One of my dear ones wrestles with attention. From the time she’s been little, getting her to pay attention has been a challenge. She has a delightful personality that isn’t bothered by pesky details. She is happy, has a tender conscience, and cares about people (much of the time). In general, sustaining attention is not [...]
Filed under: Attention
Stand up straight. Don’t stick your tongue out. Don’t cross your eyes. Look at Mommy. Keep looking at Mommy. Don’t roll your head around. Good.
Filed under: Attention
I’ve been interested in the difference in attention to audio books when the children are familiar with the story and when they are not. For example, Bethel loves Peter and the Wolf, but that’s because she listens to it every day. The first time she listened to it, she wasn’t interested at all. That’s been [...]
Filed under: Attention
Today I asked David what he learned in children’s church. Try as I could, I could not get an answer out of him. I asked him whether he was being a wise listener. He insisted he listened, but he could not remember a single detail about what happened. It is possible that fatigue had something [...]
Filed under: Attention, Using Questions
Making the Cross-Country drive was not as painful as it has been in times past. I have a few fairly short audio stories I’ve been saving for a trip, and Lee and I were both surprised at David’s ability to follow along. This is a new development. He still kept asking for clarification, but he [...]
Filed under: Attention, In the Car and on the Go
For some reason all of her short life Bethel has had a difficult time with the command, Look at me. Sometimes I have to repeat the command several times before she responds. Yes, she’s naturally non-linear, like me. And yes, there are times when I think she really forgets what I ask her to do. [...]
Lee comes home tomorrow, so we’re on our way home today. I’m leaving some things I brought so I’ll only have one suitcase (plus the children’s small suitcases). I have yet to close the lid, so that should be a challenge. The children have done great, but I think they all are looking forward to [...]
Filed under: Attention, In the Car and on the Go, Military Life
Ted Tripp has a lot of wisdom, but I really think he’s been away from toddlers too long. In his videos, he does a session on disciplining children zero to five. Now apart from the fact that his examples are mostly children not age zero to five, I think he misses something important. I do [...]
Filed under: Attention, Child Development, Communication and Meaning, Discipleship
The Problem: Bethel has been quite noisy in church. At our new church, children are involved in the first part of the service (singing, Scripture reading, prayer, and offering), and Bethel has been giving a constant running commentary: “All done singing” “That’s Pastor Tyson” “Praying now?” and so on. I wouldn’t mind her talking if [...]
Filed under: Attention, In the Car and on the Go
Since David is my firstborn, and I’ve never had the chance to monitor the progression of attention span development in other children, I’ve been learning a lot about my expectations and reality in this area. I was starting to get worried about David. He has the ability to do a fairly large puzzle for his [...]
Filed under: Attention
