Pretty sure one of our DD's has dyslexia, at least somewhat. Her older sister's were so easy, high honor roll straight A no help needed, this one's a tough egg.....backwards letters, backwards numbers, hates reading, hates schoolexact opposite of her older sisters and younger sister who has been reading since she was three. Boy starts pre-school this yr, hope he does good, not sure about him, ask him how old he is it's always "nine" say four, come on just say four. Next time you ask, "nine" say four! "nine"....hope he's just messing with us, he does have a sense of humor (how old did you say you are? "poop" .... Ohh boy... hope he behaves in school..) but it makes us wonder if we'll have another tough one cause he will never come up with four unless we tell him, has the fingers right, but not the number.
Going to be weird having a empty house soon, like to enjoy it, probably have a first shift job come up again and I'll miss out on the peace and quite Lol!
I really liked this book.
I used it with my eldest. It was a nightmare getting him to read, but once he got that down he just couldn't spell to save his life...
Anyway, I forced him to work through most of that book. He hated it, thought it was super beneath him.... But of all the things I tried, it is the only thing that gave me results.
Try it out....
I didn't have too much trouble in the way of backwards letters with mine, but definately with numbers...
Not sure if she knows her left hand from her right, but if she does get her to memorize a poem that says which numbers start left verses right.We used one in German...
Ok... I pulled out the book...
The English version is:
Before you write a number, stop
And take a hop to the top
Start at the left to make 2,3, or 4
Also 7, which you can't ignore
Start at the right for 5, 6, 8, or 9
Don't lift your pen and you'll do just fine
Zero and one- not left, not right- a riddle
They start at the top, and smack in the middle
