Skill Builder No. 27: Build Endurance and Focus

Skills Guide Content

Goal: Strategies to increase the ability to remain focused for longer

There are lots of fun, easy ways to improve endurance in concentration and in focus. These are good at improving the length of time your student can focus:

  • Playing games with strategy
  • word games
  • card games
  • memory games

Practicing counting, spelling, and visualization skills improves the quality of their concentration. Learning about something new can stretch our ability to remain attentive even when learning hard subjects.

Activity from Planner

Try these activities to give your brain a workout!

  1. Play a counting game: skip numbers as you count down from 100 or count words on a page
  2. Spend time visualizing an object and then describing it in detail
  3. Complete crossword puzzles or sudoku
  4. Create a to-do list of tasks or goals you want to accomplish
  5. Learn new concepts or theories that force you to think hard

NOTE: this skill builder does not have an extended activity

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