#developmental skills

[useoftoysforchildsdevelop]

Understanding and Nurturing a Child's Attention Span

  Understanding and nurturing a child's attention span is crucial for their cognitive development and academic success. Attention span refers to the amount of time a person can focus on a task without being easily distracted. 

Here are some insights and strategies to help unlock the secrets of a child's attention span:

Understanding Attention Span in Children:

1. Age-Related Differences: 

a. Younger children generally have shorter attention spans than older children.

b. Preschoolers may have an attention span of 2-5 minutes per year of age.

2. Individual Variations: Attention spans vary from child to child. What works for one may not work for another.

3. Developmental Stages: Attention spans develop gradually over time as children grow and mature.

4. External Factors: Distractions, lack of sleep, hunger, or discomfort can significantly impact attention.

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[drdemonprince]

I was 34 years old when I learned a person is "supposed" to dry off with a towel while still inside the shower, and not, as i have been doing, just step out of the shower completely sopping wet, wrap ones body in a towel like they do in the movies and then stomp around the house like that, leaving a massive droplet trail

all my life, my loved ones have made comments about me being visibly dripping wet and leaving water all around me when ive just left the shower. but i neatly folded away all those remarks under the category of "literally true observation with no covert meaning" and never thought anything of it.

until someone finally suggested i try a different post shower strat, and demonstrated it to me, 34 years in.

[freakoutgirl]

My mom is always like "you were suchhh an easy kid compared to your brothers, you didn't even cry the first night home from the hospital it was so weird. I never had to worry about you since I knew you could handle yourself" meanwhile I as a kid always felt like

[bunny-loves-stars]

Voice sounds so weird after losing most words, sounds “baby” voice and babbling, hate using voice because of it, most words are echolalia, short one or two word sentences, I wouldn’t call myself semi verbal anymore, I would call myself minimally verbal or non verbal, still waiting on getting my aac a case next week so I can take it outside house, using mouth talk is so exhausting

[augmentedpolls]

either foot works

[toxicroyjamie]

Speaking of. Ted Lasso truly does have some of the worst kid dialogue I’ve ever seen on television. Like when 9 year old Phoebe was like “it’s understandable. You were only together a year, and most relationships can’t even survive one major career change, let alone two.” have you never met a child in your entire life

[aro529]

From another post…

[potters-little-ferret]

Arthur and Lucius run into each other at The Leaky Cauldron. What begins as their usual bitching sesh gradually turns into them challenging each other to a drinking game. Which escalates to them becoming incredibly drunk. They play beer pong. Arthur gives Lucius a slurred lecture on the function of a rubber duck. At some point in the evening, Lucius ends up wearing Arthur's glasses. They buy weed off some dodgy bloke in an alley. Arthur gives Lucius a "driving test" in the Ford Anglina and they end up in a ditch.

The next morning, someone from the ministry is sent to bail them out of the police station. The weed hasn't worn off yet. Arthur is still babbling on about ducks and how nonsensical it is to have one in your bath. Lucius has the munchies and has been chewing on his own sleeve for the last six hours.

Send me HP headcanons that would piss JK off. The gayer, the better.

"Did you know......that some Muggles...put little ducks in their baths?"

"They bathe with ducks? Wouldn't that make a *hiccup* mess?"

"Noooo, they're rubber ducks. Tiny rubber ducks that just.......bob along the surface of the water. And they squeak."

"But what do they do? What's the pra....the practi.....the practically....what's the point?"

"That's the thing. There is no point. They just have them there for fun."

"Oh my GOD."

[lifeonkylesfarm]

Learning social skills as an adult because you didn't learn them as a child feels like having to guess how to put together a puzzle, like having no picture of what the puzzle looks, having no idea what shape the puzzle is, etc. and yet also having to guess what shape the puzzle pieces are and having to make those puzzle pieces yourself, and if you don't make the puzzle pieces the right shape, then you get yelled at

[nld-as-insights]

Cooking Part 4: How Do I Avoid Cutting Myself and How Do I Chop Efficiently if I Have Fine Motor Challenges?

