User:Gildaruiz/sandbox

Right Brained Child/ Person

The entire brain works together to create a complete human being, but many do have tendencies toward a specific half. The right brainers learn things in wholes rather than in parts. In thinking styles, the right brainer often goes by feeling whereas the left brainer prefers multiple facts before coming to a conclusion. A right brain dominant child may also be classified as a visual- spatial learner, which means his brain taps into learning through visual clues, he prefers information given all at once, and learns through doing not observing. Left Brain dominant people tended to be logical, rational, and organized. The right brain dominance fosters creativity, imagination and artistry. Many right brain dominant children can adapt to left brain learning process without much effort. Sometimes a child needs a totally different strategy to make learning easy. RIGHT-BRAIN DOMINANT LEARNERS •	Learns best through movement •	Will focus on whole picture •	Needs emotional relevance to self •	Needs to see and hear the whole image/sound in order to learn •	Prefers not to have step by step directions •	Works best when understanding the desired end product and intuitively does what is appropriate •	Exhibits good memory for images and whole concepts •	Might need to close eyes or turn head away from teacher in order to process learning •	Learns best with 3-D / hands-on •	Needs to move while processing new information, but with very little external stimulation that would distract •	Needs quiet time alone, especially when processing new information •	Appreciates seeing examples of what is required, hearing metaphors and associations when learning •	Must be able to see, hear, move and or verbalize the whole context before learning details •	Needs to learn kinesthetically (using their hands) to process learning •	Quickly grasps the main idea •	Is often highly intuitive •	Picks up on the intention and emotion of the teacher while learning •	Needs to physically process what he is learning •	Learner will see the whole picture but might have difficulty breaking it down into a sequence of words in order to express what he sees •	Learner might have trouble explaining how he arrived at an answer once he’s solved it (such as in math problems when directed to show his work) •	Might reverse or transpose letters or numbers •	Although he might quickly grasp the main idea, he may have great difficulty in communicating the details in a linear way (logical sequence of steps) •	May have difficulty with penmanship •	May have difficulty listening to a lesson unless he is able to look away or shut his eyes. •	Might have difficulty with fine motor activities •	May have a difficult time processing new learning and committing it to memory unless he has time to reflect without visual or verbal stimulation Why Do Right-Brained Kids Seem to Struggle? Right-brained learners are often seen as “struggling learners,” which can be confusing to anyone who knows them, because they are also usually very obviously smart. They also seem to have the most “labels” – as kid who is ADHD, dyslexic, dysgraphic, or a host of other learning disabilities. In fact right-brained learner is a a different way of learning but not a learning disability. The “struggles” that many right-brained kids go through are actually a result of a mis-match in expectations and approach plus not understanding their learning style. Traditional school approaches teach things from a very left-brained perspective which works against the right-brained child’s natural way of learning. In a perfect world, children would be taught in ways most appropriate for their learning style, but with a majority of the population leaning toward being left-brain dominant, a more structured, linear, and goal-oriented way of education prevails. This causes many a teacher to feel a child isn’t able to perform as well as other children without realizing that it may have more to do with how the information is presented. In general, schools tend to favor left brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right brain ones. Left brain subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right brained subjects focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity. The problem is not with the child, but with the approach. Learning more about how right-brained kids naturally learn and when they are developmentally ready can make a huge difference in reducing the struggles for our right-brained kids. Books About Right Brained Children

THE RIGHT SIDE OF NORMAL: Understanding and Honoring the Natural Learning Path for Right-Brained Children Paperback – September 1, 2012 Cindy Gaddis (Author) Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child Paperback – October 21, 1998, Jeffrey Freed (Author) Laurie Parsons (Author) Right Brain Education: Changing the World, One Heart at at Time Paperback – June 1, 2009, Pamela Sue Hickein (Author)