Concentration

Learning anything new takes time and effort and careful concentration is essential. Consider trying to learn how to ride a bike for the first time. You have to be able to balance on two narrow wheels, control both your feet on the pedals, steer and keep a careful lookout all at the same time. If you begin to think about something else, you are immediately in trouble and start to wobble as a prelude to falling off!! Now think about learning how to write. You have to hold the pencil correctly, remember where to start writing and in which direction, where to begin writing individual letters and what you want to say – again, all at once. Without concentration, you are lost! Developing concentration is a slow process as young children can only concentrate for a short time on a formal task. The beauty of this ‘every situation’ learning is that children are concentration and thinking, often without really realizing it. You will be developing concentration naturally.