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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How old is your kid? If they’re still young it’s not a huge concern. Just bring it to their attention when you notice them writing it backwards by saying something like this:
“I noticed one of your letters is backwards. Do you see which one it is?”
If they don’t notice, you can also have an alphabet/number strip next to their writing so they can look at it quickly and notice if theirs is backwards.
You can also be more direct:
“This letter is backwards, how can you fix it?”
With repetition and time most often they will begin to correct it themselves.
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