Day135 · Your first place challenge

Prepare

Select one complete first held source E–J and its own blank response. Check prior exposure privately. No staff key, worked model, place-maker design or hints before the child’s first response is saved. One component can be captured and continued later.

Invite and capture first

Read the selected source exactly, neutrally explaining unfamiliar words without supplying a design. Say: “Show your idea your way. You can ask me to read it again.” Allow usual access support and record any content help.

Teach / model

No model during first capture. Save the original four responses or actual partial work first. This is open formative material, not secure testing; public prior exposure is reported.

Make or direct

After capture, offer the child’s chosen next action with locally approved materials, or child-directed adult construction or a plan. Record these later actual actions separately from the first response.

Try / choose

After capture, an actual self-try or preference may be recorded. A willing peer is optional. Do not supply a successful trial just because the source asks about one.

Save and notice

Save exact source/stage/date/exposure, original work, prompt/help and mode; actual making and trial are separate appended observations. Use educator guide to identify one teachable component, not an overall grade.

Three ways to join in

Short start: read one unit and capture the child’s first purpose/idea through usual communication. Continue remaining units at another suitable time.

Hands-on start: save the original spoken/drawn plan first, then offer one safe making action. Do not backfill the first answer from the later model.

Explore more: child can propose a second alternative in the first response without new constraints or leading praise. Later explain their choice.