My child learning to write forms his letter from right to left. Is it normal?
by Tess Chiao
(Taipei, Taiwan)
My kid is now 4 years old. I have been teaching him to write his name. Most people would write from left to right. But my child wrote his name from right to left instead. Should i be worried? Is this an indication of some problem?
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My child learning to write forms his letter from right to left. Is it normal?
Hi Charissa, Thanks for your answers. Maybe i should specify that my child was learning to write English :)
I am actually thinking of sending him to an early intervention school. But after what you said, i think i better hear from some more people before deciding.
thanks
Nov 22, 2007
No worries mate! by: charissa miller
I'm not sure, but isn't Asian content read from the back of the paper first, as we, here in Canada(English) read from the "front " to the back of the book?Possibly your child is just doing what he sees?. My baby (Charissa Grace) is 1 year, and as we would look at books, from 0-1 yr, she would prefer the book upside down!I guess, I was told, from doctors, that children do not put things(as an adult does)"in order" until much later. Example: we see a picture of an upsidedown chair, -we know it is an 'UPSIDEDOWN' chair A Baby: sees 'A CHAIR' and that is it , there is no right way of things, yet they still recognize it.