When you chop things, hold your non-dominant hand the way chefs do, as pictured below.

Chefs curl the fingers of their non-dominant hand so that the farthest away bones of their fingers are straight up and down, perpendicular to the cutting board. The side of the knife touches the fingernail side of their fingers. When the chef’s fingers are not flat on the cutting board, they are not in the path of a knife that slips.

If you hold your non-dominant hand in an arch with your fingers straight up and down, and you practice cooking for many, many, hours, you will eventually be able to chop faster. If you hold your hand incorrect way that most home cooks hold their hand, with their fingers almost flat as pictured below, it will not be as safe to chop faster.

Cheers,

Julia

[thursdayglrl]

I think it's funny that people took the word "parallel play" and declared its a neurodivergent thing. no it's a child development thing I'm pretty sure most adults understand the concept of "comfortable silence" and "wanting company while I do things, but not necessarily wanting to talk'

[wronggalaxy]

Autism levels can be so dumb sometimes. Like I get why they're necessary for some people, but also

Level 2= okayish masking skills, mid-support needs, being mostly verbal, and high/average cognitive skills, right?

Except I'm level 2 and can't mask, need help with at least 95% of things but probably more, aren't fully verbal if verbal at all most of the time, and my cognitive skills seesaw between advanced and barely existent.

Despite all this I'm not autistic enough to be level 3. Levels don't help me, they hurt me by associating me with people way more advanced and therefore losing me the few, few help I would get.

I have level 1, 2, and 3 friends and I'm none of them, which is why I'm level 2, but it doesn't work.

[365momme]

10 Educational Activities for Toddlers: Making Learning Fun

Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather ’round! Prepare to embark on a wildly entertaining journey into the world of education for the tiniest scholars. We present to you, with a dash of humor and a sprinkle of silliness, the top 10 educational activities for toddlers that will have them giggling their way to knowledge! Sensory Play: Get ready to squish,…

[void-tiger]

…the difference between me and my allo friend… she already has a friendship with her crush. Her crush jokes and texts and visits her back. He’s even hugged her. And if he isn’t attracted to her back, she’ll throw all that away. Is there ANY consideration for his feelings at all?!

While me? I will rip out my own heart by keeping my distance if that’s what would be needed from me—because of a lack of interest, or because things are just complicated; there isn’t a lack of interest back. The opposite, apparently. There’s an Old Guilt about Yet Again feeling unable to reciprocate back the way they wish to…when this whole time all I’ve wanted was to try and find a middle ground. I will aggressively and persistently defend the right to JUST friendship and gently but firmly tell everyone to Leave It Alone, Stay Out Of It, Don’t Pressure EITHER Of Us. Because actual trust and respect and building a solid friendship at whatever level the other person either wants or can offer back…that means more to me than “I’m romantically attracted to this person emotionally and if they feel the same way I’d be open to exploring that with them at whatever point in the future.”

I…dunno. Maybe it’s just the difference between allosexuals and asexuals. Or Lust/Infatuation and alterous/queer platonic attraction. I won’t claim that I’m immune to limerence because…I’m not. But the kind I experience isn’t built upon The Idea of a person and what they look like…but my brain refusing to not get hyperfixated on someone and struggling to pry its jaws open to Let It GO, and…hope, I guess. Hope to finally actually be accepted and not containing myself so tightly inside.

Who someone actually is, if we have a spark of a platonic rapport (over QPR or romantic), matters more to me than an Idea of them, how they look, etc.

And it’s hard to not feel exasperated with apparently…this isn’t how people experience things. I’m always worrying my desire for a connection is too heavy and ultimately selfish. Even as…I really Don’t Care what sort of relationship I have, I just want to discover what it is and fortify it then privately compartmentalize anything leftover. While the majority of people…really don’t take someone’s feelings into consideration at all. It’s only how they feel and how the object of their attraction makes them feel.

…how am I supposed to not feel completely furious about this utter objectification regardless of someone’s gender and sexuality being considered the Acceptable Norm.

Especially when I have always had to fight so damn hard to even have friends and platonic intimacy with friends. Forget when I do have “extra” platonic attraction at play as well.