Many mothers are troubled by this problem. Some people say that children's inattention is related to children's sensory disorders, and the brain and body cannot develop harmoniously, which sounds quite serious. Therefore, parents are always looking for ways to train their children's attention, hoping to achieve results.
French biologist George? Ye Wei once said, "Genius, first of all, is attention. Attention is the window of knowledge, without which the sunshine of knowledge cannot shine in. "
It is difficult for children with immature brains and weak self-control to stay focused. Concentration is a habit and needs to be cultivated from an early age. More importantly, our parents need to devote their attention, pay attention to their children, listen carefully and set an example of staying focused.
When you ask children to write, they will look around, fidget or play with pens. If you want to draw his attention back, keep repeating: "concentrate!" " "As a result, you lost patience. But when you read him his favorite book, he will listen carefully.
Do you know how long a child can concentrate? -Like a ball
Child development experts point out that, generally speaking, the attention duration of 4-and 5-year-old children should be their age multiplied by 2 to 4 minutes or even longer. This estimate, like other parenting rules, also needs specific analysis. "Attention duration needs to be discussed in specific situations," said Dr. Neil Rojas, a pediatrician at the University of California. "Whether the specific situation is just getting up, at noon, before taking a nap or before going to bed late, the results are different in different situations. The duration of attention is flexible. "
Are you a conscientious parent? -Focus. Focus
In order to cultivate children's attention, parents should first put their attention into their children. "Parents are used to stopping. Our attention is usually very scattered. " Dr. Rojas said. "If our attention is very distracted, we will not be able to return to god; If we can't do it ourselves, we cannot ask our children to do it. "
He also pointed out that keeping close to the body can help children improve their attention when giving clear and concise guidance.
The best way for children to concentrate is to get close to each other physically. Don't yell at them about the kitchen or living room. You should walk up to the children, make eye contact with them, keep your posture at eye level, or touch their shoulders and say, "I need you to do this now." If I stop and look at my child and say,' Alex, look at me, what do you need to do now?' He will answer' reading'. Then I would say,' Then show me.'
Did you seal the TV? -Restrict TV.
Parents should limit the time their children watch TV, because watching more TV will reduce their attention span. 20 1 1 A study published in Pediatrics found that fast-paced movies such as Spongebob can reduce the attention span of 4-year-old children. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises children not to spend more than one or two hours a day on the screen (including watching TV and videos, playing computers, mobile phones and games). Moreover, children under 2 years old should not have any screen time and access to any entertainment media tools.
Parents can involve their children in other activities to help them improve their attention span, such as reading, playing crossword puzzles, helping others when cooking, building castles with building blocks, or helping with housework.
You need to turn off the TV and have a good talk with them-if parents can pay attention to their children and listen carefully, they are actually setting an example of staying focused.
We can spell letters with stones, toy cars and wooden blocks, and the arrangement after school is more fixed: we can play for a while, eat snacks and do our homework after we get home.
If you persist in this way for several months, your child's attention will improve and the attention duration will increase. Even if he can't concentrate all the time, he will recover more easily when distracted.
Fish dad personally suggested that the earlier the child's attention training, the better. It will be better to pay attention to the cultivation of attention from a very young age. The following methods can be tried on children.
1. 1. Don't be distracted in class at the first level.
Training purpose: to train students' learning ability, so that students can listen attentively in class, do their homework carefully, take exams carelessly and improve their academic performance.
Training requirements: training 10 minutes every day, homework training after school, parent supervision training, and persistent training every day, with obvious effects.
1. 1. 1. Digital fax
Training method: Parents read each of the following numbers. After listening, children write down the numbers they hear from memory.
For example, parents read: 687 15, and children write on paper after listening: 687 15.
1. 1.2. Listening training
Training method: Parents read the following passage and children listen carefully. When they hear a word "one", they put a "√" on the paper with a pen. After reading, parents count the number of the word "one" until the number recorded by the child is the same as that in the short passage.
There is a bird whose home is on the tallest branch. Its feathers are not plump enough to fly. Every day it just chirps at home and talks to two old birds. They all feel very happy. This morning, it woke up. Two old birds went to look for food. At the sight of the fiery red sun, it was afraid again, because the sun was too big, and it saw a big leaf on the tree. There is a bird standing on the leaves, eating pests. Pests eat a lot of leaves, so the tree can't grow. Trees are our good friends, and each tree produces oxygen, so that each of us can breathe. At this time, the old bird immediately flew over and ate pests with the birds. After eating enough, he killed people.
