Left-Handed School Supplies for Kids
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Do you have a lefty in your family? Â My oldest child is left-handed. Being left-handed can cause some surprising challenges that I never thought about before! Â We have been researching left-handed school supplies for kids this week to help him out a bit. Why not make it easier for him in this right-handed world?!
Left-Handed Pens:
When I asked him the hardest parts about being left-handed, he always mentions writing, (and shaking hands.) Â He has horrible handwriting and I think it might be due to the fact that he can’t really see what he is writing. Plus his hand smears it as he goes across. I never knew it until this week, but there are left-handed pens! Â They are curved so the lefty can see what he is writing! Â I am ordering some right away for our school year!
Left-Handed Scissors:
Another big challenge is cutting. We have some great left-handed scissors. These have made cutting much easier for my left-handed man! Â They make them for big people and for little hands, too! What makes them different than regular scissors? Â They are reversed from regular scissors. The finger holes are reversed and the blades are, too! Reversing it gives the left-handed kids a clear vision of what they are cutting. When a lefty used right-handed scissors, they have to put their hand in an unnatural position and it can give them callouses. Also, they can’t see what they are cutting as well.
Left-Handed Notebooks:
Notebooks can be flipped backwards or you can get the ones with the spirals on top, that’s what we usually do, but did you know they make left-handed spiral notebooks? Â Writing with the spirals on your arm can be very awkward and uncomfortable.
Pencil Grips for Left-Handed Kids
We used pencil grips a lot when my son was younger to help him learn to hold his pencil the right way. I wrote a post on them a while back. They have some for left-handed kids that work great!
Left Handed Rulers
I had no idea these existed, or that this was a challenge for lefties. Honestly I never thought about it! Â My easy right-handed world has never made me even wonder. So, these left-handed rulers are just backwards. It makes complete sense that this would be easier for them!
Left Handed Computer Mouse
This also was a new concept to me. It makes sense that a mouse would be a challenge to use for  someone who is left handed, especially the curved ones that are meant for the right hand!  When I try to use a computer mouse with my left hand, I feel so incapable!  A left-handed mouse is set up opposite with the buttons.
Left Handed Can Opener
Ok, this is a bit of a stretch in terms of school supplies, but what a great idea to have a can opener made specifically for left-handed people!
Thank you for this article!! I’m going to get that can opener and left-handed pens straight away! We already have our daughter’s mouse set up for a left handed person. We used a free program that switches the buttons around on the mouse! It’s perfect and much cheaper than purchasing a specialized mouse (Anything *specialized* is always more!).
I also really enjoyed noting (get the pun) the note books! I *never* thought about her putting them backwards so she doesn’t have to work over top the spiral! Silly me! We’re going to implement that straight away!!
I am wondering if you have had any success in finding left-handed pencils so they can see while writing? Either retractable or not. My daughter is nine, so she doesn’t need the super fat starter out kind, which is what I keep seeing.
Wonderful article! Thank you so much, you’ve helped us quite a bit. 🙂
I absolutely adore my left-handed scissors, and couldn’t survive w/o them.
I survived w/o left-handed spirals by writing in all of them backwards, which confused people.
And I’ve been wanting a left-handed can opener, and a measuring cup. I so want a left-handed measuring cup.
I cannot believe that these companies are profiting on products fir left handed people?? There is absolutely no difference than fir right handed people and to say ” the challenges ” for left handed people , excuse me but i’m not quite sure what challenges there are to being left handed as apposed to right handed. I think things are becoming a bit ridiculous. This coming from a left handed person .
SO angry that these cost so much more than regular ones. Surely it doesn’t cost that much more to make a left side spiral notebook than a right side one. $6.89??? Regular ones are everywhere for $1 or less.
Grrr!!!
I agree! Not cool.