We often hear that babies and children are unable to concentrate, but this statement is not true.

If you watch a 4-month-old baby experimenting with his own hands or a 3-year-old trying to fit the pieces of his favorite toy together, you will know that they are not only capable of achieving a high level of concentration but that they also have greater persistence than most adults.

The child needs to be in action.

An adult acting on their behalf is useless, an electronic toy that does everything on its own is useless, and television is useless either. Maria Montessori said that “hands are instruments of intelligence.” A child with active hands, eyes fixed on their action and working as if the teacher were not in the room are important objectives in the work of a Montessori school.

Concentration is the human being getting in touch with himself. It is through mistakes, effort and repetition that we learn. Try letting your child explore something new without interrupting him with comments or questions and be surprised!