Family Fun – How Games Increase Concentration in Your Kids

Do you tell your child to do one thing and he forgets? How can you get him to remember what you said? Concentration is like a camera for the ears. It takes pictures that last.

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford

Family Fun – Try These

Play concentration games within the family meeting. Memory, jigsaw puzzles, checkers, and chess can help. Make up matching games like taking 7 different size beads, coins, or rocks. Arrange them on the table. Tell your child to take a mental picture of them. Mix them up. Ask your child to put them back in the same order. (You can use less or more than 7 depending on the age of your child.)

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Praise and say, “Good!” or clap when your child gets them correct.

As you play, ask, “What do you make your brain remember?”

Listen carefully. Remember what he said.

If he says, “I don’t know.” Tell him, “Guess.” Wait until he does.

Write it down in your Family Meeting Diary.

Family fun and family meetings go together like cameras and pictures. They fit. You can build your child’s concentration power and create family meetings that guide your child. He’ll love it and you will too.

One more thing, remember to use his words to remind him how he made his brain remember. It will help the next time you tell him to do something.

How do you help your child concentrate? Please share.

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