Parents and educators are often unable to recognize dyslexia signs in children and it would help if they were aware of a few common indicators in school going children. Pre school children with potential dyslexia problems may be late speakers and face problems in pronouncing and rhyming words. Their vocabulary growth is also slow and they have trouble learning alphabets, numbers, colors, shapes, days of the week etc. Extremely restless, their interaction with their peers is also very limited and their fine motor skills are slow to develop.

The pre-primary to primary children confuse between basic words like up/down and are slow to make the connection between letters and sounds. Letter reversals (b/d), transpositions/inversions (felt/left), substitutions (house/home) are consistent spelling errors which these children tend to make. They cannot pick up new skills easily and are slow to remember facts. Number sequences are transposed and computation signs are confused (+, -, /) and they have difficulties in learning about time. The middle school sees these children reversing the sequence of words or letters (was/saw) and they are slow in picking up grammar. Because of their dyslexia reading they tend to avoid reading aloud and writing compositions and their pencil grip is awkward. Poor social skills are a hindrance in making friends.

High school sees them continue making spelling mistakes and spelling the same word differently in the same piece of writing. They tend to shy away from reading and writing and have problems in grasping abstract concepts. These children work slowly and have poor memory skills.