Pretty sure daughter has dyslexia

Thank you for your help. My daughter turns 7 this summer so I will get her tested for dyslexia as well as getting her eyes checked (just in case). I really value what her teacher says because she was also my first grade teacher so therefore has been around long enough to recognize the signs. I will definately try your suggestions.

funny I should run across this question when I just had a conversation about dyslexia with a friend of mine whose neice has it.. if you are worried about it and don’t want to sit idle, find fun books that she is interested in. the best was to help her read is to find something that she will really love reading. also, if it turns out that your daughter is dyslexic, the teacher that she has might not know how to handle your daughter’s needs. you should look up teachers who specialize in dyslexia. this is a must. that is what my friend’s family did for her neice, and now she is reading at a much higher level than most children her age instead of 2 grades below where she should be like she was at first. good luck to you and your daughter.

I agree w/ maebee …she is still at the age of learning to read and saying already she has dyslexia is labeling her way to young, as maebee said, just watch her progress in the next yr and see if you notice any changes…

all 5-8 year olds get letters, numbers, and words mixed up. I think its way too soon to cast her as having a learning disability. she might just need some extra practice at reading. I really wouldnt stress it too much. just monitor her development for the next year and have her do some workbooks over the summer.

The best way to deal with problems like this is to first ask her whether she enjoys school if she says no it will either be because she finds it difficult or cause she is being bulied if you find out she is dislexic don’t treat her like she’s dumb just do a little extra work with her until she is at the same level as the rest of the class. It is very so it is easy to stop her geting behind.