How to develop memory and attention in children? Tips for parents of preschoolers

The development of memory and attention is one of the most important moments in the upbringing of preschool children. This is much more important than acquiring specific skills (teaching reading, writing, writing). And this is due to the fact that the ability to concentrate on one or another task, notice small things and quickly memorize new information is equally useful in studying any field.

How to develop memory and attention in children? First of all it depends on the age of the child. In the first years of life, children actively develop, and each short period of their development has its own characteristics:

• Up to 1 year. During this period, motor memory mainly develops. That is, best of all, the little one remembers the movements that it performs. And remember those who were accompanied by certain emotions and / or had some result are better remembered.
• 1-2 years. Volume, as well as the strength of memorization during this period are increasing. The kid begins to remember and recognize close people (besides parents). From year to two, shaped memory is formed, this explains why the first conscious memories of a person, as a rule, refer to this period.
• 2-4 years. A new period in the life of a little man introduces next changes in the processes of memory development . At this age, the kid begins to memorize more complex words, he bases the logical thinking. In addition, the range of acquired and imprinted motor skills is expanding.
• 4-6 years. A child during this period can spontaneously memorize anything, however, in the main, memory is stored in what is interesting to him, what causes strong and vivid emotions.

How to develop memory and attention in children? There are several effective exercises for the development of memory, and now we will consider the main of them:

1. The first exercise is ideal for the development of motor memory. Of course, it's more interesting if there are several participants in the game. The essence is simple: the child is blindfolded, and the adult companion becomes a "puppeteer". His task is to hold the baby, holding it by the shoulders, along a certain route (for example, make 3 steps to the left, 2 back, then sit down and make 4 more steps to the right). After that, a bandage is removed from the eyes of the child, and he must go through this path anew.
2. Speaking about how to develop memory and attention in children, one can not help recalling one more game we all knew from childhood. You need to print two pictures - the "original" and its copy, on which some elements (or new ones) will be missing. The task of the child is to find the differences between these two pictures.
3. Auditory and associative memory can also be improved. There is a special exercise for this. Mom or Dad calls a word, for example "candy". The child should describe the appearance, some properties of the object or action that can be performed with it. In the case of candy, this may be the words "sweet, pleasantly smells, it can be gnawed or resorbed." In addition, the development of auditory memory is very well influenced by the exercise when the child repeats (tapes) the rhythm set by the adult.

Continuing the theme of how to develop memory and attention, it is necessary to say that the best kids are trained in the game. There is a huge number of educational games. A vivid example - we all loved from childhood mazes. You can draw them yourself or download them. Equally interesting are the games-confusion, in which the child needs to determine which of the coil knits, or which road leads to which lock. When we develop memory, attention, thinking and logic, the exercises, in which the child needs to be combined in a certain sequence of a point, in order to get some kind of drawing, will come to hand. You can also make cards where objects with names that sound similar (for example, a spoon and a cat, dew and a rose) will be depicted. The task of the baby is to select the corresponding pairs of pictures. Games that develop memory and attention can be bought in the store or made independently.