Instructions. 1  Mix the yeast and 1 1/4 cups of the cornmeal in a large bowl. 2  Add 1 cup of the lukewarm water, stirring to combine thoroughly. 3  Mix in 1/2 cup more of the water, if needed, to give the mixture the consistency of pancake batter. 4  Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
So an average 6-year old should be able to focus on a given task for up to 30 minutes. Of course, whether a 6-year old is able to focus 30 minutes or 12 minutes will vary by child â and of course by task. Attention span is also elastic and will tend to wane as the school day progresses.
1 Some state that the average human attention span is approximately 5 minutes; others state that most healthy teenagers and adults are unable to sustain attention on one thing for more than about 20 minutes at a time, although they can choose repeatedly to re-focus on the same thing. Transient attention is a short-term response to a stimulus that temporarily attracts/distracts attention. 2  Researchers disagree on the exact amount of human transient attention span; some say it may be as short as 8 seconds.