23 Ways to Give Your Right-Brain a Workout
I’ve compiled a list of things that utilize our right brain skills. Try a few to give your right brain a workout.
Brain Development
Brain Awareness Week: Who’s the Boss in Your Brain?
Everyone’s brain is divided into two sides, which are equally important and necessary. The problem is the left side thinks it’s the boss but it’s not. The right brain is designed to lead. And when it doesn’t there are serious consequences.
Lego Knows the Value of Both Sides of the Brain
The Lego Movie is an entertaining, highly creative commentary on the struggle between the Left and Right side of us – complete with an evil villain who wants order at any cost and a wild and crazy group of right brain creative types! As they struggle to coexist – they find out they’re Special when they work together and appreciate what each of them has to offer.
We Need Every Mind on Board: a review of Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin PhD
Temple Grandin’s newest book, Visual Thinking, is a must read for anyone raising or educating children in the 21st century as we begin to see the need for every type of mind to be on board for our ride into the future.
21 Ways to Train Your Brain
October 13th is National Train Your Brain Day, a day that recognizes the power of the mind, and how training it to be positive can change human lives. I have found a few simple ways for you to encourage your child (and yourself) to train your brain.
Being Visual is a MUST READ for Parents
Being Visual was released with hopes of influencing some education practices, what I was not expecting was how much my book impacted the relationships between parents and children.
Brilliant Minds Learn Visually
Not all children learn the same way. Our left-brain dominant kids are comfortable in the world of language. Our right-brain dominant kids thrive in the world of images. For these students, no seeing means no thinking. No thinking means no learning. Visual art training helps them develop the visual skills that are essential to their learning.
Top 10 Reasons to Draw
Most people think of drawing as a creative outlet. It’s an extra activity for the “creative types”. But that is not true. Drawing has very little to do with creativity. It is about seeing, thinking and sharing oneself. Drawing is a way to explore our thoughts, build our brain and understand the world more effectively.
The Science of Left and Right Brain Thinking
Join me as I explain describe what it REALLY means to be right brain dominant and how that affects kids in school.
Why Is Art Education So Important?
Schools are focused on teaching left-brain auditory learners and our right-brain visual kids are not getting what they need to succeed. My book, Being Visual, helps parents better understand their visual tactile child and shares specifics strategies to increase their success in school.
