How to develop concentration in children.

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Why is it difficult for a child to concentrate?

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The younger the child, the shorter the period of time during which he can maintain attention: at an early age, it is only five to nine minutes. Young children can quickly switch between objects and activities and this is normal: so at their age, arousal and inhibition alternate. The concentration process depends on many factors, including the situation the child is in on a daily basis.

The influence of gadgets.

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If your children have uncontrolled access to devices, this affects their ability to concentrate. A long stay on a computer, TV, tablet or smartphone tires the child's psyche.

Attention becomes unstable, distracted, it is more difficult for a child to pack and focus on less bright objects. Modern technologies are important, necessary, but while dealing with a fragile and developing nervous system, it is important to limit those information flows so intense that they can quickly overload it.

Importance of the family environment.

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One of the most important factors in a child's development is psychological security. If the child feels love, acceptance and care, if not only his physiological, but also psychological, emotional needs are met, the attention will be constant and lasting. Your child will be able to focus easily and spend enough time doing interesting things.

The reverse is also true: the difficult atmosphere in the family only hinders full development. Neither attention nor other components of cognitive processes can function normally if the child:

worries that they do not meet the parents' expectations and requirements;
fear punishment or negative evaluation;
Feel your own insecurity against a large threatening world.

It is useless to put pressure on the child, if something does not work for him, he will not be able to concentrate on the task. It is important to create an atmosphere of goodwill, acceptance, support.

If you are too concerned about the child getting bored, constantly and frequently changing toys, photos, books in front of him, carrying him incessantly, the child will not learn to control his attention and concentration. It is important to give the child more time, wait for cognitive interest to awaken, and be careful in supporting this interest.

There are cases in which the inability to maintain attention is physiologically determined: injuries, genetic diseases, mental retardation and other deviations. In this case, the problem manifests itself already in early childhood and will be clearly visible to a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist.

If the concentration of attention is reduced due to psychological trauma or immaturity of the nervous system, then you can contact a neurologist and child psychologist for diagnosis and correction.

How to develop concentration

The ability to focus on a certain activity without being distracted is an important condition for mastering any skill.

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You can train this from the first months of life. After all, the child's attention begins to develop from the moment the visual focus functions of the gaze mature, and this occurs even before three months of age.

At an early age, play is primarily an occasion for personal contact with the child. In this period, starting from the year, you can play simple games with your children to develop attention, such as hide and seek.

Use musical instruments: ring the bell, rattle, play the drum without showing it to the baby, and ask what it sounds like. Listening to music and discussing it is very helpful. Build constructor towers, read books and ask questions about the content, consider pictures, start classifying objects: *** this will all be useful for concentration training. ***

It is very important that you do not rush the child and do not express your dissatisfaction if you do not respond very quickly. Otherwise, the baby will become anxious because he doesn't meet his requirements, because he is "behind." At the same time, the higher mental functions (thinking, memory, attention) are immediately deactivated.

For preschool-age kids, there are plenty of good prints with care tasks: These are drawn mazes and pictures where you need to look for differences. There are many games that are suitable for a large group of children. It is in the preschool period that children are very interested in communicating with their peers.

In order for your child to focus and be attentive, it is very important that you pay attention to him yourself. Be sensitive, patient, and you will see the result.