Concepts in itself the right and left are quite difficult for children's understanding. Far not at once the child understands, what is it. But by the time of receipt in school he not only has to know where he the right and left hand, but also itself has to be able to apply these concepts. Otherwise it will be difficult for it to understand the teacher and also to learn to read and write.
Knowledge of own body
For the kid a phrase "go on the left" does not speak about anything. For a start he needs to remember where the right and left parties on the example of own body. To facilitate to the child this storing, you can tie, for example, on a wrist of the right hand a thread. Now the kid will have a reference point: where a thread - there and the right hand. Try to give as often as possible to the child of the instruction in a game and in life, using a concept right, prompting at the same time that it where a thread. For example, putting on the child, you ask it to give the right leg.
The very first games on storing of the sides of a body very simple: raise the right hand, close the left eye, show the left ear, etc. At first the kid has to show all this on the body. On a body of other person standing opposite, the right and left are interchanged the position; to understand it, the kid will need a lot of time. Therefore and it is better to play such games, standing near the child or a back to him.
"To the right" and "on the left" as the movement in the necessary party
For slightly grown up child it is possible to think out more difficult games. In such games it will be required not only to remember to him, where the right and left, but also to move in this direction. It is possible to interface training in the directions of the movement and the account. For example, you can ask the child to turn and/or take blindly a certain quantity of steps to the necessary party. Then the kid has to guess also blindly everything where he appeared. It is fine to play such game with the child about three years. If he does not know the account at all, you can just ask it: "turn on the left, step, step, turn to the right"", etc. In such game the child not only remembers where the right and left, but also learns to be guided in space.
Orientation on a leaf
Only after the child learned on own body where the right and left parties, it is possible to teach him to be guided on the sheet of paper. It is not obligatory to think out difficult and intricate games. Just when the child sits down to draw, ask it to represent something on the right or at the left on a leaf. At first it is better to use only one concept of the instruction: "draw the sun on the right side". Already then it is possible to attach concepts a top/bottom and to give more difficult instructions: "represent a grass in the bottom of a leaf at the left", for example. It is possible to buy special notebooks for classes with the child. Choose such which suit him on age. In them you not only can perform the available tasks, but also think out the. For example, ask to paint over the most right subject on a leaf. That it was simpler to child to be guided on a leaf, before drawing ask it to put hands on sheet edges and remind him where the right and left hand. Let the child at the same time will guess that the right side of a leaf where the right hand.
Graphic dictation
One more way to learn the right and left is a graphic dictation. It is better to carry out it with the child of 5-7 years. To the child will be younger to carry out a dictation too difficult. The essence of a dictation is that the child needs to conduct the handle or a felt-tip pen the line on sections according to the instruction. As a result any pattern or the drawing turns out. At first give to the child absolutely simple patterns. For example, 1 section up, 1 to the right, 1 down, 1 to the right, etc. When the child understands an essence that he needs to do, you can complicate the instruction. By means of a graphic dictation it is possible to draw various animals, fortresses and anything. You can find drawings for a graphic dictation in special notebooks of preparation for school or independently think out. It is always important to use paper in a section. The section size at the same time depends on age of the child: the he is more senior, the more small than a section. One more basic moment: before carrying out a graphic dictation do not show to the child the drawing which at it has to turn out as a result.