3. Problems forming words correctly
Reversing sounds heard in isolation or as part of a word can be a sign of dyslexia in young children. This is all due to how the child hears the word or sound in the first place being misinterpreted by the brain and then subsequently reproduced inaccurately as speech.
A common way of testing for dyslexia is by asking a child to repeat certain words or speech sounds after having been read them aloud. If a child struggles with this activity, there is a good sign that they aren’t actually hearing or processing the sound correctly in the first place, meaning that they are then unable to reproduce it accurately and effectively.
In young children, this can often be overlooked as it tends to appear to be a quite acute or twee attribute of young children, making it even harder to diagnose and remedy effectively. Forming words correctly for a young child is hard enough without dyslexia complicating things.