WHAT TO DO IF CHILDREN WRITE LETTERS BACKWARD(MIRROR WRITING IN KIDS)

MIRROR WRITING OR LETTER REVERSAL IN KIDS:

It is normal developmental behavior for a child to make mirror images or reverse letters or numbers of a letter between ages 3 to 7.

Any child can go through a stage of mirroring at least for a few letters like b and d or some numbers, during the early stages of learning between 3 and 7 years.

In this blog, we are going to tell you what are the steps, exercises you can follow to correct this behavior in the child.

WHAT IS MIRROR WRITING IN KIDS?

According to The conversation blog, "the term mirror writing is used because the characters – numbers – are reversed, yet are correct when looked at in a mirror. In the case of standard writing, the mirror must be placed to the right or to the left, perpendicular to the horizontal plane of writing. There can also be vertical mirror writing, which looks correct if we look at them in a mirror placed below or above."

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CHILD WRITE LETTERS IN REVERSE:

Follow our quick tips and tricks and start implementing them today if your child is writing letters in reverse.

REMEMBER, "unintentional mirror-writing is surprisingly common amongst young children."

1) ASSESS CHILD LETTER FORMATION PATTERN

·Daily exercise to assess child’s letter formation pattern. Through this teacher will be able to know the progress of the child in letter formation.

2) VISUAL MEMORY EXERCISE

· Every day 5 to 10 minutes exercise on letter search by asking the child questions related to letters.

· Match pictures to the letters the picture starts with.

3) LETTER REFLEX

·To teach the child proper orientation of commonly reversed letters.

4) FINGER EXERCISE

·Draw the image of the letter using fingers on the color tray.

5) TEACH DIRECTIONALITY

·Show them the direction of the letter-writing using images like shown here. Draw the direction of the letter formation by narrating a short fun story to make it interesting for the child. This way child will be able to memorize the direction of the letter making easily.

6)STROKE PATTERN

· Teach them letter formation using stroke patterns. We can group the letters like c, a, d, g, o into the “C-stroke” group while b, h, r, n, m, p into “Diver-stroke.”

7) TEACH METHOD

· One letter at a time. Practice more and more with a single letter first to reinforce new habits and build a memory of the letter.

8) MULTISENSORY ACTIVITIES

· Child can be engaged to make letters out of different materials like playdough, slime, etc., and trace the letter.

9) WRITING

Give the child enough time to write the letters and let them check their work to make sure they formed the letter correctly.

10) DRAWING

· The child can be given some exercises from drawing to make them understand shapes, drawing patterns, and the right way to draw the images.

11) OTHER EXERCISES

· Few other exercises can be incorporated depending on the child’s learning progress.

If your child is mirror writing please remember:

1) It has nothing to do with slow intellectual development.

2) It has nothing to do with mentally defective children.

3) It has no relation with intellectual abilities.

Follow these tips and tricks and let us know if these tips were helpful to you or not in the comment section.