Right hand, left foot

Games for telling body sides and directions apart, and checking which hand, eye and foot lead – for Left-Handers Day.

Steps

1. Warm-up: 'Touch your right ear with your left hand', 'Stamp twice with your right foot' – faster and faster.
2. Mirror: pairs face each other, one shows movements and the other mirrors them. Talk: why does right become left in a mirror?
3. Check what leads: which hand do you throw with, which eye do you look through a paper telescope with, which foot do you kick with?
4. Everyone notes their results in a table and the class compares: how many right-handers and left-handers do we have?
5. Finally a maze board: pupils guide a partner with words – right, left, straight on.

Tip: Never switch a child's hand – left-handedness is natural. If hand, eye and foot don't lead on the same side and the child struggles, it's worth talking to a specialist.

Materials needed

• Foam balls (2–3)