Signs of Dyslexia in Pre-School Children

• History of slow speech development.
• Difficulty learning nursery rhymes.
• Finds phonological difficulty with the selection of the odd one out e.g. cat: pig: fat.
• Slow in name finding.
• Some dyslexic children enjoy being read to, but show no interest in letters or words. Others have patience for sitting and listening.
• Difficulty with two or more instructions at one time (due to weak memory system) but well able to carry out tasks when presented in smaller units.
• Difficulty keeping simple rhythm.
• May not crawl but walks early.
• Persistent difficulty in dressing.
• Difficulty with shoe laces, buttons, clothes the right way around.
• Difficulty with catching, kicking or throwing a ball.
• Difficulty with hopping and skipping.
• Excessive tripping, bumping into things and falling over things.
• Difficulty with distinguishing left from right.