How to work with children with low attention span
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Yuhua:
don't need to bring to a specialist,I heard that the school can refer one and its free,i think for english and maths there are support in school too.
Hi Sharkkie, my younger boy used to be the same till I send him to children yoga classes. The classes teaches him in a fun and interactive way which helps in lengthening his attention span. Now he is almost 7 years and I am glad he has improved tremendously on his ability to focus.sharkkie:
Hi...my 4 years old boy have very short attention span...he cannot sit down to complete his writing and CC teacher always complain his mind is wondering around during lessons and even when the teacher hand held him to do writing he will not be looking at his work and looking elsewhere...Most of the time he gets punished by not being able to go playground when he does not finish his writing.
I am not sure if he is absorbing in school even though he is wondering but at times when we test him...he is able to get the answer right but sometimes he will get it wrong ( not sure if he does it on purpose)...
Are these signs of ADD? Should I bring him to see any specialist or will this situation improve over time?
If you are interested, you can check out http://www.ohmsantih.com and look for teacher warwar. I am not sure about other teachers but this lady teacher is really good in what she does.
DOn't deapair cos there is always hope :rahrah: -
Yuhua:
Hi Yuhua...thanks for the recommendation...how dies Yoga help to lengthen the attention span? how many kids in one class and how long did u put your boy through this class?
Hi Sharkkie, my younger boy used to be the same till I send him to children yoga classes. The classes teaches him in a fun and interactive way which helps in lengthening his attention span. Now he is almost 7 years and I am glad he has improved tremendously on his ability to focus.sharkkie:
Hi...my 4 years old boy have very short attention span...he cannot sit down to complete his writing and CC teacher always complain his mind is wondering around during lessons and even when the teacher hand held him to do writing he will not be looking at his work and looking elsewhere...Most of the time he gets punished by not being able to go playground when he does not finish his writing.
I am not sure if he is absorbing in school even though he is wondering but at times when we test him...he is able to get the answer right but sometimes he will get it wrong ( not sure if he does it on purpose)...
Are these signs of ADD? Should I bring him to see any specialist or will this situation improve over time?
If you are interested, you can check out http://www.ohmsantih.com and look for teacher warwar. I am not sure about other teachers but this lady teacher is really good in what she does.
DOn't deapair cos there is always hope :rahrah: -
carlcity:
don't need to bring to a specialist,I heard that the school can refer one and its free,i think for english and maths there are support in school too.[/quote]Really? the school can recommend? So far his teacher did not recommend or refer me to the specialist...but i am really tired of hearing the same feedback from his teacher...and recently my boy started to say he dont want to go childcare...he dont like his teacher as his teacher always scold him for not doing writing and his punishment is not being able to go to the playground when all the other children are out there playing...
Hi Sharkkie, my younger boy used to be the same till I send him to children yoga classes. The classes teaches him in a fun and interactive way which helps in lengthening his attention span. Now he is almost 7 years and I am glad he has improved tremendously on his ability to focus.Yuhua:
[quote=\"sharkkie\"]Hi...my 4 years old boy have very short attention span...he cannot sit down to complete his writing and CC teacher always complain his mind is wondering around during lessons and even when the teacher hand held him to do writing he will not be looking at his work and looking elsewhere...Most of the time he gets punished by not being able to go playground when he does not finish his writing.
I am not sure if he is absorbing in school even though he is wondering but at times when we test him...he is able to get the answer right but sometimes he will get it wrong ( not sure if he does it on purpose)...
Are these signs of ADD? Should I bring him to see any specialist or will this situation improve over time?
If you are interested, you can check out http://www.ohmsantih.com and look for teacher warwar. I am not sure about other teachers but this lady teacher is really good in what she does.
DOn't deapair cos there is always hope :rahrah:
Do you think I should change childcare? But at the same time I do not want my boy to think it's so easy to get his way out and each time he get scolded/punished by his teacher he wants to get out of the school...and he is already so used to the environment and the teachers there...I am also not keen to start all over again... -
sharkkie:
Hi Yuhua...thanks for the recommendation...how dies Yoga help to lengthen the attention span? how many kids in one class and how long did u put your boy through this class?[/quote]Dear Sharkkie, I sat in a couple of times through the classes. What I observed was the teacher will teach them poses which resembles different animals in a fun and interactive way, some time 2 kids paired up to perform some partner poses as well. And in each pose, they stay for a few counts. Initially my DS could not stay even for half a count but I must the teacher is very patient and charismatic. She is stern and yet sensitive at the same time. She talk sense to him on why he cant stay in the pose and explain why we need to hold the pose in a way my DS can understand. After which slowly, I got feedback from her that he is able to hold on the few counts without diverting his focus to other things.Yuhua:
[quote=\"sharkkie\"]Hi...my 4 years old boy have very short attention span...he cannot sit down to complete his writing and CC teacher always complain his mind is wondering around during lessons and even when the teacher hand held him to do writing he will not be looking at his work and looking elsewhere...Most of the time he gets punished by not being able to go playground when he does not finish his writing.
