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Stopping yourself
Waiting, and holding back when your hands want to go. Little Roos has 1 free game that practise it, for ages 3-7.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- PSC Self-management (Australian Curriculum v9: General capabilities, Personal and Social Capability): Self-management: goal setting, emotional regulation, and perseverance and adaptability.
- EYLF 1 (Early Years Learning Framework V2.0): Children have a strong sense of identity (including an increasing capacity for self-regulation).
Games that practise it
- Hold It, Quoll!: Stopping yourself: tap the quolls that are awake, and let the sleepy ones sleep. Ages 3-7.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Statues (from Hold It, Quoll!)
- Put music on and dance.
- When the music stops, freeze like a sleeping quoll.
- Take turns being the one who stops the music.
Things to ask while they play
- How do you know this quoll is asleep?
- What helps you wait?
More skills in Attention and self-control, or every skill.
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