How can a baby’s inattentiveness be easily disturbed by external factors? How should parents exercise the baby’s attention? How to make the baby’s interest more lasting? For the 0 to 3-year-old baby, it is easy to be disturbed by external factors, do anything only 3 minutes hot, so how can parents help their children to develop the baby’s attention? Here’s how to find out. Children who do not have enough attention will affect the quality and effectiveness of learning. If your child is easily attracted to the stimuli around him or her, or easily distracted by what is going on around him or her, this indicates that your child lacks sufficient attention span. Characteristics of attention in 0-3 year olds The attention of 0-3 year olds is not random, passive, caused by the characteristics of the stimulus itself, and lacks purpose. To summarize, there are four characteristics: 1, attention to the purposeless 0 to 3-year-old baby can not be organized and purposeful attention, easily disturbed by irrelevant things, resulting in the original task can not be completed. For example, the baby is likely to play with this toy for a while, and then another, the toy thrown all over the floor. 2, attention without stability 0 to 3 years old baby sustained attention time is very short, it is easy to shift the attention of the object. Research shows that the younger the baby, the shorter the attention span: generally 6-7 minutes at age 2 and 9 minutes at age 3. 3, attention to the lack of detail 3-year-old babies only pay attention to the surface, the obvious outline of things, do not pay attention to the more hidden, subtle features, but also pay little attention to the relationship between two things. For example, if 3-year-olds are asked to compare two similar shapes, they are not able to tell what the difference is. 4. Non-distributive attention Babies under the age of 3 cannot pay attention to many things at once. If mom points to a building and says, “Look, baby!” and dad points to the bird at almost the same time, it is likely that the baby will not pay attention to anything. Causes and countermeasures for babies’ lack of attention There are many reasons for babies’ lack of attention to the toys on their hands or the activities they are engaged in. Parents should first analyze the reasons for their children’s lack of attention and then cultivate their children’s attention scientifically, gradually and purposefully with a calm mind. Lack of interest in the activity itself Countermeasures: Respect your child and let him/her choose his/her own toys. Only what the child chooses is what the child likes, and the child is likely to concentrate on playing. For some games that babies try for the first time, parents can also guide, such as taking out a good craft to “lure” the baby: “Baby, look how cute this little bag is, let’s make one later, okay?” The content of learning is too deep or too shallow Countermeasures: Provide content and learning methods that are appropriate for the child’s physical and mental development, taking into account the child’s sensitive growth period. Develop hand-eye coordination. By the age of 2, when the child is more capable, we can increase the difficulty by allowing him to thread beads and nails, while giving the child moderate guidance. If the child chooses the same toy by himself (which indicates that he likes the toy), but can’t play with it twice, he stops playing. This may be because the toy is too difficult for the child to play with, or it may be because it is too easy and the child finds it uninspiring. At this point parents can try to intervene and guide the child to continue playing. The toy is too difficult, reduce the difficulty, and strive to let the child “jump to be able to jump”. If the toy is too simple, change the way you play it so that your child can enjoy it again. For example, when you first start playing with scissors, your child will not cut, try a few times and want to give up, then we should take the paper and let the child cut, so that the child from the original paper with one hand and scissors with both hands to just take the scissors to cut, the difficulty of the action is reduced, the child can cut, will be better and better, self-confidence is getting stronger. The influence of the family environment, such as a large family, housing tension, parents impatient; family atmosphere is depressing, parents arguing all day long, etc.. Countermeasures: Provide a quiet learning environment for your child. When at home, do not argue in front of the child, speak in a softer voice, and try to let the child explore how to play with toys on his own. Provide too many toys at a time. Countermeasure: Do not provide too many toys to your child at a time, just two or three. If your child is not feeling well, such as when he or she is sleepy or sick, don’t let him or her play for too long and get plenty of rest. Tips to keep your baby’s interest longer After recognizing your child’s five-minute enthusiasm for everything, we can also do something to help your child’s interest stay longer. This will not only give you a break, but will also help him pay more attention in class later on in school. Provide age-appropriate toys Anything that is beyond your child’s ability to do will quickly cause him to give up and move on to something else. Remember: fun is not always best, as one father experienced firsthand: “We bought our 2-year-old son an electric car, and he sat on it for a while, but starting the engine and putting his foot on the pedal were too hard for him, so he soon stopped playing with it.” Even if the toy manual says the toy is appropriate for all preschoolers, you’re better off judging whether it’s right for your child based on what you know. Choose movement-based activities Dr. Lori Evans, a child psychologist at New York University, says activities that get children moving are more likely to engage them, such as dancing to music or kicking a ball around the yard. Make sure you get enough sleep and eat a healthy diet. Lack of sleep and an unhealthy diet can affect adults’ ability to pay attention, as well as children’s. Control TV time Experts say that if a child between the ages of 1 and 3 watches an extra hour of TV a day, he is nearly 10 percent more likely to have attention problems by age 7. To encourage your child to extend his attention to something, you can set a time and see if he can keep it up for a while longer. Remember to “fatigue bomb” Although your baby’s attention span requires patience, it’s best to give your 2-year-old a few minutes of free time after studying for a few minutes at a time. It’s also important to change the content of your baby’s attention frequently so that he or she has a higher level of interest and stays “focused” to the end.