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Happy to be Left-Handed

Left-Handedness - Recognize it easily - Nurture it properly - Let it shine!
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208 Seiten
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Left Hander's Worlderschienen am25.11.2021Happy to be Left-Handed
Left-handedness is a remarkable topic!Why? Because it affects every second person on the planet! This book dispels popular myths about left-handers, and provides targeted advice on how to nurture left-handedness.Left-hander or right-hander?It is always possible to find out!Tried-and-trusted indicators will enable you to determine whether or not you, your child or someone else you know is left-handed. Help is also at hand in the form of a new quick test for left-handedness in children and adults.Everyone benefits if left-handers are empowered to use their stronger side. This book is an indispensable guide on how to do just that.Further information (including video and audio material) is available at: www.happy-to-be-left-handed.commehr
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KlappentextLeft-handedness is a remarkable topic!Why? Because it affects every second person on the planet! This book dispels popular myths about left-handers, and provides targeted advice on how to nurture left-handedness.Left-hander or right-hander?It is always possible to find out!Tried-and-trusted indicators will enable you to determine whether or not you, your child or someone else you know is left-handed. Help is also at hand in the form of a new quick test for left-handedness in children and adults.Everyone benefits if left-handers are empowered to use their stronger side. This book is an indispensable guide on how to do just that.Further information (including video and audio material) is available at: www.happy-to-be-left-handed.com
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-948352-03-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
ErscheinungsortD- 25746 Heide
ErscheinungslandDeutschland
Erscheinungsjahr2021
Erscheinungsdatum25.11.2021
AuflageHappy to be Left-Handed
Seiten208 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht575 g
Artikel-Nr.50363692

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Happy to be LEFT-HANDEDTable of contentsForewordForeword to the second, revised editionForeword to the English editionPart I - A general introduction to left-handednessChapter 1: Is there such thing as a typical left-hander?Chapter 2: Is left-handedness hereditary?Chapter 3: What percentage of people are left-handed?Chapter 4: Do retrained left-handers experience difficulties?Part II - Left-handers at nursery school Chapter 5: Are a lot of children still forced to switch hands?Chapter 6: What if our child can t decide if they are left or right-handed?Chapter 7: What tools and materials does a left-hander need in the first six years of their life?Part III - Left-handers at schoolChapter 8: Why do left-handers write in the hook position?Chapter 9: Do left-handers really learn differently to right-handers?Chapter 10: What tools and materials does a left-hander need during their school years?Chapter 11: Why do teachers need a comprehensive knowledge of left-handedness?Chapter 12: Why do essays by left-handers often miss the point?Part IV - Adult left-handersChapter 13: What special consumer goods do adult left-handers need?Chapter 14: Do left-handers exhibit particular weaknesses?Chapter 15: Do we live in a right-handed world?Chapter 16: Are retrained left-handers better off switching back to left-handedness?Part V - Specialist questionsChapter 17: Is it possible to test for left-handedness?Chapter 18: Does the retraining of handedness cause dyslexia and dyscalculia?Chapter 19: Can you predict the handedness of twins?Chapter 20: Why are highly gifted people often left-handed?My 10 Golden RecommendationsAppendixIllustrative photosFurther readingYour Handedness Family TreePhoto creditsQuick handedness test for 0 to 4-year-olds.Quick handedness test for adultsAcknowledgementsIndexAbout the authormehr
Vorwort
Foreword to the second, revised and extended editionDear Readers,Since the publication of the first edition of this book, I have received many heartening readers letters and helpful suggestions. