Memory games, puzzle games, bugs, and chess are all options for activities that can improve children's attention span and attention span. Most children, at some stage of their development, may find it difficult to focus on certain activities, which may even interfere with their development in school. Thus, it is important to stimulate the child's concentration early through play, for example.
Lack of attention can happen especially when the child is tired or has been too long in front of the television or computer, being exposed to various stimuli. Thus, in addition to the games, it is important that the child has adequate sleep time for their age, as well as having a balanced diet and not having so many distractions at home.
1. Puzzle
The puzzles stimulate the child to seek logical solutions and to look for details that can complement the pieces. Thus, the child needs to pay attention to the small details present in each piece so that it can form the puzzle.
2. Labyrinths and bonding
The game of labyrinths encourages the child to seek an exit in a logical way, stimulating not only reasoning but also concentration. Dot-league games also stimulate concentration in the same way, as it is necessary for the child to have focus so that he can connect the dots correctly and thus form the image.
There is a method known as Guillour's method, which aims to stimulate activities with lines and traces in which the child does the activity looking at the image of a mirror, this causes the child to have more concentration to perform the activity, besides stimulating the spatial intelligence.
3. Game of errors
Errors play makes the child pay attention to two or more images and looks for differences, this causes the child to have more focus and concentration. It is interesting that the game is done at least twice a day so that attention and concentration on details and differences is stimulated more effectively.
4. Memory games
Memory games are great for stimulating the child's concentration, since the child needs to be aware of the images so that he or she knows where the pictures, numbers or colors are the same.
This game is interesting because in addition to stimulating the attention and concentration of the child, it allows the child to develop social skills when the game happens between two or more children.
5. A play of ordering things
This kind of play is interesting because it causes the child to pay attention to the order so that they can reproduce. This play can be done by mixing objects and then stimulating the child to put them in the original order.
In addition, one can play the game of "I went to the moon and took ...", in which the child must say an object and every time I say "I went to the moon" to say the object I had already said and some other . For example: "I went to the moon and took a ball", then one should say "I went to the moon and took a ball and a car", and so on. This stimulates the memory of the child and makes him pay attention to what has already been said.
6. Chess
The game of chess requires a lot of reasoning and concentration, and is therefore an activity option to increase the attention of the child. In addition, chess promotes brain development and memory, stimulates creativity and the ability to solve problems.
What to do for the child to pay attention to the parents
Teaching the child to pay attention to what parents say is not always an easy task, but there are certain strategies that can help, such as:
- Sit in a quiet place with the child facing her;
- Speak calmly to the child and look into her eyes;
- Tell the child what she wants to do in a few words and in a simple way, for example "Do not knock the door" instead of "Do not knock the door because it can spoil and the neighbors complain about the noise";
- Give specific orders, for example: "Do not run in the house" instead of saying "Do not do it" when you see it run;
- Show the child the consequence of not complying with the order, if a "punishment" is imposed, it must be short-lived and enforceable - "if you continue to run, you will be seated for 5 minutes without speaking to anyone ". Children should not be promised and not fulfilled, even if it is a "punishment";
- Praise the child whenever she fulfills some order.
According to the child's age, parents should adapt the orders they want the child to follow.
