10 tests to know if your child is right-handed or left-handed

13/04/2022

From the age of 3, you can play these simple games with your child to see which way they lean (but remember that until the age of 6-7 you will not fully know if they are right-handed or left-handed): 1. How you eat The first clue at an early age comes to us through cutlery. From the age of 3, children begin to prefer the right or left hand. 2. Throw him a ball With which hand did you grab it? Now he asks me to throw it to you... Do you notice if he always does it with the same hand? Does he do it with the same skill if you ask him to use the other hand? 3. Ask to open the door with a key or latch Which way does the key or latch turn? To the right or to the left? The normal thing for a right-hander is to turn the key to the right to open the door, and to the left to close it. Lefties, on the other hand, tend to move their hand to the other side. 4. The scissors With what hand do you use them? Ask him to cut something out of a piece of paper. For a left-hander, gripping the scissors (which are normally designed for right-handers) becomes quite a problem... 5. With which hand do you brush your teeth? We grasp the toothbrush instinctively, to make it easier for us to move it from one side to another. Left-handed children will do it with their left hand. 6. Watch when she combs her hair Which hand do you use to hold the comb or brush? 7. The pen Left-handed children hold the pen and paints with the left hand. They tend to write on the opposite side of the paper. How does your son do it? 8. Twist the lid off a jar Ask your child to open the lid of a jar (make sure it is not too strong). Left-handed children will try to open it to the left, while right-handed children will instinctively open it to the right. 9. Blow your nose With which hand does your son blow his nose? Do you use your right or left hand? 10. To check the dominance of the foot, eye and ear Your child may be right-handed, but have a different foot dominance. To test whether he's right-footed or left-footed, do simple tests, such as asking him to kick a ball, toss it to the ground and catch it with one foot, or asking him to hop on one foot or land on a single jump. foot. Ask him to do it with both feet. You will immediately notice that with one of them he is much more skilled. The same goes for the eyes and ears. To find out which eye is dominant, ask your child to wink, look through a telescope, or look through a magnifying glass. What eye do you use? For the ear, you can use very simple tricks like asking him to listen to a small radio at a very low volume (Which ear does he hold it to?) or try to listen to your heart in his chest (Which ear does he hold it to?). Remember that a child can present a homogeneous laterality (hand, foot, eye and left or right ear are dominant) or crossed (when a child uses the right hand but has a dominance in foot, eye or left ear, for example). ). A left-handed person is one who has a preference for using the left hand for a variety of actions such as catching, reaching, throwing, playing, pointing, writing, and manipulating.