Some families and educators notice young children’s high energy level and worry about their attention and focus. This list provides resources to support parents and educators working with children who have high energy.
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This article gives six strategies for parents to try at home with their child to help them develop and improve their focus.
This parent-friendly article gives ideas for indoor fun activities to do with high-energy children.
This article gives information about behaviors that parents notice when their child has ADHD.
This article gives early childhood educators ideas on how to help children focus and improve attention skills in the classroom.
This article gives parents some common reasons why preschoolers may become overexcited and strategies they can use to help their child.
This article gives parents guidelines of typical movement and coordination development for toddlers, including running, kicking, climbing, jumping, and even attention span.
This article lists typical milestones in large motor skills for children ages 3-5 years old and how their still-developing self-control, attention, and judgement impact their actions.
This website gives tips for parents about ADHD assessment, as well as helping their child in school.
This article gives tips for parents of preschoolers about the symptoms of ADHD, the causes of ADHD, and how to have a child evaluated for ADHD.
This article explains the power of the outdoors when it comes to building young children’s attention, including outdoor play, window views, and bringing the outdoors into the classroom.
Schools face intense pressure to prepare children for success in a complex, rapidly changing world. To maximize classroom time, some have cut back on recess or canceled it altogether. Others allow teachers to withhold recess for kids who misbehave or fail to complete classroom work. These policies and practices can harm a child’s health and development.
