what does that spell??? we weren't sure either.
boden is really getting into a fun stage where he can remember and answer questions about his day. (he has also recently started lying, so i suppose it is worth a grain?) anyway, it is really fun to talk to him about what he's learned in sunday school or what friends he's played with in nursery or what he did at daycare/preschool. he also has this almost unquenchable thirst for naming letters that he sees - in books, on tshirts, on cereal boxes, on signs, in stores, in line at qdoba.... you name it, he is wanting to say the letters. sometimes he wants you to listen and watch him say them, other times, i find him all pointing to letters (say, on the note cousin claire wrote him that is currently on the refrigerator) all whispering the letters to himself under his breathe.
putting the two together.... on wednesday, we were eating supper and talking about what he learned at toddlerville that day. we found out that he learned about a triangle. he told us that a triangle has three points. we later saw in his backpack that they did a triangle worksheet, so he was right on about that. he then told us that he learned about 't i x e'.....hmmmm we are both stumped..... we ask him again - 't i x e' we must have asked him 4 or 5 times before it dawned on eric that he is in the habit of naming letters as they appear -backwards. ohhhh 'e x i t'! eric asked boden what color the letters were - red! :) wonder how many times he looked at the exit signs above the doors on wednesday. must have really made an impression on him :) so, does that mean he is dyslexic or we just need to teach him to name letters from left to right???? :)
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Mmmmm. Something that he could remember tixe all day till he got home. Not sure what it means. Reversals are common until 2nd grade. After that, it might indicate a problem. Then, maybe he's inherited his mother's spelling skills.
was talking to the reading specialist at school yesterday and told her about this. she didn't seem concerned. just said we should model the correct direction. she also asked if he was left handed. said we weren't totally sure, but thought it was a possibility. she said that very often children that are left handed start to name letters from right to left. something about how their brain is wired. we'll see...interesting none the less.
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