Teaching For The Multiple Intelligences

Program Slide 19

Creating Balance through the Senses

Left Brain, Right Brain

Jean Houston’s song about the brain is an effective and rhythmic chant that easily explains some of the right- and left hemisphere functions.

The sign ^ indicates a slight rest or a place to clap. Notice how different the meaning is when you read rhythmically.

LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
GET ^^^ YOUR HEAD ^^^ TOGETHER.

THE LEFT BRAIN DISCUSSES WHAT YOUR EYES CAN SEE,
TEACHERS YOU TO READ AND THE ONE, TWO, THREE.
THE LEFT BRAIN HELPS YOU STRUCTURE YOUR DAY.
IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE A LEFT BRAIN, YOU COULDN’T SAY
THAT THE RIGHT BRAIN PAINTS PICTURES,
RIGHT BRAIN LOVES STORIES,
RIGHT BRAIN MAKES SCRIPTURES,
AND THE RIGHT BRAIN DREAMS GLORIES.

LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
GET ^^^ YOUR HEAD ^^^ TOGETHER.

THE RIGHT BRAIN INTUITS THINGS AS A WHOLE,
SYNTHESIZES, INTEGRATES, BELIEVES IN THE SOUL.
THE RIGHT BRAIN VISUALIZES PATTERNS SO STRANGE.
IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE A RIGHT BRAIN, YOU’D NEVER CHANGE.
AND THE LEFT BRAIN CLOCK WATCHES,
LEFT BRAIN LOVES ORDER.
LEFT BRAIN HATES BLOTCHES, AND THE
LEFT BRAIN MAKES BORDERS.

LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
GET ^^^ YOUR HEAD ^^^ TOGETHER.

AND THE CORPUS CALLOSUM ACTS LIKE A ROAD
FOR THE TWO BRAINS TO SHARE EACH OTHER’S LOAD.
IN ANY GIVEN SECOND THERE’S A QUADRILLION THINGS
THAT THE BRAIN PUTS TOGETHER AND THAT’S HOW IT SINGS.
WHOLE BRAIN WANTS TEACHING.
WHOLE BRAIN NEEDS LEARNING
WHOLE BRAIN’S OUTREACHING.
THE WHOLE BRAIN IS YEARNING.

LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN ^ GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER.
GET ^^^ YOUR HEAD ^^^ TOGETHER.

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