Increasing Attention Span by Developing Fine Motor Skills of a child with Special Needs

Many children find it difficult to pay attention during class and in general activities. Their attention span is very low and they struggle to progress. Teachers find it difficult to keep the children focused on a topic for a certain period of time. Parents are constantly complaining of their child’s low attention span and the inability to stay focused or perform a simple instruction. In order to help the children, increase attention span many research techniques and strategies are being analyzed and applied. From a very early age children start entering preschools. Most of their time of a day is spent at school. This clearly highlights that teachers play a great role in a child’s life. Teachers are able to identify a variety of skills in the children. They are able to see the child’s strengths and weaknesses. Benjamin Franklin stated that when a child is spoken to, he may forget, when taught he may remember but when the child is involved in the activity they would learn effectively. This clearly highlights that giving children hands on activities would not only keep their interest but they would learn effectively. manner. The activities presented in this study are fun based which allows the child and teacher to enjoy the session together. Teachers could use them as a base in their lesson plans and enrich the child’s development which in turn would help to increase the child’s attention span. Through this action research parents, teachers and educationists would be able to highly benefit and provide the needed input to the child and in turn help the child towards success.