[MOSAIC] Dyslexia

[Creecher12 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/2007 2:26:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
ckmet at mail.usf.edu writes:

No  wonder children have problems with letter reversals until grade  three.
>From the moment they were born they were taught object  permanence. An
apple is an apple whether facing left or right, up or down.  A lamp is a
lamp whether on a table or on the floor. Oh, but wait, now  we're telling
them a "b" is a "b" if facing right, but its a "d" if facing  left! Aye,
the english language :)



Brian Cambourne has a great story about this. He tells it so well. 
Maybe Elisa or Lori remember it word for word. 
He was telling a large group of people, I'm not sure if they were parents  or 
teachers, about object permanence and how certain letters confuse children  
because of this. He said something like "d" is always recognizable because of  
it's "d"ness. And then he went on to talk about the letters "a" and "p" and  
their "ness" and everyone was laughing and it took him a while to figure  out 
what he had said that was so funny. 
 
Nancy Creech



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