Children daydreaming in class

Children often have problems with distraction and lack of concentration when they are in class or doing other things. This is a relatively normal phenomenon. There are many factors that affect children's inattention. For example, some courses do not arouse children's interest, or there are other new things that affect children's attention during class. Therefore, as a parent of a primary school student, you can often give your child some training to help them concentrate. So what happens when children are distracted in class?

Reasons why children are distracted in class

First of all, children's attention is controlled by the brain, the basis of which is neural activity. Delayed maturation of the nervous system and brain dysfunction can lead to children's inattention, which manifests as daydreaming in class.

Secondly, the child's attention will also be affected by intellectual factors. If the child's intellectual development is retarded, his attention will be scattered early. The child will not be able to understand what the teacher is saying, and will not be able to think along the teacher's lines of thought. This will manifest as distraction, especially for some children with borderline intellectual disabilities.

Third, children’s tendency to be distracted in class is caused by a bad education model, which is mainly due to inappropriate or overly high expectations of parents. Over a long period of time, it will cause children to be too nervous or even dislike studying, and the main manifestation is distraction or dozing off in class.

Finally, children may also be distracted in class due to some dietary problems, as the current diet is too refined and a large number of snacks contain pigments or various additives. This causes vitamin deficiency or picky eating in children, which is one of the reasons why these children tend to be distracted in class.

What should teachers do if children are distracted in class?

First of all, teachers can assign children some small tasks to exercise their minds in order to address the problem of children being distracted in class. This can make children's minds become proactive. If teachers always ask children to do the same thing and do not assign new tasks, then students will inevitably feel bored, and boredom will make them like to daydream in class.

Secondly, it is difficult to ask children to concentrate on listening throughout the class, and in fact it is unnecessary because people's attention span will generally weaken after about 20-35 minutes. Therefore, if the teacher can filter out the most important content and ensure that every student concentrates and does not get distracted when presenting this content, the classroom effect will be much better.

Finally, to prevent children from being distracted in class, teachers can use review to guide children's attention. During the review process, teachers should not simply use textbooks to review knowledge points, but let children discover them on their own. This will leave a much deeper impression in the mind, and children will be more diligent in using their brains in the process, thereby concentrating their attention and preventing themselves from being distracted.