DID YOU KNOW?

Due to the wide range in warning signs, NO TWO PEOPLE with dyslexia will look
exactly the same.

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Preschool & Childhood Dyslexia
Warning Signs

Dyslexia and all its symptoms exist on a spectrum from Mild to Profound. This is why no two people will appear exactly alike.

 

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speech-icon Speech/Vocabulary

  • Delayed speech
  • Mixing up the sounds or syllables in long words
  • Limited vocabulary
  • Extremely poor written expression
  • Unable to master a foreign language

reading-writing-icon Reading & Writing

  • Late establishing a dominant hand
  • Dysgraphia; poor handwriting (unusual pencil grip, unusual starting and ending points)
  • Letter or number reversals continuing after first grade
  • Extreme difficulty learning cursive
  • Slow, choppy, inaccurate reading (guesses based on shape or context, skips or misreads prepositions,ignore suffixes, can’t sound out unknown words)
  • Terrible spelling
  • Difficulty reading printed music

 

 

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memory-icon Memory

  • Constant confusion of left versus right, over versus under, or other directionally based words and concepts.
  • Trouble memorizing address, phone number, or the alphabet
  • Often cannot remember sight words or homonyms

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  • Chronic ear infections
  • Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
  • Difficulty learning to tie shoes
  • Cannot create words that rhyme
  • Difficulty telling time on a clock with hands
  • Trouble with math (memorizing multiplication tables, memorizing a sequence of steps, directionality)
  • Extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk
  • Dreads going to school, May have nightmares

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