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to offer you my deepest gratitude. Your ideas and inspiration have been incorporated into this second, revised and extended edition.Time and again, your feedback has confirmed that a new awareness of left-handedness can lead to unforeseen insights. This blank section of the human map is becoming smaller and smaller thanks to your stories and first-hand experiences of left-handedness. I would be delighted if you passed on your discoveries. With your help, we can fill a significant gap in many people s knowledge of left-handedness.Readers letters and my daily work alike have shown me that one question is almost always given top priority: Is someone left or right-handed?This edition therefore includes new quick tests for left-handedness in children and adults, which will prove to be a valuable tool as you set about answering that question. Both tests are the result of many years of practical experience.What is more, my tips on creating a handedness family tree will enable you to not only gain an overview of the number of left-handers in your family, but also give future generations a range of benefits that your forebears were unable to enjoy. Chapter 4 has been revised and now introduces readers to Simon Spudman. He is a converted left-hander who carries eight burdens on his shoulders. They are a symbol of the trials and tribulations experienced by almost every converted left-hander on a daily basis.The index will help you search for specific terms and topics as you embark on your voyage of discovery into the world of left-handedness. I give you this book in the heartfelt hope that it will enable you to gradually solve the puzzle of left and right-handedness in your own personal way. Put your left foot forward in the direction of happiness!Kind regards,Frank SteinkopfHeide, February 2014mehr
Leseprobe
Chapter 1Is there such a thing as a typical left-hander?Allow me to introduce a typical left-hander in the shape of Lena Leftley, a16-year-old grammar school pupil.Lena is highly sociable, has been voted class president on numerous occasionsand looks after her fellow pupils as if it were the most natural thing in theworld. She sometimes focuses so hard on others that she forgets herself.Even as a ten-year-old, the first thing she did when she arrived home fromschool was to tell her mother about all the interpersonal problems betweenher classmates. It was only once she had gone through every last detail that shewould remark, Oh, by the way Mum, I got another A in my maths test. Lena loves the idea of spending her free time acting in a theatre group, singingin a choir, dancing and painting. She would ideally like to do all four, but she isnot allowed to because it would get in the way of her schoolwork. It sometimesreally annoys Lena s mother that her daughter focuses so much on fun.And that is not all: Lena is also extremely strong-willed, which regularly testsher mother s temper. Even as a four-year-old, Lena would happily repeat arequest 33 times if it meant she got what she wanted, her mother complains. When I said no, she simply didn t hear me. Or perhaps she didn t want to hearme. Where on earth does she get it from? Her parents nevertheless refer to Lena as their sunshine . Lena s left handpossesses greater dexterity, sensitivity, strength, speed and stamina than herright. She also tends to use her left hand when gesticulating. It is fair to say thatLena s left side is her stronger side: She is left-footed, left-eyed and left-eared,carries bags on her left shoulder, wears rings on her left hand and refers to herleft side as her beautiful side .How can we tell if someone is a left-hander or a right-hander ?Both groups are recognisable by not only the hand and foot they use to carryout everyday tasks, but also the eye and ear they favour. What many people donot know: Left-handers can also be identified on the basis of their characteristictraits.Typical signs of left-handedness:⢠Use of the left hand: A true left-hander carries out all everyday tasks usingthe left side of their body. Can you think of twenty such tasks straightaway? Here is a list of indicative examples: Writing, painting, holding a telephone, throwing, tooth brushing, eating, drinking, putting on make-up,using a computer mouse, eating with a spoon, cutting with a knife, usingtools such as a hammer, a pair of pliers or a drill, playing racquet sports,weeding, watering plants, stroking animals.⢠Use of the left foot or leg: Standing on one leg, hopping, jumping overobstacles, long and high-jumping, pushing along a scooter, kicking a football.⢠Use of the left eye: Looking through a viewfinder, looking into a kaleidoscope,taking aim with a bow and arrow or a rifle.