I am not sure if he is absorbing in school even though he is wondering but at times when we test him...he is able to get the answer right but sometimes he will get it wrong ( not sure if he does it on purpose)...
Are these signs of ADD? Should I bring him to see any specialist or will this situation improve over time?
Hi Sharkkie, my younger boy used to be the same till I send him to children yoga classes. The classes teaches him in a fun and interactive way which helps in lengthening his attention span. Now he is almost 7 years and I am glad he has improved tremendously on his ability to focus.
If you are interested, you can check out http://www.ohmsantih.com and look for teacher warwar. I am not sure about other teachers but this lady teacher is really good in what she does.
DOn't deapair cos there is always hope :rahrah:
When he start to be able to achieve that focus, that is also when I got feedback from his school teacher that he improved in his attention span and less likely to move around to disturb other children.
Well, the studio isn't too big so one class is abput 5-6 children only. Very focused class and I guess that is also probably the reason why we can see the improvments pretty quickly.
If you are interested, you can check out the site and look for teacher warwar.. :please: -
Hi Sharkkie, my younger boy used to be the same till I send him to children yoga classes. The classes teaches him in a fun and interactive way which helps in lengthening his attention span. Now he is almost 7 years and I am glad he has improved tremendously on his ability to focus.
If you are interested, you can check out http://www.ohmsantih.com and look for teacher warwar. I am not sure about other teachers but this lady teacher is really good in what she does.
DOn't deapair cos there is always hope :rahrah:[/quote]
Hi Yuhua...thanks for the recommendation...how dies Yoga help to lengthen the attention span? how many kids in one class and how long did u put your boy through this class?[/quote]
Dear Sharkkie, I sat in a couple of times through the classes. What I observed was the teacher will teach them poses which resembles different animals in a fun and interactive way, some time 2 kids paired up to perform some partner poses as well. And in each pose, they stay for a few counts. Initially my DS could not stay even for half a count but I must the teacher is very patient and charismatic. She is stern and yet sensitive at the same time. She talk sense to him on why he cant stay in the pose and explain why we need to hold the pose in a way my DS can understand. After which slowly, I got feedback from her that he is able to hold on the few counts without diverting his focus to other things.
When he start to be able to achieve that focus, that is also when I got feedback from his school teacher that he improved in his attention span and less likely to move around to disturb other children.
Well, the studio isn't too big so one class is abput 5-6 children only. Very focused class and I guess that is also probably the reason why we can see the improvments pretty quickly.
If you are interested, you can check out the site and look for teacher warwar.. :please:[/quote]
Oh yes, it has been almost 2 years now that he started attending kid's yoga and I remembered seeing improvements in about 4-5 months after he started attending.. :please: -
Hi, My 7-year old seems to get distracted easily when I want her to sit down for puzzles and a good story. My sister was listening to a talk about how space and environment can affect a child’s concentration. I’m going down this weekend to check out the workshop which will show parents how to better adapt their home environment to bring out the best in their child. The workshops held at Casa Kidi, Tampines.
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Hi, this topic seems to be rather similar to the \"Lazy & Low Attention Span\" topic here: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=31044&start=20
As I commented over there, actually, what you've all mentioned is quite a common issue amongst parents. The bad news is, motivation often involves emotional issues and is hence more complex to address. Perhaps it would be good to spend some time with your child to find out why he/she is unable to stay focused. The good news is, it is actually possible to increase your child’s intrinsic motivation by identifying and removing mental-emotional barriers (sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious), and improving self-leadership and resilience. -
My child was diagnosed as having ADHD and dyspraxia when he was much younger. Thankfully, the teachers in his school had been pretty understanding and was able to help him cope (eg. place him right in front of the class/seat him next to a model child and to constantly prod him into attention when he starts losing attention in class). We were advised to start him on medication since P2 too but we didn’t want to do so then.
Then in P4, during one of the parent/teachers session, his teacher advised us to get our kid tested on his learning ability as they suspect that he has dyslexia. He was faring pretty okay in his math & science but he had borderline/failing marks in both english & chinese. Initially, we were skeptical about it but we went ahead and got him tested and true enough, he was diagnosed as having dyslexia. We were then told that we could have the option of having getting him exempted from Chinese due to his learning disability and also get extra time during his exams (including PSLE). Also, as advised, we also started him on ritalin.
After that, his grades improved tremendously and his self confidence also improved a lot too. I was really touched by the help from his teachers in school without which, we wouldn’t have known about his condition. -
Hi
I do have recommendations for tutors who are special education teachers who specialise in Special needs such as Autism, ADHD, Speech and Hearing Impairment, learning difficulties and low attention span children.
You can PM me if needed. -
If your child has attention problems, it might be that he requires a different type of teaching methodology that keeps him interested. This is not easy to rectify but can be done.
I heard about a conference for children with learning difficulties taking place at NTUC on 13th and 14th January. You might want to consider to attend. You could get more details from conference@alphatoomega.org
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