If you weren’t able to join us for “Understanding Reading Difficulties” workshop hosted by Dr. Amy Schwartz, here are our live tweets that share some of the great tips we learned from the call.

Also be sure to join us on our upcoming call “No More Losing It: Getting to Calm When Our Kids are Not” on February 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Feel free to ask questions below. Let’s all talk about reading difficulties and how to help our children.

Also, if you would like to listen to the call in its entirety (one hour), you can have it played back here.

LIVE TWEETS –

babybites Jan 25, 7:38pm

Normally developing kids reach certain milestones. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:39pm

Parents are the 1st people to notice their child has a reading difficulty. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:41pm

One red flag for early reading difficulties: trouble articulating words. This must be persistent & coupled with other red flags. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:43pm

Red flag #2: 3 & 4yo love to rhyme; so children with reading difficulties are less sensitive to rhyming patterns. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:45pm

Red flag: Difficulty with word finding/retrieval can be a reading difficulty read flag. They just can’t find the right word. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:46pm

Red flag: Repeated ear infections can impact reading b/c it can impact the child’s ability to hear the acoustic signal. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:48pm

Red flag: family history- reading difficulties run in families. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:50pm

By age 3, your child should know the ABC song. But that doesn’t mean they can recognize individual letters visually. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:52pm

By age 4, ur child should recognize & name individual letters. By kindergarten they should be able to ID upper/lower case letters. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:53pm

By age 4, does your child have comprehension skills. Can they retell a story or simple directions? #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:55pm

By age 5, a child should understand that spoken words can be broken down into parts. Big is part of bigger. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 7:59pm

At and after 4yo, if you see reading difficulties red flags, it’s never too old to have a reading evaluation. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:02pm

Dyslexia is a misunderstood word. It is a language-based disorder & is synonymous w/ a reading disability.10 mil children have it. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:04pm

Early reversals are very common when kids are learning to write. There is no correlation to a reading disorder. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:06pm

With your baby, repeat sounds and differentiate different sounds- ie ga,ga,ga or ba,ba,ba. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:07pm

Challenge your child at a young age by asking them questions that need more than a yes/no answer. Start talking/use language early. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:09pm

Make an alphabet book with your child. Write the letter a and draw/cut out pics of “A” words on the page. New letter each week. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:10pm

you should read to your child 30 minutes a day; it’s OK to break it up. Try to aim for it; it’s a goal. And TALK about it. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:14pm

Make sure you model reading and have print material and reading laying around the house. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:15pm

By 2, make sure you give your kid a crayon to scribble with. #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:18pm

When kids begin to write words, do NOT worry about their spelling. Inventive spelling is normal! #reading

babybites Jan 25, 8:23pm

Identification of kid’s with reading difficulties is delayed b/c these kids are extremely intelligent. #reading

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