b's and d's

[mogs0]

I'm sure this has been done before but haven't got the energy to look for previous posts!!

My 4yr old is getting his b's and d's mixed up when reading. Does anyone have any tips to help him learn which one is which? His teacher wrote in his reading record that he's mixing them up but didn't offer any advice on how to help him.

read this tip here a while ago

put hands into fists palms down, stick p little fingers and put index fingers next to each other - it looks a bit like a bed with a headboard and footboard. left hand looks like a b at the start of bed, and rh like a d at the end of bed - know which way round then. if your DS 'gets' this trick it is helpful

stick up little fingers

My ds does the same but makes hands into fists and does 'thumbs up' with both of them. b on the left hand, d on the right. He was taught it at school...btw he is 5 and yr 1..school didn't seem to mind about muddling in reception year, thought it par for the course.

Great ideas!! Must remember these. My dd is in yr 1 too & so far the one she seems to forget all the time is V. She always has difficulty remembering it.

Dd (in reception aged 5) is an excellent reader but gets her b's and d's mixed up still so it must ber quite a common problem.

I'm obviously a bit dense (and not good at visual things) but I can't make my fists look like a headboard at all.

It's the little fingers (which are stuck up) which make the head board (and foot board?) You have to put your fists close together so that thumb/curled index fingers are touching each other.

dd muddles her d and b up, I spoke to her teacher about this and she said it was nothing to worry about, to put this into context (not showing off honest) dd is one of the most advanced readers in her class and is very forward for her age and does this.

I can't do the headboard thing either.

This may sound a bit complicated but it works...
Say the sound b slowly, and the first thing that you do is close your mouth, lips tight together, the shape your mouth is making is like a line.....when you write the letter b you start with a line.
Now say the letter d slowly, and your mouth is open in a round shape...when you write the letter d you start with a circle.
You can get your child to feel the difference in their mouth to help them to remember which is which.

Oh and another one
Bat before ball says b (you need to think if the pictures for this one)