My dd doesn't seem to "get" the fact that her letter/number formation should imo be done in a certain way, and is constantly doing many letters backwards to the way I was taught - things like lower case d, e, and the number 6 she does in reverse starting from the tail of the letter back - which not only looks awkward when she's writing but is now making her noticeably slower in class (now in yr 3) than other children of her "ability". She hardly seems to complete a single piece of written work in the permitted time in comparison with others. Would being left-handed be anything to do with it? Being a twin? Or is it just that she's now formed a habit that it's going to be hard to change because joined up writing is now mighty awkward...
Know nothing about dyslexia - is this a trait does anyone know?