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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
Does your child:
• Have impressive intellectual abilities but seem puzzled by ordinary interactions with other children?
• Have deep, all-absorbing interests or seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of certain subjects?
• Bring home mediocre report cards, or seem disengaged at school, despite his or her obvious intelligence?
If you answered “yes” to...more
• Have impressive intellectual abilities but seem puzzled by ordinary interactions with other children?
• Have deep, all-absorbing interests or seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of certain subjects?
• Bring home mediocre report cards, or seem disengaged at school, despite his or her obvious intelligence?
If you answered “yes” to...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
September 29th 2009
by Trumpeter
(first published 2009)
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I had some issues with the author's basic working definitions, but she is sincerely trying to help kids survive in a system that is not designed for everyone, so I'm on her side. If the book wakes some educators up to the fact that group activity is not an especially good way for many children to focus and learn and that solitary play is the usual ground of creativity, then good for Ms. Beals. I did not agree with her separating of personal traits into left-brain and right brain. There are plent...more
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Though I skimmed some of this book as it did not pertain to our situation, it did open my eyes to the way "left-brainers" think and learn. I can better understand why our left-brainer gets frustrated at school as the book explained how society has shifted to a teaching style better suited for right-brainers. Very interesting. It also gave me some ideas on how to help our little left-brainer.
GeekChick
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Just arrived in the mail tonight. I think this will help me better understand the struggles my intelligent, analytical child faces in our current school system. Already I've learned a few things, just from the introduction.
Right-brained world? I thought. I always thought we lived in a real left-brain society. But Beals explains how things have changed since I was a kid. The entire educational philosophy emphasizes group work, group discussion, and other such things -- methods that...more
Right-brained world? I thought. I always thought we lived in a real left-brain society. But Beals explains how things have changed since I was a kid. The entire educational philosophy emphasizes group work, group discussion, and other such things -- methods that...more
On the one hand, I feel like I can completely relate to the idea of being left-brained. On the other hand, my understanding from other sources is that there is no scientific basis for the concept that some people are "left-brained" and others are "right-brained." I find this paradoxical. I wish Beals would talk a little bit more about herself -- is it really just her child that she's talking about or herself too? Beals has an interesting and active blog for people interested ...more
I haven't actually read it, nor do I plan to at this time. I debated deleting it completely but if someone is lurking and sees the autism shelf... Atleast there will be a list of reading options available.
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