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At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

Thanks.

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At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

No idea, but I am quite sure that your 4yo is normal. My 6yo still
occasionally says "breftust" instead of breakfast, though "hostable" is now a
thing of the past. Most 4yos aren't writing letters and they do often mix up
directions for a while.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

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Chookie wrote:
In article .com,
" wrote:

At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

No idea, but I am quite sure that your 4yo is normal. My 6yo still
occasionally says "breftust" instead of breakfast, though "hostable" is now a
thing of the past. Most 4yos aren't writing letters and they do often mix up
directions for a while.

My first grader (almost 7yo), who has been and continues to be well
above age level in language and reading skills, still occasionally flips
a letter or a number in his otherwise good writing, and the teacher is
not alarmed about this at all.

Karen

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On Mar 9, 2:15 pm, " wrote:
At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

Thanks.

I dunno about dyslexia or how/when to test for it, but I do know my
(at the time) 4 yo was capable of writing an entire page of words as
well as the letters perfectly backwards. Now that she's in kindy she
doesn't do any more than the normal flipping of 2's and 5's, as well
as the b's and d's (ok, and 3's and E's....)

Stasya

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"stasya" wrote in message
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I dunno about dyslexia or how/when to test for it, but I do know my
(at the time) 4 yo was capable of writing an entire page of words as
well as the letters perfectly backwards. Now that she's in kindy she
doesn't do any more than the normal flipping of 2's and 5's, as well
as the b's and d's (ok, and 3's and E's....)

:-) Fond memory:

When my daughter started writing her name -- she was probably 4, as
the kids get older, these things get fuzzy -- she would either write
the entire thing forwards, except with the "n" backwards. Or the
entire thing backwards except for the "n" forwards! It was really
cute until she decided to do it all over her bedroom walls!

Bizby

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On 9 Mar 2007 13:15:17 -0800, "
wrote:

At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

Thanks.

I would not worry at 4. Most teachers would say this is normal up
until the age of 6 or 7.


--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..

The Outer Limits

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"bizby40" wrote in message
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"stasya" wrote in message
ps.com...
I dunno about dyslexia or how/when to test for it, but I do know my
(at the time) 4 yo was capable of writing an entire page of words as
well as the letters perfectly backwards. Now that she's in kindy she
doesn't do any more than the normal flipping of 2's and 5's, as well
as the b's and d's (ok, and 3's and E's....)

:-) Fond memory:

When my daughter started writing her name -- she was probably 4, as the
kids get older, these things get fuzzy -- she would either write the
entire thing forwards, except with the "n" backwards. Or the entire thing
backwards except for the "n" forwards! It was really cute until she
decided to do it all over her bedroom walls!

Lol-so you had the memory of it for a long time?
Debbie

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"Welches" wrote in message
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"bizby40" wrote in message
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:-) Fond memory:

When my daughter started writing her name -- she was probably 4, as
the kids get older, these things get fuzzy -- she would either
write the entire thing forwards, except with the "n" backwards. Or
the entire thing backwards except for the "n" forwards! It was
really cute until she decided to do it all over her bedroom walls!

Lol-so you had the memory of it for a long time?

Until we repainted!

Then later when I took the toddler bed out of storage to get rid of it
once and for all -- there it was again! She was *very* proud of
herself when she learned to write her name!

Bizby

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On Mar 9, 5:15?pm, " wrote:
At what age do they recommend testing for dyslexia if there are
symptoms? My almost 4 year old writes a few letters and numbers
backwards and says some words backwords (kitchen/chicken etc). At what
age should we stop assuming this is because the kids are still
learning and exploring their fine motor skills and vocab skills? I'm
not at all worried about this right now. I want to know at what age I
should pay more attention to this and get an evaluation.

Thanks.

I don't know when you should be worried enough for an evaluation, but
I remember during one our school orientation meetings a teacher told
all of us parents to not freak out if one of our children suddenly
started having problems with things they could do previously or if
some things came out backwards in writing letters or numbers. She
explained that when the body is going through a growth spurt, the
brain will focus its energy on that process versus things like this.