ADD Student

I’ve got a couple of really crazy ideas for you and your kids: karoke and closed captions.

I recently read about a new study that shows that singing while reading is an effective way to help both halves of your brain work together.

Most people have one half of their brain that is more dominant than the other.

Right brained people are logical and orderly and often excel at things like math and science.

Left brained people are far less linear in their thinking and tend to be very creative. They tend to be good at things like writing or art.

While almost everyone has a side of the brain that is dominant, most people’s brains integrate the two halves effectively.

Most people with ADHD are left brained and there is a greater chance that the right half of the brain has a more difficult time integrating.

This is part of the reason why ADD brains function (or disfunction) as they do.

So, reading while singing has been proven as a way to bring both sides of the brain together.

Great idea, but how are you seriously going to convince your 12 year old to sing what he’s reading?

Easy. (OK, maybe easy.) Karoke and closed captioning.

Most karoke machines display the words to the song being played. Encourage some fun time playing karoke.

Or turn on a music station on the TV that your child likes and then turn on closed captioning. Now read and sing at the same time.

OK, I admit there’s a possibility that your child will not be excited about singing in the family room.

But maybe with an explanation and some privacy, they might be willing to try.

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