This widely circulated statement that the left and right brain have a clear division of labor can actually be called one of the three major misunderstandings in understanding brain science. (The other two misunderstandings are "the utilization rate of human brain is less than one tenth" and "brain cells can't regenerate". The truth is that "the utilization rate of the human brain is already very high, close to saturation" and "some brain cells have the ability to regenerate". )
Infants and young children are the key period of right brain development?
Only one of these questions is correct. Infant is the fastest period of brain development, not only the best period of right brain development, but also the best period of left brain development. Good training is not only to develop the half brain, but also to mobilize the left and right brains to complete it together. Only in this way can we give full play to the full potential of the whole brain.
In order to improve the communication between the left and right brains, children should be allowed to do more activities of the left and right brains at the same time, so that the communication between the left and right brains can become a habit, such as doing more exercises of simultaneous transfer of the left and right sides, such as learning a musical instrument played with both hands, such as paying attention to details and taking care of the overall situation when telling stories, so as to effectively mobilize the whole brain and develop it reasonably.
The potential of the right brain is not as great as the legend, and the development of the right brain is not much more important than the left brain. A person's thinking, doing things, judging, thinking and language use are all coordinated, and the key is that the left and right brains need to develop in a coordinated and balanced way. When parents choose "early education", they should also carefully examine the basic concepts and scientific basis, and don't be confused by gorgeous coats.
Parents can consciously train their children in daily life and give some special education to their right brain.
Right brain development
1, listening to music
Psychologists have found that music can develop the right brain, especially classical music has a great influence on the development of children's right brain. When listening to piano music, let children imitate the posture of pressing the piano with their left hand, and when listening to violin music, let children imitate the way of pressing the strings. In addition, when children are engaged in other activities, they can create a musical background.
2. Cultivate the feeling ability of painting.
The right brain has the ability to feel painting. Let children practice drawing, which can cultivate their observation ability. Appreciate paintings and natural scenery, and revel in them. Take children to visit flower exhibitions and bonsai exhibitions, and enjoy the works intuitively and integrally. Graffiti is also a comprehensive training, including visual perception, hands-on ability, auditory description, language understanding and other abilities, and it also stimulates the right brain in many aspects.
3. Do the housework within your power.
Parents deliberately mess up the room first, and then clean the room with their children. At the beginning, children may not be able to do well, can't tell the types of garbage, don't know how to wipe the table with a rag, and so on. Parents should guide patiently, and after several times of teaching, children will do well.
Step 4 exercise
The right brain's perception of images and stimulation of cells in motion are faster and stronger than those in static state. Dance disco aerobics, table tennis, badminton, etc. Half an hour every day, and consciously let the left hand repeat several actions when boxing or doing exercises to stimulate the right brain.
5. Fairy tales
Fairy tales are the best way to develop the right brain's thinking ability in images. Fairy tales are full of fantasy. Listening to fairy tales, children will involuntarily imagine the characters, scenes and scenes in the story with the development of the plot, which greatly promotes the graphic thinking ability of the right brain. Tell your child a story before going to bed. At this time, the right brain is at its best, and the effect of developing children's imagination is much better than when they are nervous during the day.
6, training spatial recognition ability
Change your child's environment frequently, and you may wish to deliberately change your route when sending your child to kindergarten; Play hide-and-seek games; Just show the child a certain part of the animal's body and let him imagine what the whole animal looks like; Cover a part of a painting and let him guess what other parts look like; Put a pile of candy on the table and train him to judge the number of candy by visual inspection; Playing chess can also stimulate children's right brain.
7. Take the children shopping.
Taking children shopping is another effective way to develop the right brain, which can cultivate children's comprehensive knowledge and judgment. You can teach children to choose what they are interested in, and you can also teach them how to choose bread or fruit according to the price.
8. Finger training
Cut things with your left hand, grab toys, play with stones, play with peas, etc. It can exercise the nerve reflex of children's hands and promote the development of the brain; Close your eyes and practice writing and drawing, which can enhance the flexibility of your fingers; Playing with intellectual toys, patting the ball, learning to use abacus and doing finger exercises can exercise the flexibility of fingers, and playing with building blocks and plasticine is conducive to the cultivation of hands-on ability; Often let children use their left and right hands alternately, which can better develop the intelligence of the two hemispheres of the brain.
9. Crawl and comb your hair
Comb your child's hair with a comb or finger comb, especially the right hair, to strengthen the stimulation of the right scalp and speed up the scalp blood circulation. Training crawling from an early age is helpful for children's sense of balance and motor cells.
10, educational toys
Educational toys are the best tools to develop the right brain. Mainly in the form of spelling, assembly, games and other activities. Computer games are also a good tool to exercise children's right brain. Choose a graphic game for your child, such as imagination game, picture guessing game, etc. After buying a new toy, parents don't need to tell their children how to play according to the instructions, so they can explore for themselves.
1 1, learning a foreign language (course)
Right brain development experts have found that it is as easy for children to learn two or three languages as it is to learn one language, because when children learn only one language, they only need the left hemisphere of the brain. If they are trained to learn several languages at the same time, they will "enable" the right hemisphere of the brain.
12, watching sports games
Watching sports games can exercise children's right brain and improve their thinking ability in images. Every thrilling shot will bring a series of fascinating imaginations to the right brain, inspiring children to constantly speculate on possible situations according to the changes in the field.