Hello all! I hope you had a good day today. The thoughts of 20 children are still in my mind for the majority of the day, as I am sure they are on yours as well. It is hard focus on daily life sometimes, when such a tragedy occurred. But, I feel a sense of normalcy is good, yet I know I will never forget those beautiful faces. I was once a first grade teacher…they are just babies.
In honor of those sweet little lives, I wanted to piggy back on the “What’s in a name"?” series. When I think of first graders, I think back to how amazing it was to see their writing progress. It truly is amazing.
So, today I wanted share what I have learned about hand domination. Many parents want to know if their child will be a lefty or a righty. All in all it does depend on where you might need to sit at the dinner table, so your not bumping elbows with each other!
source: Discovery Education
According to Marianne Gibbs from Write Out of the Box, children generally develop hand dominance between the ages of 4 and a half to 6 years of age.
So, this means that some of our Pre-K students may have not developed hand dominance yet. Each student is different and it is important to embrace the differences.
As parents or teachers it is important that we do not force our hand dominance onto children. Is the world a little easier for right-handed people (considering we are the majority)? Yes, I suppose it is. But, it is not appropriate to force or train your child’s hand to fit in with the majority. We need to make sure to remember to hand children objects at their midline, or the belly button. Even when our kids our infants and we are handing them toys, try not to show a preference my handing the object to their right or left hand.
Can you imagine how frustrating it would be writing with your non-dominant hand, all because someone thought you should be right handed, when your left is where it’s at?
How do I know when my child’s hand dominance has emerged? Well, observe them. Do they cross their midline with a particular hand to grab something? For example: if I were right handed and I reached to grab the salt and pepper that was to the left of me, using my right hand, I cross my midline to get the s&p. If you see this repeatedly, chances are that the hand that is crossing the midline is their dominant hand.
What hand do you use??
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