Can a 3 year old REALLY focus for 60-90 minutes?
/Obviously the answer is… yes!
They REALLY can!
Yet so many of you are so sceptical about this.
Why?
You don’t believe that your 3 year old can focus for 60-90 minutes?
You’ve never seen them focus for 60-90 minutes before?
Well, if you are planning to send your child for a 4+ Assessment at a top inner or outer London school, you’d better change your way of thinking.
Because in order for your child to even be in with a chance of passing their 4+ Assessment, your child is going to have to be able to develop the skill of being able to focus for long and extended periods of time.
Parents will say to me that it is ‘impossible’ and that their child just ‘can’t do it’.
This is lazy thinking.
Of course your child can do it.
You just need to put in the work each and every day to support them to be able to do this.
Most of you are not willing to do this.
You want someone else to do it for you. Your child’s nursery/tutor/nanny.
Listen, the only person truly invested in your child’s success is you.
A 3 year old REALLY can focus for 60-90 minutes. How do I know this?
I know this because I see it year after year after year (I’ve personally been preparing children for their 4+ Assessments for over 16 years!)
It is an expectation in these 4+ Assessments. Some will be shorter of course but you want to see your child focusing for extended periods of time over the course of their 4+ Assessment preparation.
So throw your hands up in the air and tell me this is not possible or do the work and support your child to be able to do it.
