Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Understanding the Basic Differences

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Parents think and feel that they are the parents and they know what is right from wrong. However, children are unlike their parents. Every child is different and he or she has her own way of thinking. They also have their ideas and expressions. Surprisingly, they can have some great ideas about some issues that even their parents do not know. In other words, children could be the “inventors” of some ideas to provide solution to the most difficult problems!

This is the time when parents should think and introspect on their present attitude. Do they need to forego their pride and superior feeling? Yes, they may need to set aside their feelings and start listening to their children, at least for sometime in the day. In fact, it is good for both of them.

Allow your children to share and express their ideas. This will help them feel endowed and empowered. They also feel that someone is actually listening to their ideas. There are several benefits to an endowed child. Language and vocabulary skills, problem solving, creativity and better communication are some of the brain boosting advantages that your children will accrue by letting them sharing their own ideas. Last, who does not need a cordial family, where everyone has the right to express their minds and opinions? Have a great day.

Thought for today:
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein

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Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Understanding the basic differences
Which is good? Left or right brain power? In fact, both of them are necessary for an optimum brain growth. Your child needs stronger left and right brain lobes. Read more to know how you can make your children possess a wholesome brain that is stronger in both sides.

Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Activities to boost both sides of the brain
The debate on left vs. right brain is fierce and confusing. Most parents are confused as to how they can train their children for better brain activities. Learn more on left and right brain activities and how you can make your children strong in both of them.

Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World: Strategies for Helping Bright, Quirky, Socially Awkward Children to Thrive at Home and at School
By Katharine Beals, Ph.D

Dr. Beals, is an educator and the mother of three left-brain children. A former public school teacher, she is a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Her writing on parenting has appeared in Mothering magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Philadelphia.

This book brims with sound, practical advice for nurturing children who don't fit into the commonly accepted patterns of "normal development", yet possess remarkable gifts. A must-read for parents, educators, and mental health professionals. Dr. Beals shows parents how to campaign for left-brain friendly education reform, advocate for their socially awkward children.

Unicorns Are Real: A Right-Brained Approach to Learning (Creative Parenting/Creative Teaching Series)
By Barbara Meister Vitale

This mega-best seller provides 65 practical, easy-to-follow lessons to develop the much-ignored right-brain tendencies of children. These simple yet dramatically effective ideas and activities have helped thousands with learning difficulties. Includes an easy-to-administer screening checklist for parents and teachers which enables them identify individual learning preferences and determine hemisphere dominance.

Learn how to utilize colors, shapes, movement, visualizations, touch and sound to help students of all ages learn to read, tell time, add, subtract, and even spell correctly. Included are engaging instructional activities that draw on the intuitive, nonverbal abilities of the right brain, a list of skills associated with each brain hemisphere, and much more.

Building Blocks, Effective in Developing Spatial Knowledge
Heal Blog Nov 07, 2011

Many mothers are meticulous with the kind of toy that their children will be playing. Mothers tend to consult various literary materials which say something about best learning toys for children.

Five myths about 'gifted and talented' students
Washington Post Nov 07, 2011

My colleague Kevin Sieff wrote about gifted and talented programs in this Washington Post story, which focuses on the racial enrolment gap. Even in school systems with a majority of African-American and Hispanic students, white and Asian students tend to dominate in G&T programs.

Legos can help child's brain develop
WKYC Nov 04, 2011

Experts say playing with Legos, or other hands-on toys can make your child smarter.

Why IQ Fluctuates Over Your Lifespan
Huffington Post Nov 07, 2011

In 1932, the entire population of Scottish 11-year-olds (87, 498 children) took an IQ test. Over 60 years later, psychologists Ian Deary and Lawrence Whalley tracked down about 500 of them and gave them the same test to take again.

Teach child to make good choices before his brain is ready to do so
AZ Star Net Nov 06, 2011

The prefrontal cortex is the boss. It is the part of the brain that takes information from other parts of the brain so that we can make decisions. The executive function that we need to make decisions comprises planning, organization, working memory and control over the part of our brain that would lead us to do stupid or dangerous things if unchecked.

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