https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:38:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2742879 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:39:43 +0000 MrsSRS 2742879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Teacher here- another vote that it's normal until 7 or 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2742865 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:26:12 +0000 Boopers 2742865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally developmentally normal up to 2nd grade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2742864 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:19:45 +0000 sunnyday 2742864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>+1 on normal!</p> <p>C flipped two letters in her name and it boggled my mind, lol. But corrected after about 2 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715720 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:36:33 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2715720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kindergartener still does this as well. Not a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715664 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:46:09 +0000 looch 2715664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal. I know it's easy to panic and think the worst (I was bracing for dyslexia) but that's not a sign. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715662 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:45:00 +0000 yin 2715662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal. My LO is in kindergarten and still sometimes mixes up letters like b and d. I do correct him so that he's aware of the mistake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715621 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:01:57 +0000 Mamaof2 2715621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Kindergartener does this and her teacher isn't concerned - she says most kids stop doing this by 2nd grade </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715619 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:59:43 +0000 travellingbee 2715619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The fixed directionality of letters and numbers is a concept that can take a while to grasp. At this age they often think that it doesn't matter which direction the letters are going. It seems arbitrary to them and so I think sometimes they just make a choice. It is totally normal. She's experimenting with letters. I think it's good to tell her what direction they go, but I wouldn't worry about it. You can write the same letter as well and ask her if yours and hers look the same. Or compare it to the letters in the book. It's good to get her to notice the difference </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715591 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:58:31 +0000 MamaG 2715591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a teacher but I say normal. My girl,a name starts with C and at 5.5 she still writes in backwards on occasion. There are many things she has been able to write and now gets wrong. We just keep practicing. We do point them out to her and make correction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715557 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:01:01 +0000 Boogs 2715557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715556 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:59:27 +0000 birdofafeather 2715556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter (same age) did the same for a month or two. Even doing some upside down and backwards but has corrected her first name so far. Seems pretty normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-started-writing-letters-backwards#post-2715545 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:54:51 +0000 Corduroy 2715545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO just turned 4. She's in preschool FT. She had been writing her name and other letters for several months. About a month ago she started writing the first letter of her name 'Z' backwards. Over the past month she turned more and more letters and numbers backwards. I've mentioned the backwardsness to her casually but I haven't harped on it or sat her down to try to fix it. Mainly because I thought she was messing around and/or it would pass. I haven't mentioned it to her teachers either. </p> <p>I'm not worried but I am surprised it hasn't fixed itself yet. Is this a normal phase or something I should be addressing? </p>