When young children start learning to write, they consistently flip some letter, like ‘S`, even though they are copying it visually

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What is the reason why young children flip certain letters when theyre learning to write. Ive noticed i’ve written down things for my daughter to write, and she copies it exactly, except she flips consistently letters like ‘s’, ‘n’, etc. She is writing it Just below the text ive written. I of course compliment and encouraged, and dont mention whay she does.
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TLDR: children have difficulty remembering the exact structure of a letter, even if they understand the general gist of it. With certain letters that there the same but in a different position (b , p, d, q) the kid doesn’t yet understand that the language attaches meaning to where everything is placed.

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/faqs-about-reversing-letters-writing-letters-backwards-and-dyslexia