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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd have him tested for dyslexia.  Immediately.  It's entirely possible he is dyslexic and the sooner you know the sooner you can start remediating, which will be a many-year thing.

not recognizing letters is a huge red flag when he's seen them and been ezposed for years.  Most 4 year olds start recognizing letters, at least to be able to sort like ones together, even if they don't know the exact name of them.

Can he regognize his name vs his friends' names?   I mean:

When 6 names are listed out can he point out his name?  We used to have portfolios all lined up with kids' names printed on them and kids could find their book - that means they recognized what their name looks like, even if they couldn't tell you each letter (The name Nick looks different than Melissa, just like a chair looks different from a bed)  They were doing this by 3 years old

And around then, or by 4 years old, many kids could pick out some names accurately, even if they weren't their names.  So a child might show you Nick and Nathan when asked to show you Nathan (likely both started with an N)

I'd really, really, push to have testing done for dyslexia now.

I'd also have a specialist do an eye exam looking for tracking - he might have an eye tracking issue that wouldn't get picked up by a doctor because he "CAN" see, just not track along a page correctly.  [/quote]

Not the op but what exactly is testing for dyslexia, as in where would you even go? My son is also 4, almost 5 and he can only really recognize the letters in his name. He can write them with a bit of nudging (but can mostly do it on his own from memory). That being said we don't push it at all and he goes to a verrry reggio emilia school that doesn't push letter of the day or letters that much, though starting more exposure this year. We've started doing more at home for this reason but nothing like op describes really. ANyway husband has dyslexia so it's always been on my radar that it could be an issue for my kid but didn't think I could test for it this early really. [/quote]

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