Scientists have found that the cultivation of children's concentration is related to the development of deep thinking. The ability to think deeply is the key to learning ability. If we can cultivate children's concentration as soon as possible, it will be helpful to their growth.

Experiments show that children's concentration increases with age. Babies under one year old can concentrate for no more than 15 seconds, and babies under one and a half years old can concentrate on things of interest for more than 5 minutes. The average concentration time of two-year-old children is about 7 minutes, that of three-year-old children is about 9 minutes, that of four-year-old children is about 12 minutes, and that of five-year-old children is about 65438+.

Judging from the above data, it seems that children's attention is not easy to last too long and is easily diverted. So what are the factors that affect concentration? Research shows that there are two main factors that will affect the improvement of children's concentration.

Family factors:

Love is the most magical power, which can rejuvenate the dead seedlings. Taking love as the educational theme will surely produce a miracle of growth.

Fista Locke (1746 ~ 1827), a world-famous educator, is famous for his love education. The Swedish educator devoted his life to mass education. Inspired by him, many orphans with mental retardation, even orphans living on the streets-even orphans with bad hobbies-have shown strong interest in learning. So many famous educators were paying attention to his educational methods at that time.

However, the best place for "love education" is our home.

Physiological factors:

Avid Claessen, a famous neuroscientist, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000 for discovering the magical hormone dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for mediating emotions, but it is closely related to the learning process.

/kloc-Herbach, a famous educator in the 0/9th century, once put forward the concept of "apperception", which means that in the process of learning, we must link the unknown with the known in order to master new concepts.

Later, kandel, a neuroscientist, confirmed the correctness of the concept of "apperception" from the experimental science by studying the nerve transmission of sea cucumber. To this end, Kandur also won the Nobel Prize.

It turns out that the hippocampus of the brain is responsible for combining new knowledge (short-term memory) with old knowledge (long-term memory), and its dopamine hormone promotes the connection between old and new information.

In this way, from a scientific point of view, we find that emotions are closely related to learning.

This paper analyzes two important factors that affect children's concentration, so how to improve children's concentration?

Learning in games can effectively improve concentration.

Froebel (1782 ~ 1852), the founder of modern kindergarten, once suggested that educating children through games can best enhance their interest in learning.

Modern educational psychology has found that even ADHD children can usually concentrate if they play games, although they show inattention in daily learning tasks. This discovery confirms the special value of game teaching from the side.

Froebel, a children's educator, has designed many toys for this purpose, most of which are based on nature, one of which is adapted to local conditions and has low cost; Second, it has a wide range of sources and is not afraid of destruction. Children can feel free to try.

The inspiration here is that children should not learn by rote, let them explore freely, and learn by playing games, and their concentration will naturally improve.

Exercising and honing your will is a powerful guarantee to improve your concentration.

400 years ago, the famous Czech educator Locke famously said: A sound soul resides in a sound body!

Newton, a famous scientist, faithfully practiced this famous saying.

On the campus of Oxford University, Newton can be seen wearing skirts all the year round. It turns out that this is how he exercises. Besides, Newton took a cold bath all the year round.

It can be seen that good health helps us to concentrate on our current study.

In addition, physical exercise can also cultivate perseverance, which is also very important for learning.

Because the process of learning, like physical exercise, can not be completed overnight, but a long-term unremitting process, and lasting willpower is the backing of concentration.

Minimize the use of electronic products and let children concentrate on their studies.

With the rapid development of mobile Internet, electronic products have penetrated into every aspect of our life and study. But the extensive use of electronic products has a great influence on the brain. Studies have found that long-term use of electronic products can even change the neural circuits of the brain.

In 2008, the experiment of American education professor Small showed that after using the Internet for six days, the prefrontal cortex of new netizens appeared extensive activities, just like that of old netizens. The internet has changed the wiring of the brain.

Therefore, in the growth period of children, try to avoid using electronic products for a long time. On the one hand, it protects children's eyesight, on the other hand, it also ensures that children's learning process is not disturbed by the outside world and focuses on their studies.