How can I help dd with 'b' and 'd'?

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awww she's only 5, seems harsh doesn't it! Ask the teacher to omit all words with b and d like that would go down well!

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I have a book called Toe by Toe that I used for my (slightly) dyslexic dd1 when she was in year 3/4 and that illustrated the b d confusion with two pictures: a bat (on the left, forming the upright stroke of the letter) and a ball, making up the letter b; and then a ball with the bat (on the right) making up a letter d. The line underneath read "Bat before ball says b".

We found it quite effective as it's short and snappy and they can easily visualise the ball and bat.

Dd does this and I think it's pretty common. I try and get her to see b as a leg with a football at the end - b = ball. I'll try your one as well! It'll all come out in the wash as they say

I tried to help DD with the same problem by writing the word "bed" in a bed shape IYSWIM (the b and d forming the head and foot of the bed)

Difficult to explain when you can't just draw it to show someone!

dd is almost 5 and does the same. Apparently, it is really common and should sort itself out.

I've used the hand method - similar to drawing a bed. close both fists, back of hands uppermost. Stick out little fingers, kind of forms the shape of a b and a d, and head and foot of bed, can be an immediate visual reminder without having to draw anything. HTH