🤝 Personal & Social Development · Responsible Decision-Making
Stop, Think, Then Choose
Use a simple decision-making process when faced with a choice — stopping to think, identifying the options, considering the consequences of each option, and then choosing — rather than acting impulsively
Typical age: 7–9 years
“When your child faces a tricky choice — like whether to tell the teacher that a friend cheated — can they think through their options and the consequences rather than just reacting?”
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Needs first
- Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship
Decision-making process applies vocabulary of 'ethical', 'consequence', and 'responsibility'
- Choosing a Strategy
PSD decision-making skills underpin strategy selection in Learning-to-Learn
- Planning a Task
PSD decision-making processes transfer directly to Learning-to-Learn planning frameworks
- Actions and Their ConsequencesREQUIRED
Decision-making process builds on understanding consequences