how do i keep my daughter interested and focused?

Question

i bought these preschool books for my daughter like colors, numbers, and letters how i keep her focused on them and keep her attention

well these are not boring books they're kid friendly like Dora the explorer and Barbie and Winnie the pooh

Answer 1

you dont say how old your daughter is but here goes my answer all of the previous responders have the right ideas but you need to approach them in a correct order.

1 the most important task for preschoolers is to "play to learn and then learn to play" meaning for them to learn how to learn they have to learn to play, with themselves others and of course all kinds of materials in all kinds of environments.
(blocks outside with animals or cars along with water and sand inside with a variety of items)

2. once they have established the play parameters....who, what, where, when and all the rest next step is to add something called incidental learning...lets use the "soft" blocks..."i want to use just the red cars".... can you "see" the triangles......repeated over and over again (But NEVER PUSHED)......till the child can ask and use and answer all the questions involved in simple colors, shapes, position words/opposite words before you even began adding letters, and numbers

3. once your child is comfortable with the previous step ...the next one is to do some "table work"....bring some toys, coloring books, or playdough, or advertisments to "make" things ....posters, placemats, books, cards etc...make shapes, letters(starting with the ones in your childs name and then only capitalize the first letter)with the playdough, this shows the child that "learning" at the seated position at a "desk" can be fun too

4 then you can have your child move on to the learning books you have purchased...but also buy some puzzle or other adult workbooks that you can do while your child "works" on a very small number of pages in theirs (at most maybe one to three pages at a time---depending on your childs age and behavior)

5 then and only then can or should you add phrases like "lets play school" "mommy is going to do her workbook maybe you can help mommy or show her how you work on your books"....and this step should never be Rushed or PUSHED on your child as in doing so you can completely turn your child off from the learning/education track....and that can lead to a very disasterious situation.

6. remember your child learns mostly from watching, and listening....so if you are makiing negative comments or discouraging ones your child is less likely to be interested or enjoy any of the previous steps...and ENJOYING learning is the BIGGEST KEY to the whole process

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Preschoolers naturally have pretty short attention spans.

First make sure to pick a time when you know she's not hungry, tired, cranky, or whatever.

Start doing the work books by yourself on the floor, talk about how much fun you're having.... this should naturally attract her interest. Ask her if she wants to "help".

If you act like you want her to do them and get pushy about it, most preschool age children will get stubborn and go against you.

You can make up non-book activities based on the books, there's only so long a little kid can sit still after all. For example, run around the house sticking the letter "B" cut from colored paper onto everything starting with the sound. Or go around the house to find everything that's square, or round, etc. Running off some energy like this is very helpful at that age and it also helps to maintain the lesson in the child's mind.

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Put up the books (for now) and get out some colored blocks. Learning by play is best for pre-school aged kids. You can teach her colors and numbers and letters just as well with blocks than with a book.

Answer 4

Make it fun, use props never force her to just listen to you read and point, do not try it for long periods of time Gradully increase learning time as the child shows interest. Kids like interaction, excitement and hands on stuff. Also make sure that there are as few outside interferences as possible. Use encouragement as a reward for being a"big kid"

Answer 5

You should include fun activities while doing the books. Such as looking outside at the clouds, grass, trees (etc) while naming the colors. While teaching her the letters maybe teach her how to use sign language with them. While teaching her numbers you could count out different foods such as cereal, macaroni (etc).
Hope this helps!!

Answer 6

Rather than just making your daughter do plain book work, make it fun for her by using different playtime tools such as blocks, cars, puppets, or anything else that she especially likes. Give her a treat such as a candy, a cookie, or a toy to show that your are proud of her, and that she is learning.

Answer 7

Make up "songs, poems or short stories" using the contents in the books.
for exam;
There was a boy whose name was Fred.
His pants were white, his shoes were RED.
or
One, two-I love you.
three, four-close the door.

Answer 8

keep her intersted and like you did have colors and have big words so she can see them.
Also tell her that once you read to me we will go to the park in courage her make her no she can do it.

Answer 9

Ritalin!

Answer 10

maybe she doesn't want 2 do that find something else