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How to teach a child to distinguish between right and left: very simple – through play
01.10.2024 13:37
It is worth starting to teach your child spatial orientation from a very early age so that when he becomes a schoolchild, he does not confuse the concepts of “right” and “left”.
With very little children, you should talk about everything, while excluding babble and calling things by their proper names.
For example, when you are simply spending time in one of the rooms, draw the child's attention to the corners: what is in the right corner, and what toy was thrown into the left corner.
When dressing your child, draw his attention to the fact that you put the shoe on the left foot, and then on the right. Do the same with socks, mittens, trousers and sweaters.
This may seem insignificant, but in fact it is systematic training that develops the child's associative memory.
When stroking your baby and teaching him body parts, immediately indicate where the left ear is and where the right one is, where the left eye is and where the right one is.
After this, you can consolidate the knowledge gained through games.
Listen to my command
The leader (mom or dad) gives commands: raise your right hand, jump on your left leg, raise your left hand, stomp your right foot. At the end, swap places with your baby – it will be even more interesting.
Drawing with palms
Using two colors, ask your child to make prints of, say, the left palm using red paint and the right palm using green paint.
Then you can draw alternately with your left and right hands, and then with both hands at the same time.
In which hand
You need to not only show your hand with the object hidden in it, but also name it. At first, it will be difficult for the baby to cope with the mirror image, but you need to immediately say the correct side so that the baby understands where left and right are for him, and where for you.
