Whether it is reading a book or playing with toys, some children who are "like the new and tired of the old" often play for a few minutes and will throw them aside; some children seem to be very forgetful, just told him things, turn around and forget, in fact, these are related to the child's attention.
Attention is the same as other abilities, some children are born with poor concentration, are easily disturbed by the outside world, and are easier to be distracted. However, as long as you train, your child's concentration will increase rapidly. Here are 7 ways to improve concentration, but start training before your child is 3 years old.
1. Reduce interference factors
Whether children play with toys or write homework, the reason why they can't concentrate and can't concentrate is because there are too many distractions around them, such as snacks, mobile phones, television, lack of sleep, etc.
Therefore, if you want to improve your child's concentration, you must first start by removing the interference factors around your child, starting from changing your lifestyle.
2. Stimulate vestibular development
Some children are often distracted, running around all day, sitting down and shaking their legs constantly, and it is difficult for children to calm down. This is related to the child's vestibular underdevelopment. Parents may wish to take their children to play slides, swings and other speed-sensitive games, give children a sufficient time to discharge, so that they will be quiet.
3. Less interruptions
Many children will be distracted and unable to focus on one thing for a long time, which is mostly related to the situation that parents have love to interrupt their children. Parents want their children to concentrate, they must let their children experience the feeling of "single-mindedness", and they must be less disturbed in life.
When children play, parents should not keep stuffing other toys and feeding their children, and do not always ask children various irrelevant questions to interrupt their thinking. Giving your child a quiet space to concentrate on what they love is training your child's concentration.
4. Simplify the complex
Children around the age of 3 are developing rapidly both physically and intellectually, and they are unable to understand complex steps and think for a long time due to insufficient comprehension and concentration skills. Therefore, when we teach our children, we must divide a thing into several small tasks and guide the children to complete them step by step, which can not only train concentration, but also enhance children's self-confidence.
5. Set a small goal
For 3-year-olds, focusing on one thing for 10 minutes is already a bit overworked. Parents may wish to try "short time, high load" games to improve their children's concentration, such as allowing children to separate different colors of beans in 3 minutes and make a game of "finding differences" in 5 minutes. Parents use different time-limiting games to achieve the purpose of improving their children's concentration time.
6. Increase the driving force
Sometimes, children can't focus on one thing because they're not interested in it. If parents want to improve their children's concentration, they must start by stimulating their children's motivation, and may wish to try a little reward, high-quality companionship and other methods to make the child fully engaged.
7. Correct cognition
Concentration, like other abilities, needs to be improved, and parents should not be too anxious. In general, it's remarkable that a 3-year-old can spend 15 minutes focusing on one thing.
We can't be too hasty when we do concentration training for children, we must give the child's brain a time to relax, otherwise the training will not have any effect, and it will also cause the child's disgust.