And whether you thought what actually distinguishes the exceptional child from the average kid? Not ingenuity and not speed of thinking though these associations come to mind the first. We got used to consider mind sign of progress and vital success. However the sharp mind has the "correct" company which puts it on the right track since the earliest childhood. And this company – good concentration of attention. How to teach the kid to concentrate, and the speech will go.
To be attentive
However, not only concentration, but also its stability, attention volume, its distribution. All these concepts experts got used to estimate quality of attention of the person, and then, having estimated them, to bring if necessary to perfection.
Children's attention – fragile piece. Also it develops long and for many years. Of course, under the leadership of parents and the first teachers of the kid. Kids hurry to capture everything therefore easily switch attention from one to another. It is important to carry away, teach to concentrate, to thoughtfully study something.
The attention has to be born with interest. So, you noticed that the child sometimes cannot absolutely be torn off from new objects. Here and the first answer. To create an attention stream, it is necessary to take care of that the chosen object – a new toy, a bright collage, colors, the movement was very interesting to the baby. Sound … Something that will tell: "Look at me, do not come off!" The more at the baby of such objects for examining, listening, study, the more actively he will train the attention.
We collect snowflakes
For this game you need several beautiful cardboard snowflakes. You can make them of brilliant paper or apply paints. Scatter the cut-out snowflakes on a floor and call the baby to play. "Watch what for a miracle happened. Someone paid to us a visit and left something!" Release the kid independently to find snowflakes, without prompting the direction for search of "miracle" in any way. However as soon as the kid will find the first beautiful snowflake – sincerely praise small the good girl and suggest to collect the whole bouquet. "It, probably, the zimushka-winter came and left us the gifts! Let's find them all".
Music and ball
Sound – one more powerful incentive directing our attention. Do you want to make sure? Suddenly call to someone from your house by name or drop a spoon on a floor – each family member, including pets will react. For this reason would be mistake to forget and not to use so smoothly working pedagogical reception as training through a sound.
Both sound, and the movement (which will draw attention of the kid too) – two strongest incentives. Combines their rubber ball. Pick up it and arm with the remote controller from the player loaded with a musical disk. The start – music sounds, the ball jumps on a floor; a pause – silence and inaction. Then again music begins and the ball joins, you knock it about a floor, and then suddenly for the kid stop music and the movement of a ball. The kid will be, without coming off, to keep up with music and a ball. This game develops in a magic way concentration and stability of attention.