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Classic Signs of Dyslexia

Birth to Kindergarten

  • delayed speech
  • mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words
  • chronic ear infections
  • articulation difficulties or has needed speech therapy
  • constant confusion of left versus right
  • late establishing a dominant hand
  • difficulty learning to tie shoes
  • trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet
  • difficulty creating/identifying words that rhyme
  • a close relative with dyslexia​

Elementary Age

  • very messy handwriting, strange pencil grip, or difficulty copying 
  • letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade
  • slow, choppy, inaccurate reading: guesses based on shape or context, skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of), ignores suffixes, can’t sound out unknown words
  • terrible spelling
  • often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does)
  •  difficulty telling time with a clock with hands
  • trouble memorizing a sequence of steps,
  • trouble with directionality
  • when speaking, has difficulty finding the correct words, "I'm thinking", "...the thingies"
  • limited vocabulary
  • extremely poor written expression
  • extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk
  • dreads going to school - complains of stomach aches or headaches   - may have nightmares about school 

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