Sue G in PA Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 My dd5 (who is a lefty) writes many of her numbers backwards or "mirror imaged". I correct her when I see it but she still does it. Is this normal? FWIW, she doesn't do this with letters that I can see. Does it have something to do with her being left-handed? I am a tad concerned and was just curious if this was normal. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Normal. And I don't think it has anything to do with being left-handed. Spalding and its look-alikes teach dc to write letters and numbers with specific directional details to help them avoid reversals. Just a plug for those methods. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Letter and number reversals are very normal at that age I'll ditto the idea of teaching using a method that teaches directionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Normal. And I don't think it has anything to do with being left-handed. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Yes, very normal. DS5 does this all the time! DS8 still has one pop up every once in a blue moon. So they do out grow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Normal. One day I noticed ds had not done it for a long time. I looked back in his math book for the last number reversal. He was 8 3/4. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom28kds Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 This is good to hear. My DS6 writes his letters backward and I was beginning to worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I sometimes write the numerals out across the top of the page "0123456789" so they have a reference to copy. That helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfullyNoisy Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 My daughter (who turned six last month) still occasionally reverses letters and numbers. She's also a leftie, and from what I've read, it's particularly common with left handed writers. A few times late last fall (after intensive writing work) she would write an entire (short) sentence as a mirror image. She's suddenly showing a lot of enthusiasm for learning cursive, and since she's started, we haven't had any more reversals. In short, it seems to be normal and I *think* it eventually goes away. :) (think of it this way, how many adults do you see reversing their numbers and letters?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Yes, my 5 year old lefty does it too. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 My kids all do that....even with letters.....in cursive! They all out grow it by 9. I do a lot of the writing for them so they have proper examples...and I always have them correct them. usually I just point...and they know...:D Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 My dd5 (who is a lefty) writes many of her numbers backwards or "mirror imaged". I correct her when I see it but she still does it. Is this normal? FWIW, she doesn't do this with letters that I can see. Does it have something to do with her being left-handed? I am a tad concerned and was just curious if this was normal. Thanks. Yes, normal. DD did it till she was about 8, although it did dwindle.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 My 7.5 never did this. Yet yesterday, she wrote 3 as a cursive E!!!!! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Both mine still do this occasionally, especially with 3's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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