I have never managed to relate what I've read to what I've experienced. I feel like any child is capable of spending the whole preschool free play time at one station, and they all struggle at least sometimes with circle time.. The key, as I understand it, is that attention span is related to whether they are interested or not.
That's partly why I asked. I don't really notice other kids having the short attention spans they are supposed to have but I don't really pay close attention to this.
Now that I'm paying more attention to this with my own child I've noticed that usually after my child has done something for about 30 mins I change the activity for her or take her out of the house because it just seems like "she should do something else now". I don't really have a good sense of how long she stays focused regularly if I don't interfere but I've seen her stay focused for more than two hours when I've been busy.
