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3yo does not seem to be anywhere close to understanding that if she spends time on some things that there will be less time for other things.

I know I know a lot of adults struggle with this ha ha but seriously: any tips? Or experience with when this comes online?

Philosopher at Higher Ground Education, a Montessori startup. Web3 curious. https://nf.td/matt

3yo is too early for proper time management. they still don't have cognition of time passing.  I started with hourglasses at 4/5 years to make them realise that they have to complete a task within a certain timeframe. we have hourglasses with different sand colours ranging from 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 min.

1 min is for teeth brushing, 5 min is for "ok, dinner is ready in 5 min, finish your game", 30 min is for screen time with iPad... and so on

Agreed! introduce concepts verbally (before they are ready), while enforcing boundaries so that they already have a solid foundation of habits