I’ve been practicing the ABCs and 123s with my son and notice that certain letters (J N P S Z) and numbers (4 6) he always writes backwards/mirror imaged. I’ve seen other kids, and even my own writings as a child, have the same quirk. Is this pretty much universal?
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It is very common, and not a huge cause for concern. Best way to explain it is this: when children are first learning what a chair looks like, they learn “a chair looks like this, even when we turn it over, even when we turn it around, even when we flip it upside down. This is always a chair.” Then, a few years later, we say “the letter d looks like this, but not when we flip it over! Then it’s a b. But not when we flip it upside down, then it’s a p!” Their brains need to unlearn the original chair concept, and begin to grasp the letters placement concept. It’s tough!
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