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Common Sign of Dlexia

By:InternationalDyslexiaAssociation

Dyslexiaisthemostcommoncauseofreading,writingandspellingdifficulties.Thisarticleprovidesabrief
overviewlistoftypicalsignsofdyslexiainpreschoolandkindergarten.
Readingproblemscanbetoughonthewholefamily.Ifyourchildisstruggling,thefirstthingtodoistofindout
why.Dyslexiaisthemostcommoncauseofreading,writingandspellingdifficulties.It'salearningdisability
thatcanaffectbothboysandgirls,andismorecommoninchildrenwhoseparentsalsohaddifficultywith
readingandwriting.
Childrenwithdyslexiacangoontobecomesuccessfulreaders,butit'simportanttogetextrahelpearly!

Common signs
Ifthesesignsremindyouofyourchild,talkwithyourchild'steachertoseewhatextrahelptheycanoffer.If
difficultiespersist,talktotheprincipalaboutgettingafreeevaluationforyourchild.

Preschool
Maytalklaterthanmostchildren
Mayhavedifficultypronouncingwords
Maybeslowtoaddnewvocabularywords
Maybeunabletorecalltherightword
Mayhavedifficultywithrhyming
Mayhavetroublelearningthealphabet,numbers,daysoftheweek,colors,shapes,howtowritehisorher
name

Maybeunabletofollowmultistepdirectionsorroutines
Mayhavedifficultytellingand/orretellingastoryinthecorrectsequence
Oftenhasdifficultyseparatingsoundsinwordsandblendingsoundstomakewords

Kindergarten
Hasdifficultyreadingsinglewords
Maybeslowtolearntheconnectionbetweenlettersandsounds
Mayconfusesmallwordsat/to,said/and,does/goes
Makesconsistentreadingandspellingerrors
Mayhavetroublerememberingfacts
Maybeslowtolearnnewskillsreliesheavilyonmemorizingwithoutunderstanding
Maybeimpulsiveandpronetoaccidents
Mayhavedifficultyplanning
Oftenusesanawkwardpencilgrip
Mayhavetroublelearningtotelltime
Tolearnmoreaboutdyslexia,pleasereadDyslexiaBasicsonoursistersite,LDOnLine.
Adaptedfrom:ABC'sofDyslexia.(2000).InternationalDyslexiaAssociation.

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"Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words!" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1943