IN KINDERGARTEN
* Fails to recognize and write letters or his or her name or to use invented
spelling (NIS for "nice")
* Has trouble breaking oral words into syllables (piglet = pig + let)
* Still has trouble recognizing rhyming words (cat, mat)
* Does not connect letters with sounds (Ask him or her what the letter M sounds
like.)
* Has trouble remembering the alphabet, the days of the week,
counting numbers
* Confused about left vs. right; late establishing dominant hand