Surely more than once he has asked you why my son or daughter is not concentrating, what happens to them that they get distracted by a fly flying, or you simply know one hundred percent that they are not listening because they are thinking about their things. In this article we give you some exercises and tricks to get your kids to focus. We do not promise miracles, but if they are consistent and you stick with them, their academic results will improve and above all they will be able to concentrate!
It must be recognized that it is difficult to concentrate in this world full of noise, interruptions, chat, text messages and many other variations. But concentration is like a sport, you have to train it and gradually acquire the necessary skills. We all have and can concentrate.
Let's talk a little about what concentration is
Although it may surprise you concentration is done through reasoning, that is, it is a skill, and therefore it is acquired. Focusing on something consists of voluntarily focusing attention on a specific aspect, and (the most complicated thing) being able to maintain it.
Thanks to concentration we work or study much more effectively, and above all we do it in a more relaxed and pleasant way. On this other article He also suggested other techniques to achieve that concentration in children.
What usually happens is that little by little we get used to paying attention to distractions more than what is important. So before starting, you have to find a suitable environment to concentrate, for example, close the door, silence the mobile and not be aware of social networks.
You have to focus on one thing at a time
Things one by one, the grandmothers said. It is important that your children do or tell them to do things one at a time. First give them a task and until they finish that do not propose the next ones. Because if you give them a list of everything they have to do, they will be thinking more about what they do afterwards than what they do now.
You can play with your children, and also with the adolescents, to sit in a chair, and let the thoughts come, after a minute, When they are relaxed, tell them that all of them choose only one thought, any one. When they do, spend 3-4 minutes thinking about it.
If you practice this exercise regularly you will get a routine to concentrate, to relax. The brain will get used to it and those 4 minutes that at first seem eternal, will become 10 minutes almost without realizing it.
Numbers, letters and puzzlezas to concentrate
One of the activities that most strengthen our concentration is the mental calculation. So if your kids have a hard time concentrating, try doing mental math with them. There are different applications for tablets and mobiles that can help you.
It is also highly recommended do sudoku or simply perform any kind of mathematical operation on a regular basis. You can do it without them realizing it, for example asking them how old he or she will be when you are 100 years old.
Another effective way to work on concentration is make word searches. It is not necessary for children to know how to read, only to locate the letters, for example to mark all the K, or all the odd numbers ... that they find. As a simple control, write down the time it takes to do it the first time and after 3 weeks put the same soup of letters and numbers on it again, the result you will not be able to believe!
Puzzles are another excellent tool, playing to order their pieces, forces them to look at them, observe them and analyze them by comparing them with the rest. If you add to this that there is no template, then they will also exercise visual memory.
It is good that you do these and other exercises daily, always choosing the same time of day, when possible. The important thing is continuity.