Dyslexia can cause trouble with spelling, speaking, and writing. So signs can show up in a few areas, not just in reading.

If someone in your neighborhood or family is surviving high school with Dyslexia then this article will help them a lot. Dyslexia can also look different as kids get older. Learn common signs of dyslexia at different ages.

• Mispronouncing words, like saying beddy tear instead of teddy bear

• Struggling to name familiar objects and using general words like thing and stuff instead

• Having a hard time learning nursery rhymes or song lyrics that rhyme

• Having trouble remembering sequences, like singing the letters of the alphabet

• Telling stories that are hard to follow or having trouble talking about an event in a logical order

Grades K–2 signs of dyslexia

• Having trouble learning letter names and remembering the sounds they make

• Often confusing letters that look similar (like b, d, p, and q) or sound similar (like f and v, b and p, or d and t)

• Struggling to read familiar words (like a cat), especially if there aren’t pictures

• Substituting words when reading aloud, like saying house when the story says home

• Having trouble separating the individual sounds in words and blending sounds to make a word

Grades 3–5 signs of dyslexia

• Confusing or skipping small words like for and of when reading aloud

• Having trouble sounding out new words

• Having trouble quickly recognizing common words (also called sight words )

• Struggling to explain what happened in a story or answer questions about key details

• Frequently making the same kinds of mistakes, like reversing letters

• Having poor spelling, like spelling the same word correctly and incorrectly in the same exercise

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