What is the difference between the left and right brain?
Reading is a left-brained skill. As children, the right brain is filled with all sorts of “files” of recognizing family members and the emotions these people bring, to learning and remembering songs, having family experiences, learning how to use objects, etc. The left-brain is used for learning the names of objects and building vocabulary. As children learn to label letters, their left brains are beginning to build files to learn to read. It’s important to expose children to print at an early age in order to have those left-brain “file folders” ready for achievement in reading fluency, writing, and speaking effectively. The right brain, in my opinion, is the FUN side of the brain! That’s where we store our experiences, and where we’re able to recall memories quickly through music and movement. (I like to say the right brain has all of our “big fat files” of information.) In a nutshell, the right brain looks at the whole “puzzle”, while the left brain looks at each “little piece”. I be
