Please read Part 1: Right Brain and Part 2: Left Brain, plus Clues to Babies’… Part 1 before this post.
There is no “right amount” of left- or right-brained thinking ability you would want to see in your child’s writing/drawing. (Remember you are dealing with a live human being with his or her own personality and life purpose!) Some days it might show one type exclusively. Some days it might show a fair balance of both types of writing or drawing. Be an observer!
What I tell adults when I see a balance of left- and right-brain strokes in their writing is that they can consider that they have MORE PROBLEM SOLVING TOOLS at their disposal, since they are not exclusively right or left-brain thinkers. They will be able to approach what appears to be an analytical problem WITH CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION, eliminating the log jam of solutions. Also, with a balance of right- and left-brain strokes, they possibly will be able to solve what appears to be a creative problem with a very practical, LOGICAL direction or solution. These are great AHA! moments.
So if you see your child, or yourself, stuck in one mode (example, in left brain for addition problems) and no solution is forthcoming, help him or her practice the other-brain mode of doodling or drawing (example, right-brain loops and add music to the environment), to encourage fresh ideas. Of course, you can switch these back and forth to really stir the pot of possible solutions!
Example: Children might draw planets, flowers, suns, waves, clouds
(all curvy/rounded) in right brain; drawing houses with doors, pointed roofs, and windows, switches them into left-brain drawing and thinking. Get the picture? HA!
If you have a baby/child at home, collect, save and date samples of his or her doodles and drawings–then their printing and, later, cursive writing–will be an amazing future gift to you and your child.
Using this post to guide you about handwritten doodles and drawings which use loops and V formations, you can support the natural talents your child shows you now.
Watching how these traits help your child evolve into a successful student, young adult and contributing, mature adult, with work and life pursuits that are worthy and compatible with his or her talents and passions, will be rewarding beyond your left brain’s ability to …. well, you get the picture. Enjoy this exciting adventure into personal growth!
As always, Beyond Handwriting Analysis… to Changing Lives.
The Handwriting Maven
