Planning a Task
Make a simple plan before starting a task: what do I need to do, and what should I do first?
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Before your child starts a bigger task — like writing a story or making something — do they take a moment to think about what they'll do first?
Where this sits on the map
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Builds on
Checking Your Own Workages 5–6Planning before a task grows from the habit of checking back after finishing — both are self-regulatory bookends
Planning a Taskthis skill · ages 6–7
Unlocks
Trying a New Approachages 7–8Switching strategy requires first having made a plan — you can only switch away from something you chose deliberately
Setting Learning Goalsages 10–11The plan-do-review cycle is the mature form of the basic planning habit established at age 6-7
Guided Multi-Step Problem Solvingages 6–7Planning a mathematical approach is the domain-specific application of the universal task-planning habit
Stop, Think, Then Chooseages 7–9PSD decision-making processes transfer directly to Learning-to-Learn planning frameworks
Choosing Form and Tone for Your Audienceages 9–10Identifying audience and purpose before writing is the writing-domain form of the universal planning habit
Controlling variablesages 9–11Planning a scientific enquiry is the domain-specific application of the universal task-planning habit
solid = must come firstdashed = helps
Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
This skill aligns to ACARA’s General Capabilities rather than a learning-area code.