ORIVERSITY
Oriville, Oriland

LECTURES

THE FOLDING - A METHOD OF BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
(Based on the art of origami)

Shumakova K, Shumakov Y

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The “Folding-Method” we developed, allows development of psychomotor and cognitive abilities in children and adults based on various activities of the right and left hemispheres. The method is based on application of the art of origami.

Left Brain

Right Brain

Spoken language

Written language

Number skills

Reasoning

Scientific skills

Left-hand control

Insight

3-D forms

Imagination

Art awareness

Music awareness

• activation of the right and left hemispheres;
• development of fine 'motor skills' of the hands;
• development of intelligence;
• activation of creative thinking;
• development of spatial imagination and visual accuracy.

The specially organized employment of origami will help the child to develop more fully, using mental resources, opportunity for the development of the right and left hemispheres.

Also, the "Folding - Method " can be applied in correctional and therapeutical purposes, as a means to increase psycho - emotional conditions, decrease uneasiness and optimization of the functional condition.

So, the "Folding - Method" of bilateral development combines in itself: a psychophysiological basis of activation of hemispheres while using an activity with the sensation of a game. It results in satisfaction from work, paints positive emotional experience, utilizes multimodal activation of mental abilities, and novelty.