What Is Dyslexia? The Signs.
Updated: Oct 6
Dyslexia is a learning disability that primarily affects reading and language-related skills.
A child with dyslexia may have difficulty learning how sounds in spoken language connect to letters and written words.
This can make learning to read, spell, and write difficult.
Sometimes the signs show up before a child even starts school.
If your child is in preschool, you aren't necessarily going to see them struggling to read. Instead, you might notice difficulties with things such as:
learning and remembering nursery rhymes
recognizing or playing with rhyming words
noticing the individual sounds in words
remembering the names of letters
learning the sounds associated with letters
remembering familiar words or names
pronouncing longer or unfamiliar words
learning new vocabulary
remembering sequences such as letters, numbers, or days of the week
NOTICE* None of these signs, by themselves, means that a child has dyslexia.
Young children develop language and early literacy skills at different rates.
The important thing is to look at are the pattern.
A child who consistently struggles to recognize and work with the sounds in spoken words, has difficulty learning letter-sound relationships, and continues to need considerably more support with early literacy skills is showing signs that deserve closer attention.
You don't have to wait until a child is failing to read before providing support.
Early identification can help parents and teachers understand where a child may need additional support with phonological awareness, letter-sound knowledge, decoding, and other foundational reading skills.
If your child attends an international school in Tokyo and you're concerned about their early reading development, I'm happy to talk through what you're seeing at home and discuss what additional support might be appropriate. Kinota Braithwaite - Learning & Assessment Specialist
More Than Just Tutoring Tokyo
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