Left-Handedness - Help!!!

[sophia jane]

My daughter, who will be two in December, is left-handed. No doubt about it. She also LOVES to draw on her magna doodle. The problem is that the damn string gets in the way of her drawing and she gets easily frustrated. So... anyone have left handed suggestions or helpful hints?
I've tried to just let her use paper and crayons, but she tends to sneak the crayons around and color on things she shouldn't (or stick them in her mouth and nose), so crayons aren't the best option. I hate to discourage her artistic endeavours, though, so any recommendations would be very much appreciated.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Turn it upside down.

When you teach her to write, or cut or draw, using a mirror.

Also keep in mind that most folks are not completly left or right handed (suprising as this is to most) So don't assume that just becuase she writes with her left hand she will also catch with her left hand, bat with her left hand, cut or eat with her left hand.

I'm a lefty, but fuck if I can cut with my left hand or using lefty scissors.

Hope this helps.

You might also check the library or book store about lefthanded ness. Some of it's informative, some of it's just fun.

Lefties rule!

 

[Dar~]

Take the string out of the hole on the right side and drill a small hole on the left. Tie the string into that hole. it should only take you a few minutes.

 

[minsue]

Turn it upside down.

Exactly.


She'll learn to cope, hun. We all do. Not much choice, all things considered.

 

[Alex756]

Color wonder markers.

They really do only mark on the paper they are designed for.

-Alex

 

[minsue]

Color wonder markers.

They really do only mark on the paper they are designed for.

-Alex

Yeah, but isn't there a slight delay before the color shows up? Some of us have enough trouble staying in the lines without the added issue of not being able to see where you're coloring....

 

[sophia jane]

Turning it upside will work when she's old enough to understand what the hell we're doing. And the drill option is interesting, but I don't know anyone in their right mind who would give me the use of power tools.

I'm right handed and all my family and my other kids are all right handed, so I guess I'm just trying to make sure I'm a good mom for my leftie. Thanks for the tips.

 

[Dar~]

Yeah, but isn't there a slight delay before the color shows up? Some of us have enough trouble staying in the lines without the added issue of not being able to see where you're coloring....

My daughter thinks they are delicious.

 

[Dar~]

Turning it upside will work when she's old enough to understand what the hell we're doing. And the drill option is interesting, but I don't know anyone in their right mind who would give me the use of power tools.

I'm right handed and all my family and my other kids are all right handed, so I guess I'm just trying to make sure I'm a good mom for my leftie. Thanks for the tips.

SJ, Have the Ex do it. Its really simple to do. I did it for my nephew.

 

[cloudy]

Yeah, but isn't there a slight delay before the color shows up? Some of us have enough trouble staying in the lines without the added issue of not being able to see where you're coloring....

The ones that mini-spidey had showed up immediately, just like regular markers. With cream colored carpet, they were a life-saver, even if it was hard as hell to find that special paper sometimes.

 

[minsue]

Turning it upside will work when she's old enough to understand what the hell we're doing. And the drill option is interesting, but I don't know anyone in their right mind who would give me the use of power tools.

I'm right handed and all my family and my other kids are all right handed, so I guess I'm just trying to make sure I'm a good mom for my leftie. Thanks for the tips.

I was the only lefty in my family and I turned out ok. Sort of.

Don't worry, hun. Kids is kids. Just don't put the spoon on the right hand side of the cereal bowl. I've been told it annoyed the hell out of me at her age to have to move it to the left side every time.

 

[sophia jane]

I was the only lefty in my family and I turned out ok. Sort of.

Don't worry, hun. Kids is kids. Just don't put the spoon on the right hand side of the cereal bowl. I've been told it annoyed the hell out of me at her age to have to move it to the left side every time.

I'm okay with that since she refuses to use silverware at this point.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I was the only lefty in my family and I turned out ok. Sort of.

Don't worry, Sophia Jane, the way Min turned out has nothing to do with being a lefty!

 

[minsue]

Don't worry, Sophia Jane, the way Min turned out has nothing to do with being a lefty!

Not true! I was traumatized by the inability to work a can opener until we got an electric one... *sob*

 

[kendo1]

Lots of kids go through left-handedness, it doesn't always stick. And it doesn't matter if it does stick. If I remember right, lefties are more likely to have dyslexia-something to watch out for.

My son used his left hand for his knife when eating, but changed about two years ago. He also liked to draw with his left hand when he was at nursery.

He's normal now though!

 

[carsonshepherd]

Not true! I was traumatized by the inability to work a can opener until we got an electric one... *sob*

why the hell aren't you at work anyway?

 

[minsue]

why the hell aren't you at work anyway?

I work 4 ten hour days and have Fridays off.

 

[kendo1]

Part-timer, huh?

 

[minsue]

Part-timer, huh?

At 40 hours/week? Not where I come from. I do miss my overtime, though. *le sigh*

 

[Belegon]

I work 4 ten hour days and have Fridays off.

Damn. I work 5 ten hour days and get paid for four...hint: when they explain "salary vs. hourly" to you, always remember...they wouldn't do it if it did not benefit THEM....

 

[oggbashan]

I have three left-handed daughters. The youngest has just qualified as a medical doctor.

We had to buy left-handed scissors, left handed this and that...

There are now shops for left-handers. Search the net. You may find a lefthnaded version.

Me? I'm ambi-sinistrous - equally useless with both hands. My brother is ambidextrous. My wife and mother-in-law would have been lefties but were discouraged at school by being hit on the left hand with a heavy ruler.

My father was ambidextrous and so was my grandfather, greatgrandfather and further generations back. My mother would have been left-handed but was 'cured' at school in the 1920s.

There's a lot of us around.

Og

 

[Liar]

Not true! I was traumatized by the inability to work a can opener until we got an electric one... *sob*

Bah, it's all in adaptation of the grip. I never had a problem with that.

Now I have a nifty thing with a crank.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

There are no real tricks to being left handed. Some parts are good, some are a pain in the ass. In school you get to use the scissors with the green handles, but in gym class there are never any left handed gloves for baseball. So it's a tradeoff.

Personally, I learned to do alot of things right handed by necessity and by accident. I write and catch left handed, can't do either of those thinfgs right handed to save my life. But when I bat, I'm a switch hitter and I play golf right handed. A left handed person playing golf right handed typically has a very strong drive because the left arm, (the dominant arm) is pulling and typically is stronger. And it's true, I have a very strong drive, I've hit the ball off the end of the driving range many times. Unfortunatly it also gives me a wicked slice and I've sliced it over the side nets and out into the parking lot before. Again, a give and take.

Just keep in mind that when she's using paints and markers that she's going to have a tendancy to rub the side of her left hand thru whatever she just wrote and will constantly have a smudge on the side of her hand.

 

[Liar]

The only thing that really sucks about being a southpaw is writing with an ink pen. I trail my hand in what I've just written and get ink rubs that I can barely wash away.

What's interresting is that if I wrote in arabic, or hebrew, I'd have the same problem if I was right handed.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

The only thing that really sucks about being a southpaw is writing with an ink pen. I trail my hand in what I've just written and get ink rubs that I can barely wash away.

What's interresting is that if I wrote in arabic, or hebrew, I'd have the same problem if I was right handed.

I know what you mean. I have a couple of fountain pens that I love but they are such a pain sometimes.