Bright Child, Poor Focus, Is Poor Visual-Learning the Key?
A bright child is usually designated as “bright” if he shows signs of intellect and reasoning at an age level that is more than his chronological age. If a child has been seen to be more intelligent than his peers, the poor focus label might not be appropriate. The fact that a bright child might show little interest in prolonged focus on something that he can do easily might just mean that he is bored.
If by poor focus, the labeller is intending to say that the bright child is spending less time at his reading than what is expected, the cause might be that the reading level is too easy for the bright child who becomes bored and drifts his attention to activities going on around him which might be more interesting. Absorbing a bright child into an activity that will keep his attention focused might be as simple as giving that bright child a more difficult book to read.
However, you might discover that the bright child with a more difficult book to read is still unable to focus. Your problem then is to determine if your bright child is socially bright which means that his social interaction skills have been honed by many social events but may not be mentally bright as in reading. You could have a child who is unable to focus in mental pursuits like reading because he may have a learning disability which would in no way impact his social brightness. His bright label might need to be reexamined.Want to know more? Go ahead: Poor ‘gut sense’ of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties