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"b" and "d" confusion
Even the most confident early readers can get confused
between "b" and "d", and for some children these letters can be a real
problem.
One way of ending the confusion is with the "bed"
trick. Print out the poster below and show it to your child. Then ask
him to hold his hands in front of the poster, and, forming his first
finger and thumb into a ring and pointing the other three fingers
straight up, to mimic the shapes of the letters. Help him to sound out
the word "bed" while noticing that "b" and his left hand starts the
word, whilst "d" and his right hand finishes it.
By combining seeing (the poster), listening (sounding
out the word) and doing (using his hands to make the shapes of the
letters and imagining the bed between them) you are giving him a good
chance of finally getting to grips with these tricky letters!
b
and d confusion poster
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