Know when you’re actually done
See clearly; name what’s true.
What to learn
Recognize and name a real, honest “finished” — not a drift away, a concrete moment.
The problem it solves
Activities fade out instead of finishing; no clear “done.”
How to teach it
Make “done” a celebrated moment, never a fade-out: “Are you done? Show me. You finished the whole page — you finished what you started!” High-five, and name it every time.
Define “done” before you start so you can tell honestly when you’ve reached it. “Good enough, and finished” is a truth-claim worth getting right.
Tactics that teach it
Choose → Do → Done → Reset — the same four steps, every time.
Run this for every play activity; the sameness is the point. CHOOSE: she picks one thing, out loud, from a small menu, and says it back. DO: give it a finish line (a timer, or “until the tower is built”) and name the focusing when you see it. DONE: make “finished” a concrete, celebrated moment. RESET: nothing new begins until this one is put away — the cleanup is what marks “this is over,” and it is what kills drop-of-a-hat switching.
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