Monday, February 25, 2013

Letter Reversal Game

Sunny has such a hard time with letter reversal.  Her biggest problems are "b", "d", and sometimes "p".  So yesterday we were on a lunch date.  Yes, my daughter and I go on more "dates" then my husband and I do, but that is only because he doesn't need a babysitter when we go out.  She loves it and I do too so back to the purpose of this post.  We always play Tic Tac Toe while we wait and of course my mind is bouncing ideas around the whole time.  Then I had an idea.  Why not play with "b's" and "d's"?  So we had our own crayon color and I choose "d" and Sunny was "b".  That wasn't very hard because we could just look at the color but then Sunny decided to spice things up and said, "Let's make it more interesting and use the same color Mom?"  Since I was sitting across from her I had to write upside down.  I actually had to stop bouncing ideas around and concentrate on Tic Tac Toe!  We had so much fun.  If we wrote our letter the wrong direction then the other person could use it.  It took that silly game to a whole other level.  If you try it, let me know what you think.  Remember, try it with different colors first and then with the same colors.  Happy Playing!

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  1. Hey Denise -- it's me, Jessica. Great start to your blog. Another thing you can do to help her get 'b' and 'd' is this...

    Write a lowercase b and a d. Then, over the top of them letters (literally, draw the letters on top of what you've written), write uppercase B and D. Show her that 'b' sits inside B but 'd' sticks out of D.

    *Make sure your vertical lines are lined up when you do it.

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    1. Hi Jessica!
      Great idea. I have had her put the "baby b" inside of the "Mommy B" but I will show it to her with the d's as well. We have also tried making a bed out of "bed" and drawing a line on it to look like a bed. At his point I will try anything and everything. Letter reversal really slows her reading fluency. Thank you for visiting the blog and your suggestion. I really appreciate suggestions.

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