How to improve the concentration of children?
Difference between concentration and attention
The difference between concentration and attention in children is very important. Attention is something innate to children. They just need a solicitation to trigger spontaneously. The attention is almost immediate, on all that surrounds them and which solicits from near or far their senses (hearing, smell, touch, taste, sight). Concentration requires a real intellectual effort on the part of thechild. Concentration requires intellectual gymnastics, it requires reflection and daily training.
Deconcentration of children
Deconcentration can occur at any moment of thought or action if an external stimulus disturbs thechild in what he is doing. To avoid this phenomenon of deconcentration, it is necessary to leave thechild to continue his activity or his thought as he sees fit. If he is alone in his room or has set himself apart from a group ofchildrenyou have to let him get to the end of what he's doing. Concentration can also be effective at several, if the children are framed in an activity, or that they scaffold together scenarios of a game for example.
The risks of loss of concentration
The risks of deconcentration are many, and can range from the simple abandonment of what thechild is doing or what he is thinking about, very important academic difficulties. If thechild usually interrupted or encouraged not to finish what he has undertaken, this can have unfortunate consequences for the good progress of his studies. Unfinished homework, half-hearted lessons, discussions that go in one ear and leave the other ... just as much inconvenience that will end up having a negative aspect on his adult life.
How to deal with a child who is struggling to concentrate?
Small efforts to be done every day will help your child to develop his concentration and make this intellectual gymnastics, not an effort, but a pleasure. For example, to challenge him on the tone of the game: give him a time to achieve a construction, coloring a drawing without exceeding ... But still give him specific goals, with the key little more than he loves : do three math exercises in one hour to gain 20 minutes of cycling. The musical practice, which is not without concentration and is also a source of pleasure, can also help thechild to develop his concentration.
