To concentrate attention – it means to be able to focus on one occupation, without being distracted by others. The attention and observation of the child need to learn – as well as to skills of self-service, reading, the account. And it is better to begin training with early age of the kid.
Instruction
1. The child of one and a half-two years is capable to concentrate attention on one subject no more than 5-10 minutes, three-year-old children – 12-20 minutes. The ability by effort of will to distract from interesting in favor of necessary is called any attention. Keep in mind that completely it is formed at the child only by 6-7 years. And to this age children can acquire only what impresses them, surprises most strongly. Therefore a cheerful game, an intrigue will be the best occupation for training of the kid in attention and concentration.
2. Begin to train concentration and attention at the child from daily affairs: teach to display the kid the ironed clothes, trying not to mix the socks and handkerchiefs, to put away tableware in different cells. Under your supervision suggest the child to sort different grades of haricot in two containers: white and red. Put in the children's room several boxes for different types of toys. Let the kid put separately cubes, machines and soldiers. Train concentration and classes applique, collecting of puzzles, designing.
3. During walk try to draw the attention of the kid to quantity of birds near a bench or cars in the yard. In a couple of hours, having come home, ask how many they were. Such exercises help to train visual attention. Play with objects or pictures: show to the child a little, then ask it to turn away, at this time remove one picture. The kid has to remember and call the subject removed by you. Spread out several images of animals on a table, put the picture with fruit nearby. Let the child will call an excess subject and will explain the choice.
4. You learn with the child by heart small poems, after a while you ask to repeat them. Acoustical attention also such game will help to train. The kid has to turn away or narrow eyes, and you rustle with the crumpled paper at this time, rattle pans, knock with a plastic cup, pour water from one capacity in another. The task of the child is to guess how you "made" a sound. Then you can trade places with the kid.