Bed B And D Reversal
Want to see this Letter Reversals Trick in action.
Bed b and d reversal. B and d Reversals Posters Visual Cues Color or Black and White. The most common letter reversal is the letter b and letter d. As part of a multisensory method for letter reversals it can help if the child feels the letter or number.
You can create feel boards using twine and cardboard or use plastic shaped. B comes before d. Visualise a bed with the stalks of the b and the d making the bedhead and the foot of the bed.
The d is cued as a couple of different things. Make a thumbs up sign in front of you with both hands. A doorknob and a door.
B comes before d. First you grab the doorknob then you open the door Another way to help with b and d confusion is describing a bed. The tips outlined here apply to all reversals not just b and d.
By building on the bed method your student will have an easy way of reminding themselves of the proper orientation. Next my student will say a b c d e out loud while placing the b fist on the letter b and then the d fist on the letter d. Rhymes Puzzle Match-30 Matches 2 Letter Families.
By using the hand shapes and relationship to the drawn formation on paper you allow your childs brain to connect and see a distinction. The most common confusion is between b and d for which I have found the most effective visual aid to be the bed. Includes firth the bat and then the ball for correct lower case b formation and first the dog and then the tail for d formation.

