Confusing the b and d? Here’s a “handy” trick to remember them and put this problem to bed!
Thanks to Pinterest and the following blogs for illustrating a solution to a problem that helps kids fix this reversal problem.
Come Together Kids
She also uses a similar trick for p and g – check it out here!
Funky First Grade Fun: She has a great printable here that looks like this:
I’ll say, “Make your bed”, kids put their thumbs together, fix their letters, and keep on writing!
Last tip of the day: Here’s a post from Teach Mama that gives a bunch of tips from Word World.
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My mum also told my kids that when they say b their mouth makes a line shape first (and that us the first thing they need to draw), when they d their mouth is a ball shape (so they draw that first)… Also worlds for p vs q.