How old is your dd? Most children don't show a definite preference for handedness until they are 2 or 3. Does your dd show a preference for her left hand? It is pretty well accepted that trying to "train" a child to use the hand that isn't their preference isn't good for the child.
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You might try checking out our schooling forums and seeing if anyone there has any ideas. My father and mil are both lefties and complain about how everything is designed for righties. I had never thought about how annoying it must be when everything is designed opposite of what you need.
Good luck. I hope you find some useful information.
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Good luck. I hope you find some useful information.
Wow -- I never thought of lefty toys for young ones! I am a lefty, & was totally bummed when the store "The Lefty Spot" closed down right after I found out about it's existence. Maybe you could find some online stores? Have fun -- and remember they say that left handed people are in their right minds!
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Oh yea -- the scissors are a must! And great fun in getting back at siblings when they come to visit at your house & try to use them.
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Don't mind me, just a repressed leftie gettin' back at her sis. :LOL
The writing thing -- you may want to help her learn to write while dragging her hand under the line of script:
words here xxx <-- pencil tip
hand down here
This will contribute to a little less control at first, but will be much nicer in that she won't have nasty pencil rubbings all over the side of her hand or arm.
Maybe with toys you'll want to do more of avoiding toys that won't work -- oh - you'll want a lefty baseball mitt if she plays at all (even just gym class, when the time comes), since no one will have one for her & it's about impossible to use a righty one.
The writing thing -- you may want to help her learn to write while dragging her hand under the line of script:
words here xxx <-- pencil tip
hand down here
This will contribute to a little less control at first, but will be much nicer in that she won't have nasty pencil rubbings all over the side of her hand or arm.
Maybe with toys you'll want to do more of avoiding toys that won't work -- oh - you'll want a lefty baseball mitt if she plays at all (even just gym class, when the time comes), since no one will have one for her & it's about impossible to use a righty one.
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