Two children of different ages are working nearby, and the younger one treats every completed question as a race. I'm trying to help both without comparing them. Would you move them apart or change how practice time is framed?
Separate spaces can remove the comparison without a lecture about it.
Praise completion relative to their own task rather than announcing who finished first.
I can praise their separate work without keeping a running household scoreboard.
Working separately removed the unhelpful race in our house. The children could still compare interesting methods afterward if they wanted.
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