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Am I Right-Brained Dominant?

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I’ve found that people either oversimplify their attempts to figure out this question, or get bogged down into the nitty-gritty details of testing scores. In the first camp, one can find a lot of “tests” on-line that determine brain dominance. … Continue reading

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Do Right-Brained Learners Gravitate to Unschooling?

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I’ve had a theory for a while now that I believe most people who end up unschooling do so because the parent choosing to unschool is a right-brained learner, or the child in question is a right-brained learner. In my … Continue reading

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A Call for Right-Brained Resource Reviews

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On my Homeschooling Creatively list, a member posted a link to a new geography resource using the notebooking format. It featured the continent of Africa. My first thought was that I’d never seen notebooking or lapbooking work for my children. … Continue reading

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My Readers Ask: Don’t All Children Prefer Passion-Inspired Learning?

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Michele asked: I only have right-brained children, but I have to wonder why all children wouldn’t benefit from passion-inspired learning versus teacher-enforced learning. I’m honestly trying to learn here. Do left-brained children buck this type of thing like our right-brained … Continue reading

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Right-Brained Math: Concepts to Facts

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I was asked to speak about a section in my book, The Right Side of Normal, that I’ll share here: First, a definition from Chapter Twelve, “Building the Road to Math Competency:” There’s a difference between arithmetic and mathematics. Here’s … Continue reading