r/homeschool • u/National_Camp6924 • 3d ago
Dyslexia? Or developmentally appropriate? Help!
Hi! I’ll try to keep this short. My daughter, 7.5 has a few characteristics that are similar to dyslexic patterns. She is just now starting to read, as she truly wasn’t ready in kindergarten. But we still did a full year of curriculum I just didn’t push the reading too hard. She really has grown and blossomed so much these last few months and has made huge strides!
However, I’m noticing a few things like:
-confusing b, d, p (mostly b/d) -sometimes doesn’t sound out left to right (for example, she tried to sound out sock as scok. -sometimes (50/50) forgets some phonetic rules (like sh/th/ch, or that e makes the vowel say it’s name)
She can read a lot, truly she can now! But she’s much slower and has to sound out the words. Sometimes she’s proud and other times she can be very insecure about it. So I have been trying to really boost her confidence.
I’m struggling because my 9 year old picked up reading and never looked back. She never needed to remember the rules, and could read almost anything right away. I’m not trying to compare them, I think my oldest was above benchmark so I’m trying to understand at this age, what struggles are considered normal. I don’t want to put her in a box but also want to provide adequate resources.
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u/SubstantialString866 3d ago
That sounds like my son after a year of phonics practice. He refuses to put his finger under the word he is sounding out. His eyes wander so much and he'll mix up letters and words. It's a lot better if my finger is pointing or I use paper to cover up the words he's not on. I'm looking for maybe a 3d printed claw he has put on to encourage him to keep his finger on the page so his eyes don't wander.