Reversals

They need help remediating the underlying issue.

They have to automate left from right, front from back over from under etc…

Draw arrows on the chalkboard. First one pointing left second pointing right up then down. Alternate them so they are not predictable. Have the kids stand in front of the chart and point their hands in the direction of each arrow as they move their eyes accross the chart.

I had one LMB person tell me they have the kids experience over and under by having them climb under the table and then over the table.

The same with behind and in front. Have them place objects in front or behind another object. It is not enough that they know the concepts but the concepts should be automatic. They should come without thought.

Audiblox does a great job with this issue and several others. www.audiblox2000.com

I also test my kids with opposites. What is the opposite of left, under, behind……

I had to get my son stand in front of the chair and in back of it. I discovered that at age 8 he did not know where the front door or the back door was!! My 4 year old did!!

We’ve done similar exercises and it has made a world of difference.
He is doing long multiplication now and isn’t mixing up anything. He sometimes makes mistakes but no more than his nonLD sister did at his age.

Beth

It helps more than reversals. I still remember as a child blessing myself (good catholic girl that I was) to remember my right hand.

I know alot of adults with poor directionality.

I am not automatic on directionality either. I always have to think of which hand I write with. I taught my right handed son that trick too—I told him not to tell Daddy. My husband who has a great sense of direction can’t believe I have to think about it!! (We’ve been married over 20 years and I think I have only been right once about him going the wrong way!!)

I have never reversed letters or the like. However, I really have to think about steering a canoe!!! I think it is the same thing but to a much lesser degree (I sometimes think my son inherited all our bad qualities magnified.)
Beth

They need help remediating the underlying issue.

They have to automate left from right, front from back over from under etc…

Draw arrows on the chalkboard. First one pointing left second pointing right up then down. Alternate them so they are not predictable. Have the kids stand in front of the chart and point their hands in the direction of each arrow as they move their eyes accross the chart.

I had one LMB person tell me they have the kids experience over and under by having them climb under the table and then over the table.

The same with behind and in front. Have them place objects in front or behind another object. It is not enough that they know the concepts but the concepts should be automatic. They should come without thought.

Audiblox does a great job with this issue and several others. www.audiblox2000.com

I also test my kids with opposites. What is the opposite of left, under, behind……

I had to get my son stand in front of the chair and in back of it. I discovered that at age 8 he did not know where the front door or the back door was!! My 4 year old did!!

We’ve done similar exercises and it has made a world of difference.
He is doing long multiplication now and isn’t mixing up anything. He sometimes makes mistakes but no more than his nonLD sister did at his age.

Beth

It helps more than reversals. I still remember as a child blessing myself (good catholic girl that I was) to remember my right hand.

I know alot of adults with poor directionality.

I am not automatic on directionality either. I always have to think of which hand I write with. I taught my right handed son that trick too—I told him not to tell Daddy. My husband who has a great sense of direction can’t believe I have to think about it!! (We’ve been married over 20 years and I think I have only been right once about him going the wrong way!!)

I have never reversed letters or the like. However, I really have to think about steering a canoe!!! I think it is the same thing but to a much lesser degree (I sometimes think my son inherited all our bad qualities magnified.)
Beth