Noticing what matters
Explore related activities, guides and research. Use an age collection when you want a starting point for your child.
Attention involves selecting and following information that matters to the current task. During play, that might mean noticing a signal, looking for a changed object or keeping track of one part of a shared activity.
Make the relevant information clear
Start with a short, understandable round and a small set of materials. Show which signal or feature matters. Reduce unnecessary visual clutter or competing instructions when these make the task harder to follow.
A child may move, gesture or handle a piece while participating. Sitting still and maintaining eye contact are not requirements for every activity. Look at whether the child can use the information in the way the game asks.
Adapt before drawing conclusions
If a signal is missed, make it clearer or demonstrate another turn together. If interest has gone, offer a different role, a pause or another game. Tiredness, unfamiliar instructions and preference can all affect participation on a particular occasion.
Keep the claim within the activity
These designs involve noticing and responding during play. They are not attention tests, ADHD interventions or proof of improved concentration elsewhere. Broader concerns deserve an individual professional conversation.
Use the challenge-selection guide to adapt Who Moved? or Start on Signal.
Background research
Read the study context and limitations. These sources are not tests of our products.