⢠Use of the left ear: Listening, using a telephone, leaning towards the speakerduring conversations.People who carry out all important tasks left-handed are referred to as activeleft-handers . I would like to offer you the following definition:Active left-handers write left-handed and carry out important everyday tasks using the leftside of their body (i.e. their left hand, foot, eye and ear).This definition also applies to right-handers, but the other way around.A five-point introduction to left-handednessAnyone who wishes to gain a good understanding of the topic of left-handednessneeds to start with some basic knowledge. I am going to spare you a lot ofspecialist terminology and keep to the most important elements. In my opinion,there are five basic facts you need to know:1. Handedness is pre-programmed into our brain.Our brain consists of a left and a right half. Also referred to as a hemisphere,each half of the brain is about as large as a clenched fist. Perhaps you knowthis already, but there is one issue that is particularly important within the contextof left-handedness: One half of our brain - either the left or the right - is dominant . It is not any larger, more beautiful or rounder than the other half,but simply more active.2. The human body has a contralateral control system.This means that the right hemisphere controls the left hand, foot, eye and ear. Itis in fact responsible for the entire left side of the body, including the skin. Thesame also applies the other way around: The left hemisphere controls the righthand, foot, eye, ear and all the rest of the right side of the body.3. A person with a dominant right hemisphere is therefore left-sided.To put it in simple terms: Lena Leftley is left-handed. Remember that thisapplies to her entire left side, not just to her left hand, foot, eye and ear. One ofthe things Lena has in common with many other left-handers is that she refersto her left side as her beautiful or best side. She means the entire left side ofher body, which is controlled by her dominant right hemisphere. Left-handersalso prefer to have people they love on their left. They therefore feel more atease sitting to the right of their partner.4. Our dominant hemisphere is determined before we are born.This fact is so fundamental that I am simply going to repeat it: Our dominanthemisphere - and with it our handedness - is determined before we are born. Aperson with a dominant right hemisphere is born left-handed; a person with adominant left hemisphere is born right-handed.5. Left-handers exhibit strengths attributable to the right hemisphere.I was once introduced as an expert on left-handedness at a family celebration.Almost immediately, a 35-year-old man came up to me and introduced himselfas a left-hander.He was only half joking when he asked me the following question: So, whatexactly can a specialist in left-handedness do for me? Perhaps I could guess your strengths? I replied.He liked the idea, as did the other guests. My guesses took the form of a seriesof questions: Are you sociable? His wife responded straight away: Yes, he s always the onewho sorts out arguments at the football club. Do you possess any musical or theatrical talent? This time it was the man sneighbour who spoke: Just wait until this evening! Would you describe yourself as imaginative or creative? Yes, responded the35-year-old himself, at work I m known as the ideas man . Are you strong-willed? Who else should chime in but his mother? Even as achild he was stubborn as a mule! Do you have a good sense of colour? His wife joined in once again: He certainlydoes! He picks out matching colours as quick as a flash when we are outshopping for clothes. Is it important to you that justice is done? Yes, as a child I always wanted tobe a judge, confirmed the left-hander. Have you got an eye for the big picture? A slightly baffled colleague answered: Definitely, I have no idea how he manages to keep such close track of everything. It was the left-hander himself who rounded things off by exclaiming Bull seye! The other guests nodded in agreement. We all realised we were sittingwith a true left-hander.Knowledge in a nutshell⢠People with a dominant right hemisphere are left-sided. We callthem left-handers .⢠People with a dominant left hemisphere are right-sided. We callthem right-handers .⢠Our handedness is decided before we are born!⢠Left-handers who write with their left hand and carry out importanteveryday tasks using the left side of their body (i.e. their lefthand, foot, eye and ear) are referred to as active left-handers .⢠Left-handers often exhibit the following strengths: Social skills,imagination, creativity, theatrical talent, willpower, musicality,sense of colour and an eye for the big picture.⢠Right-handers are stronger in the following areas: Numbers, time,order, logic, reporting, recounting and analytical thinking.mehr

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Frank Steinkopf was born in 1961, and is himself left-handed. After gaining his teaching degree, he spent 10 years as a PE teacher at a number of different state schools. He has run an educational therapy practice and advice centre for left-handers since 1995.Frank assists parents in identifying and actively nurturing left-handedness in their children. He also helps adult converted left-handers enhance their quality of life by retraining to use their naturally stronger left side.
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