1.2. The second level dictation training questions
1.2. 1.
Training method: Every time a parent recites a word, the child listens carefully. When he hears the electrical appliance, he immediately raises his right hand. When he hears the school supplies, he immediately raises his left hand.
Bench table washing machine basketball TV bicycle bag refrigerator exercise book grape air conditioner electric fan telephone quilt cup pen mobile phone basketball badminton lighter airplane sword
1.2.2. Find the difference training
Training method: Listen carefully to sentences A and B in the following groups and quickly find out the difference between sentences B and A. 。
The first group:
A: Animals and plants in the forest fully enjoy the sunshine and rain of nature and grow freely.
B: Animals and plants in the forest fully enjoy the sunshine and rain of nature and grow freely.
The second group:
A: I have a good wish to be a botanist when I grow up and plant the most beautiful flowers in the world for my mother.
I really hope to be a botanist when I grow up and plant the most beautiful flowers in the world for my mother.
2. Focus on the highlights of children's attention training
2. 1. Find these numbers in order.
Yang Le and Zhang Guanghou, young mathematicians in China, worked quickly when they were young, and strictly trained themselves to concentrate. Here is a little game used to exercise attention in psychology. In a table with 25 squares, put the numbers of 1-25 out of order, fill them in (see the table below), and then count from 1 to 25 as quickly as possible, pointing out while reading and timing at the same time.
Research shows that it takes 7-8 year-old children 30-50 seconds to find the numbers on each chart in turn, with an average of 40-42 seconds; The time for normal adults to read a chart is about 25-30 seconds, and some people can shorten it to more than ten seconds. You can make more such training forms yourself and train once a day. I believe your attention level will gradually improve!
2.2. Play poker games.
Can exercise high concentration and quick response ability.
Take three different cards (excluding the flower cards) and arrange them randomly on the table, such as clubs 2, spades 3 and diamonds 5 from left to right. Choose a card to remember, such as club 2, and let her keep an eye on it. Then, put the three cards upside down on the table and let the parents change the positions of the three cards at will. Then, ask her to report where Club 2 is. If she says she's right, she wins, and they take turns playing games. With the improvement of ability, parents can increase the difficulty, such as increasing the number of cards, changing the position of cards and improving the speed of changing the position of cards.
This method can highly cultivate concentration. Because it is a game, it conforms to children's psychological characteristics and is very popular with children. Children play with great enthusiasm. Keep playing for a while every day, and your attention will be improved.
2.3. Buy some intellectual training books and keep doing exercises every day.
Some pictures and words to exercise observation, attention and memory, such as walking in a maze, looking for something in a lot of pictures, looking for similarities and differences (looking for similarities and differences in the same, looking for similarities and differences in different), comparing sizes and lengths, and putting items into a page of pictures within a specified time. Remember, then close the book and let her report it. Wait a minute. Don't take too long, but you can extend the practice time later. You must practice every day. Do the right thing, reward or score five stars.
2.4. Play the game of "driving a train".
This kind of game needs more than three people, and a family of three can complete it. Of course, it would be better if grandparents or others were involved. For the convenience of narration, let's take three people as an example. The method is as follows: three people sit in a circle, each gives a station name, and starts the "train" through a few dialogue languages. For example, the father is Beijing Railway Station, the mother is Shanghai Railway Station, and the child is Guangzhou Railway Station. Father clapped his hands and shouted, "The train in Beijing is about to leave." Everyone clapped their hands and shouted, "Where are you going?" The father clapped his hands and shouted, "Guangzhou is leaving." The son of Guangzhou Station immediately said, "The train in Guangzhou is leaving." Everyone clapped their hands and shouted, "Where are you going?" The son clapped his hands and shouted, "Shanghai is open." In this way, whoever the train goes to will have to catch up at once. The faster the train runs, the better. There should be no intermission.
Because this kind of game needs to use your mouth, ears and heart, it can make your attention highly concentrated and also exercise your ability to think quickly. Moreover, this kind of game has an active atmosphere, which can arouse people's enthusiasm and make children enjoy it.
Give it a try! Don't worry, or you will lose your concentration. To raise children, we must believe that time can work miracles. Don't rush everything!