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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Very early in life the brain learns that seeing something from the front, and seeing something from the back (mirror images) are the same thing. Think for example similar to how we learn object permanence.
When learning to write, this needs to be un-learned.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-children-write-letters-backwards-natural-learning-process-2018-4
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