Things You Should Know About Dyslexia

Many parents out there complain that their kids are not able to read age-appropriate books or get confused with the letters and sometimes use mirror images while doing some writing tasks. This is a very common problem that is seen mostly in toddlers who have started their journey in Preschool in Pomona, CA. However, teenagers or adults may also have this problem if it is not taken care of at a young age. Most of the parents think that dyslexia is the reason for their child having trouble with reading and writing. To make you understand the symptoms of dyslexia in a better way, we are discussing some of the symptoms of dyslexia here.

First, let's understand what dyslexia is.

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems in identifying the letters and sounds. Dyslexic students are not able to decode words easily and get confused with the letters and their sounds. It can affect both children and adults and its symptoms are different from age and severity can vary as well. Dyslexia is not connected with intelligence, but it is a neurobiological disorder that affects the parts of the brain involved in language processing.

Symptoms:

According to the specialists, symptoms of dyslexia can be difficult to recognize before your child enters school, but some early clues indicate a problem. Once your child starts going to school, the teacher may be the first person to notice the symptoms. Most of the dyslexic students will exhibit at least a few of the following traits and behavior though they can vary from day to day or minute to minute.

In pre-schoolers:

• They find it hard to learner remember the letters of the alphabet.
• They mispronounce familiar words like saying ‘beddy tear' instead of ‘teddy bear'.
• They struggle to recognize letters. For example, sometimes they mistake ‘t’ for 'd'.
• They don't recognize rhyming patterns like’ Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall/ Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.’
• They have trouble remembering anything in sequence like singing the letters of the alphabet.
• Teachers of Preschool of Pomona, CA have observed that they tell stories that are hard to follow or have trouble talking about an event in a logical order.
• Most of the time they find it difficult remembering and following multiple instructions.

In school children:

• It is difficult for them to learn letter names and remember the sounds they make.
• They often get confused with the similar-looking letters (b, d, p, q, w, m) and letters with similar sounds (d/t, b/p, f/v).
• They struggle to read familiar words like cat or dog or the.
• They have trouble hearing the individual sounds in words and blending sounds to make words
• Most of the time they not able to apply spelling rules in writing and make spelling mistakes.
• Teachers of Montessori of Pomona, CA say that words on the page may appear distorted or jumping to them.
• They may be a slow writer.

Some facts about dyslexia:

• Approximately fifteen to twenty percent of the population has a reading disability.
• The dyslexic brain is larger and typically much more creative than the average brain.
• The word dyslexia came from Greek words: Dys; which means difficulty, and Lexis; which refers to language or words.