In the school activity of a schoolboy, such a mental process as attention plays an important role. Thanks to it, the necessary information is selected and the clipping is superfluous. Adults often hear complaints about distracted attention of a schoolboy, which affects his assessments. And if this is confirmed by the results of tests to diagnose the attention of junior schoolchildren, conducted by a school psychologist, parents will have to take action. How can you develop your child's attention?
Features of attention of younger schoolchildren
When a child begins to study at school, his involuntary attention prevails. This means that to concentrate on any subject, that is, to manage attention the baby does not know how yet. In addition, children are impressionable, easily excitable, and because of this, they are often distracted. Also, the attention of the student is influenced by the type of educational activity: most of the children are tired by an oral explanation, memorizing verses, and they are distracted by objects with emotional attractiveness. It is these special features of the attention of schoolchildren that must be taken into account by adults.
How to develop the attention of the student?
To train this psychological process in a beloved child, parents need:
- use the hobby and enthusiasm of the child during the exercises;
- demonstrate emotions (surprise, joy, delight);
- do classes to correct the attention of younger students with interesting, unexpected, original (in the form of games);
- Do exercises regularly and constantly (at home, for a walk);
- be patient and in no case do not scold the child in case of failure, but to praise.
The formation of attention of junior schoolchildren is primarily facilitated by speech instructions for assignments. They should be pronounced clearly and step by step. When the child is distracted, the adult should kindly involve the person involved in the continuation of the task, for example, "Come on, draw the flag", instead of "Do not be distracted!".
Games for schoolchildren
- In a newspaper or in a magazine, ask the child, at a signal, to cross out all the letters that occur. The adult can also take part in the competition.
- Prepare a series of letters on a sheet of paper, among which you must find the words: PRONOSYDRUSMOSAPOSOK (NOS, SOC, etc.).
- Ask to find around yourself and call in 15 seconds items with a certain color or shape.
- The game "Top-Hop". The adult says phrases-concepts, if they are correct ("Summer is hot") the child slams, if the wrong ones ("Knife eat") - stomping.
- Game "Catch - Do not Catch". The adult throws, and the kid catches the ball. Preliminary stipulates the condition that you can catch only when it says: "Catch!". If the ball is thrown without words, it must be repulsed.
In addition, to develop the attention of the junior schoolboy will help various games that can be borrowed in children's magazines, for example, "Find differences" in 2 pictures, labyrinths, etc.