School gate: the teacher checks the current school safety, classroom-sign, child-safety, privacy, material and access procedures. This Design pack does not teach an official safety action. Any real school sign or familiar product/service/environment is selected by the school, shown in its proper context, and entered in the blank local-source slot with source/date/permission and what a child actually noticed. A teacher-made cue must say PRACTICE CUE, never mimic an official emergency or health sign, and must not ask a child to share names, addresses, photos or experiences.
No-purchase kit: A4/reused broad paper sheets, large printed source cards, thick pencil, and a stable clear table. Adults check paper edges, size, visibility and whether folding is appropriate; they prepare all print/cuts. No child scissors, blades, pins, staples, tape, string, magnets, tiny pieces, electricity, food, water or load-bearing structures. Fold only a large blunt edge under supervision; no child must touch. A child may direct an adult's fold and stand, use AAC/pointing/speech/drawing or stay plan-only. An adult demonstration is adult material action, not a child's. No home making or testing is required.
| Source | Exact original fictional content | Evidence limit |
|---|---|---|
| A · Two-step source | Pretend maker's task: LOOK at an invented picture, then SKETCH a mark. Large left-to-right cards LOOK → SKETCH. A person-made cue could help keep order. | No real maker used it, and no drawing is an actual sign or user test. |
| B · Layout ideas | STACKED IDEA places two broad cue fields top-to-bottom; SIDE-BY-SIDE IDEA places them left-to-right. Both are untested drawings, not a readability finding. | A child must give a purpose-linked reason; no layout is universally better. |
| C · Safe stand steps | 1 CHOOSE LARGE SHEET, 2 FOLD BROAD BASE, 3 STAND ON TABLE, 4 LOOK AND REPORT. Unselected results: UPRIGHT / FLAT / NOT TRIED. | Adult checks material; actual child handling and observed result need separate record. |
| D · Design evidence mat | Blank USER/PURPOSE, TWO IDEAS/CHOICE, WHO FOLDED/ACTUAL RESULT, READABILITY/REVISION. | An upright stand can still be unreadable; these are separate observations. |
| E · School sign/source slot | Blank real familiar source, position, source/date/permission and child-seen person-made feature. | Leave blank until school approval; no local policy or cultural inference. |
| F · Pattern practice cue | Fictional graphic strip CIRCLE BAR CIRCLE BAR CIRCLE BAR, without unit breaks. Child may design broad grouping spaces for a pretend viewer. | Supports a Design task; Mathematics/Arts evidence needs their own observation and teacher judgment. |
Held public checks: Day 35 Board Game Cue uses a fresh fictional instruction POINT then MARK, with two large action labels that must remain visible in order; children propose two different broad-paper layouts and choose one without a real trial. Day 40 Repeat Stand uses a separate fresh invented strip BUMP TICK BUMP TICK BUMP TICK, target two-item unit BUMP then TICK. A child designs two stand/spacing ideas, selects one, gives safe steps and, only if actually tried under school approval, records UPRIGHT / FLAT / NOT TRIED plus whether the ordered labels were readable. These held details are withheld from routine practice before first responses.
Evidence note: privately record the child's idea, chosen purpose, route, adult content cue, who physically folded/placed material, actual stand result, what a real reader said or did if one exists, and one revision. Do not upload child work or attribute adult handling to the child. A plan-only route has safe making/testing not observed. An unasked or unobserved user response stays unknown.