Quotes that inspire me: Part 3
Children are like wet cement.
Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
-Haim Ginnot
Tips for Helping Your Child Focus and Concentrate
Tips for Helping Your Child Focus and Concentrate Jan 28, 2016 Author: Jamie M. Howard, Ph.D. Concentration is like a muscle that requires regular exercise to strengthen. Some kids are born “stronger” in this area than others, but all kids can learn strategies and engage in practices that help improve their ability to focus and sustain their attention. This is, after all, a very important skill for kids to acquire—school demands that students concentrate for long stretches of time, and as kids get older they have extracurricular activities after school that require even more concentration. Most children are able to concentrate on activities that are fun and intrinsically enjoyable. It’s the ones that are more boring, difficult or just less enjoyable that really challenge their focus. Yet this ability to concentrate and sustain attention on all kinds of tasks is crucially important, because it helps kids learn and improve, which leads to self-confidence and positive self-esteem. Concent...
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