A pack of 4 jigsaw puzzles for practising observation skills. The aim is to find the different elements on the cover picture in the jigsaw.
Made from flexible, washable, hard-wearing material.
Games of attention and concentration
In both children and adults, the ability to attend and be concentrated is important for perceiving and acquiring new learning.
In order for children to be able to concentrate on a task, it must capture their attention and arouse their curiosity. That's why when choosing activities or games, we must take into account the tastes and preferences of each child, to ensure that their level of attention is high.
We can train concentration, attention and memory through exercises, games and activities that amuse us. The following selection of games work the attention in children and adults. Choose the one that best suits your needs.
A fun way of learning about the different parts of the human body and discovering what we’re like inside and outside.
A game of association for learning to classify foodstuffs depending on their origin.
A game of association for learning about where do animals live: on the farm, in the jungle, in the desert, at the Poles or in the sea.
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A game of association for learning how to classify the actions associated with the different rooms in the house.
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Set of 24 wooden figures for linking up, representing different professions and their related elements. Children can link each profession with its respective elements and play with the characters, which are also free-standing. Includes eight coloured laces.
Set of 24 wooden figures for linking up, representing different families of the world. Children can link up their own family and play with the characters, which are also freestanding. Includes six coloured laces.
Chopping tray with a safety frame to hold paper. Felt surface: resists wear and tear. The base of the tray prevents damage to the work area. With space to store the ergonomic awl. Includes templates to start in pre-writing.
Game comprising 12 amusing stories which occur at home. It includes question-cards to let your imagination run wild and imagine different endings.
Listen to the 6 classic stories and put the cartoons in order. Each story has a different coloured frame, which helps to develop a sense of time and chronological perception.
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Game for learning to differentiate 25 sounds of animals and nature, associate them with their real picture and discovering their names.
Game for learning to differentiate 25 sounds from the house and the city, associate them with their real picture and also learn their names.
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Game for learning to differentiate 25 sounds of actions and musical instruments, associate them with their real picture, and discovering their names.
A game of association which uses the bingo system to learn how to differentiate and recognise the basic emotions, associating the image of each emotion with its corresponding sound.
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Association game to match 108 nouns with their corresponding image. It is available in a wide variety of languages.
A game of association for matching 108 verbs with their corresponding images. Available in a wide variety of languages.
32 photos and 88 letters to form the word represented by each photo. It also lets you create lots of other words. It can be used to form words in 11 different languages.
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32 pictures and 88 letters to form the word represented by each picture. It also lets you create lots of other words.
32 pictures and 88 letters to form the word represented by each picture. It also lets you create lots of other words.
A game of association for learning to separate and classify different kinds of rubbish: organic, plastic, bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, glass, batteries, etc.
Short story sequences for developing a sense of time and chronological perception.
Short story sequences for developing a sense of time and chronological perception.
Sequences showing images of production cycles and consumption of the end product.
Sequences showing images of production cycles and consumption of the end product.
Set of 4 saw puzzles made of wood. With 48 pieces each. Also includes posters of the pictures.
Set of 4 jigsaw puzzles made of wood. With 15 pieces each. Also includes posters of the pictures.
Set of 4 jigsaw puzzles made of wood. With 24 pieces each. Also includes posters of the pictures.
Set of 4 jigsaw puzzles made of wood. With 35 pieces each. Also includes posters of the pictures.
Comprises 5 wood trays for working basic concepts: food, farm animals, facial expressions, left and right and spatial orientation.
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Contains 10 dice which can be customized with more than 100 stickers for practising basic concepts such as animals, the five senses, the emotions, numbers from 1 to 10, geometric figures, vehicles, addition and subtraction, etc.
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300 counters in 6 different colours for practising colour classification using the 4 large dice.
Throw the two dice and look for a card where the child is dressed in those colours. An easy game for learning colours and sharpening observation skills.
What is the difference between attention and concentration?
Despite the fact that these are similar processes, we can affirm that attention is the previous step to concentration, since it is impossible to be concentrated on something without giving it our full attention.
Concentration is considered to be a psychic process supported by reasoning that focuses attention on something specific, i.e., that completely fixes attention on something concrete, without distractions.
Attention, on the other hand, is the ability to voluntarily focus the mind on an objective. It usually begins as an unconscious process (launched by the left hemisphere of the brain) that is maintained by the conscious will (governed by the right hemisphere).
The study of attention span can be developed from a double perspective:
- Attention understood as the faculty of perception to discriminate between environmental stimuli which are the most relevant.
- Attention understood as a mechanism that governs cognitive processes.
It is very complex for young children to focus their attention on something, unless it is a very striking stimulus, precisely because of the number of children they receive every day. However, like other cognitive processes, the ability to pay attention, and later the ability to concentrate on a specific objective, can be trained.
Characteristics of attention
The quality of care can be analyzed through the information provided by its properties. They are as follows:
- Amplitude. This is the power to cover a certain amount of data in a situation.
- Intensity. The sharpness of the attention, according to its depth, will allow to capture underlying details beyond the evidence.
- Duration. It is the ability to maintain attention over time. Fatigue attacks the permanence of mental focus in a task.
How to improve the attention of children?
Attention deficits in children are often caused by sudden interferences in their activities. The children, who are not yet sufficiently willing to keep the focus, are distracted at any given moment and some of the information they are trying to provide is lost.
Exercises to learn to focus attention are related to awakening interest; the emotional factor and motivation also affect their persistence of attention and their imprint on memory.
- The novelty. An innovative stimulus, such as learning through games, makes the experience a pleasant one and the attention is easily maintained. Educational games serve to keep children focused and keep them away from interference.
- The motivation. In environments such as the classroom, it can be difficult to keep children's attention, as they often feel compelled to go to school. Attention is improved if the learning that is proposed to them can be integrated into some facet of their life that interests them.
- A child's respect and good relationships with teachers and other students influence his or her peace of mind at school. If you feel uneasy, your attention span will be impaired.
- Pathological impairment caused by psychological disorders that affect attention, such as ADD. In Akros there are activities and games dedicated to palliate the symptoms of the most serious disorders and to reinforce the therapy.
- Symptoms of physical disorders. A child will be unable to maintain attention when he or she exhibits symptoms of certain diseases affecting hearing or vision, as well as nervous system failures.
Games to train other skills
In Akros online store you can fin toys adapted to train other skills that children are just beginning to discover, in a fun and simple way, such as memory, emotional intelligence or autonomy and time management, among others.