What is meskering?

Meskering is making the same movements with a crayon, pencil or your fingers on an upright board with two hands at the same time. You can do these moves on a meskerboard or on the sides of an open door. During meskering, both hemispheres of the brain are active. After all, your left hemisphere controls your right hand and your right hemisphere controls your left hand. When both hands are drawing, both hemispheres of the brain become active and work together. This way the movements are synchronized with each other.

So you mesker to make your brain hemispheres work together, but why is that?

Movement creates connections in your brain. Knowledge and information flow along these connections. These connections are therefore necessary in order to be able to learn. With your left brain you learn letters and with your right brain the letters form words. If there is a connection between left and right you can make words from letters and that is called reading. Children who practice daily for several weeks improve motor skills, reading, spelling and arithmetic.

For which children is meskering suitable?

You can start meskering when a child starts reading. Mesking is also recommended for children who have difficulty with motor skills and who cannot write for long or properly.

-Children who have difficulty with reading, spelling and arithmetic and who show little growth.

-Children with dyslexia and/or dyscalculia

-Children who think visually

When will you see results?

Drawing a few times on a chalkboard won’t make the difference. You will really need to mesker for 10 to 15 minutes daily or at least 3 times a week and keep it up for 6 to 8 weeks. Then, when improvement is visible, maintain it 1x a week.

Where can I buy a mesker board?

Click here for the webshop that sells mesker boards, you can choose from a smaller version for use at home and a pro version for children who use mesker boards at school and in a children’s practice.

Who can help me learn how to mesker?

Click here for a personal consult. In this practice, meskering and learning through movements are used for children with learning difficulties. You learn how to mesker and whether this is most suitable for your child.