How can I help my child concentrate better?

I want my child to concentrate on his studies more. He forgets very fast what he has learned. To make me read again his concentration gets diverted to all other activities which results in things getting out of his mind faster. Please let me know how to...

make him concentrate.

Dear cbc1969,
First make an appointment with a pediatrician they can help you if your child has ADD or ADHD. Not focusing can be a tell tail sign. Make sure the room your child is in is quiet, no TV, music, people to distract him. Keep the curtains closed and the room a comfortable temperature. All these have know to help improve concentration. Lighting is important too; have it soft but bright enough to read by. Always keep the same study time. If you have one hour at 7-8 (lets say) then always keep the same time. If there is no homework that day still use the hour for reading or a hobby in the same room with the same conditions. You have to be consistent when doing this or you set your child up for failure.
Sue...good luck

well every child has a way or method of learning! The fact that ure child can make full sentences to express his/herself already shows that it is not a brain disorder! maybe he needs learning to be a bit more fun! My daughter went through the same process. It wasn't that she couldnt read but she didn't think it was fun! by the time I made up songs and got was video tapes that taught reading and maths in songs and games, I tell you, it's fun for me too!

Want to try something DIFFERENT ???
just do the following RIGHT NOW ;

1--chant 'hari om'(hari as in HURRY & om as in HOME without the 'H') do this repetedly & a point will come where you will feel like you just want to close your eyes ( in that case case do it).At this point increase the number of O in om like HARI OOOM & then ---HARI OOOM--- & so on.when you chant this VEDIC MANTRA then remain silent (no thinking!,fidgeting,moving,etc) for an amount of time taken to chant this one mantra.this looks very very simple but its effects are very very very large (even ALBERT EINSTEIN would not had imagine it !!!). this is called 'CHUP SADHANA' & I learned it from 'param pujya ASARAMJI bapu'.--->"http://www.asharam.org "

also read folowing
http://hariombooks.googlepages.com/english_book_TheSecretOfEternalYouth.htm
http://hariombooks.googlepages.com/Elixir_of_life.htm
it will help remove all weakness from you,believe me millions have obtained benefits from it ,literally.

note: women durimg their periods are not to chant OM but they can chant HARI

this I say to you on basis of teachings of 'param pujya ASARAMJI bapu'

http://www.ashram.org
http://www.hariomgroup.net
http://www.hariomgroup.org