she just doesn't want to pay attention to it. Perhaps she doesn't feel that it is important.
For example, Koreans write the letter nine in a way that Western people would think is dyslexic. It might even confuse us or anger us because we think it is wrong. Perhaps Koreans write it this way because they do not care so much for Western rules on writing, perhaps they write it this way because of a different approach...whatever. The fact is, it is nothing to worry about. It is something to recognise and deal with, but not to be upset over.
Children see things much differently than we do. They haven't had years and years of indoctrination into our ways of thinking (we are so indoctrinated that a 9 backwards can even cause us to say its wrong even though we understand what it means). Children question everything, even a b and a d. They also have many things to remember....many things. So take the time to find out why your daughter is making these mistakes. Then help her correct it. She has millions of words to learn and remember.
If she has a hard time remembering which way, help her remember (do not drill her and make her feel stress about remembering things...this will only hamper her ability to remember and make her dislike writing and reading).
If she doesn't care about them and is just being playful, then help her understand that it is important to get these things right so that people can understand what she is writing.
Maybe she just needs the right motivation. Many kids don't see the point to many tasks given to them and it takes the realisation of its importants to them (not to you) before they truly become good learners.
If she she is constantly mixing things up in her head, ask her to slow down, focus and attempt to get it right. This is tough to do, but if you stress a kid out over this stuff, it only gets harder, like a stutter, attention deficite issues, tourettes or OCD...all of which are affected by stress, internal or external. The key is to feel relaxed and happy while still working hard. A tough balance for most adults, let alone kids (and remember little things cause stress to kids, like spilling milk or getting your left and right mixed up).
I for one was a slow reader until grade 2. I was more interested in listening to my father read to me and in play. At first when I found out I was behind I felt stressed. I was upset that I was a bad student. My mother started helping me read books everyday and introduced me to many books that I liked (which inspired me to read). Before long I was one of the top students in my English class. Funny thing though, I carried that feeling of being a bad student for a long time, even after I wasn't.
I have always been an active person, so much so that I was diagnosed with ADHD. This always causes me difficulties when trying to sit down and read something boring. But the truth is, I do not have ADHD. Its not possible, it isn't a diagnosable disease (just like dyslexia), it is merely the observation of a set of behaviours that match a profile. That is all. There is, and never will be a cure for dyslexia....because it is not a disease. Infact, in the US children are diagnosed with something like 25% more disabilities than in Europe. Why? Because the American system does more tests, not because more kids have disabilities. The tests themselves tend to create the idea of a disability, because they are in fact measuring characteristics that are fairly common in most people or are measuring a difference that for the most part is well within the bell curve of what is normal for people. Basically, the tests are not accurate enough.
Almost all children will match some form of disability throughout their development. That's just that way it is until they learn to do otherwise. Parts of these character traits may stick with them for life...but that's who they are. Don't be quick to label your child as dyslexic, there is no proof that this is a disease. It is just a part of learning that most, if not all of us go through at different stages in our lives. Helping your daughter to read and remember the difference between b and d will go a long way to helping her get past the stress of learning language and the difficulties she is currently having. But be careful not to put your own stress on her about it in the process. |
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