Traits of a right-brained child

The human brain is divided in two different hemispheres -- the right and the left brain. Each of these hemispheres have a unique mode of thinking, which is stark opposite to the other. Most of us, have a strong leaning towards a particular side of the brain. And each side of the brain has a unique thinking style. Depending on which side your child’s brain leans more, you can create a learning environment and activities, which can help him make the most out of his dominant brain personality.

If your little one is creative, loves hands-on activities, very visual, struggles to concentrate and finds hard to cope with traditional learning environment, chances are that your child is a right-brainer. Still unsure how to identify right-brain traits in your child, here are few traits listed for you:

1. Creative: Right-brained children are excited about doing creative stuffs like painting, drawing, or any art related activities.
2. Good memory: Children with dominant right brain tend to have good memory. They can easily recollect images and visual details like colors and sizes, they had seen before.
3. Loves to learn via activities: They love learning by involving in various activities, whether it is crafts, drawing or painting.
4. Intuitive: These kids are very intuitive. They perform a lot of activities based on their intuitive judgement.
5. Spontaneous: Right brain children are not very methodical. They like to do things spontaneously rather than following a rule book or instructions.
6. Day dreamer: These kids would exhibit traits that of a day-dreamer. Loves to dream about situations that will never happen in real life.
7. Imaginative: They are highly imaginative and probably that’s why all the great innovators are right-brainers.
8. Quiet time: Need to spend some time alone, to process new information.
9. Sees the whole idea: These children will focus more on learning or getting the whole picture rather than concentrating only on parts.
10. Not logical: Right-brained children are not very logical.
11. Prefers to work in a group: They love working in a team or group environment rather than solving a problem all alone.
12. Not good with numbers: The right-brainers may not be that great with numbers. They may find it quite repetitive and boring.
13. Excellent spatial awareness: They have great spatial awareness which means the children will have organized knowledge of objects including himself.

Having a right-brain dominant child may seem like too much to handle at times. They tend to be disorganized, super active and find it hard to concentrate on school learning activities. With planning and dedicated teaching approach, you can help your child explore his imaginative side, to bring out the genius in him.