How to improve ‘Concentration’ and ‘Attention Span’ in Preschoolers?.

 

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Preschoolers (children between 3-5 years of age) are curious and high on energy which makes it difficult for them to concentrate and have limited attention spans. Concentration and sustained attention spans on all kinds of tasks are crucial because they help children learn, improve and build self-confidence.

According to childhood development experts, a child can concentrate for roughly about 2 to 3 minutes per year of age. Therefore, the attention span for a :

3 year old is approximately 6-9 minutes.

4 year old is approximately 8-12 minutes.

5 year old is approximately 10-15 minutes.

However, Children can concentrate for longer if they are interested and engrossed in an activity.

Concentration works as a muscle and can be developed in a child by providing him/her activities that keep the child engaged and help develop sustainable intense concentration, learn to persevere and move on to more complex concepts and tasks.

Here are some of the ways to help you improve your preschooler’s ‘Concentration’ and ‘Attention Span’ -

Provide a healthy balanced diet to your child as poor nutrition affects concentration skills in children. Make sure your child drinks enough water throughout the day as dehydration affects brain cells and diminish cognitive performance in children.

Make sure your child gets good sleep for 10-12 hours a day as sleep strengthens the neural connections that help improve memory and concentration. Poor sleep cause stress, confusion, forgetfulness and concentration problems in children.

Provide a conducive learning environment for your child by setting up a designated and clutter-free learning space as reducing distractions helps to improve concentration and attention span. Understand the kind of environment your child prefers to learn in, some children concentrate better in a quiet and peaceful environment while some children do better in an environment with a lot of hustle and bustle.

Engage your child in activities and games that require a lot of focused attention, hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills, analytical skills and critical thinking to enhance concentration and attention span. Puzzles , board games, memory games, colouring, cutting with scissors, stringing beads/pasta, building blocks etc. are very helpful to improve concentration.

Understand your child’s learning style whether he/she is a visual learner (prefer to see what they are learning), auditory learner (prefer to hear what they are learning) or kinesthetic learner (prefer to touch and experience what they are learning). Children develop concentration and perform well when learning in their preferred style.

Reading to your child regularly helps to build your child’s concentration and attention span in a fun and interesting way, as your child gets interested in a story he/she will pay attention to every detail.

Leverage your child’s interest by connecting and engaging him/her with developmental activities to something that interests him/her as children’s concentration increases when they engage in activities that connect to them personally and increase their interest.

Make sure to integrate play and creativity in activities to make them fun and interesting for your child.

Breaking down a task into smaller ones helps to increase your child’s attention span. Completing small tasks gives children a sense of accomplishment and motivates them to take on more tasks.

Make sure to give simple and concise instructions to your child which he/she can follow easily. Avoid giving multiple instructions in one go as it overwhelms children struggling to focus and make it harder to follow them.

Make sure your child gets multiple breaks through the day as it gets your child recharged, prevent your child from getting overwhelmed and improves their ability to focus.

Teach your child to work on one thing at a time and avoid multitasking as it helps to focus on what is in front of him/her at any given moment, improve concentration and attention span.

Maintaining a daily routine for your child helps to provide structure, predictability and provides a sense of balance in knowing what possibly lies ahead that gets the child inclined to getting involved and doing a task and improve attention span.

Encourage your child to exercise, practise deep breathing and play outdoors daily as it helps to increase mental sharpness, memory, concentration and attention span.

Reduce screen time and gadgets time as they affect concentration, reduce attention span, memory in children and should be used sparingly or totally avoided.

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