Building the habit of concentration is so important for children because this will assist them in the learning path and also their future. 

However, every child has a different attention span. On average, children from 2 to 6 years old have a quite short attention span which lasts for around 4 to 18 minutes. This small number can be affected by other factors such as children’s emotions, attitude to the tasks, nearby distractions, etc. 

Therefore, to cultivate a child’s habit of attention, parents can apply the following methods: 

• Create a new and creative way to do boring tasks 
• Let the child play with fidgets or puzzles 
• Remove nearby distractions 
• Let the child do one task only, do not force them to multitask 
• Divide the task into smaller ones 
• Have a short break for the difficult task 
• Increase physical activities 
• Build a proper sleeping habit for children

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