Day 193 · Flat or folded: two useful ideas

Learning job: Generate and communicate meaningfully different forms for one display purpose.

Have ready: Whole paper, a checked surface, optional locally suitable folding; no tools or handling required.

Say to the child: Try two ways to show your idea. What changes for the person looking? Pick one, both, or neither.

1. Read the own purpose or invite a new one. Offer a no-object start if earlier work is unavailable.
2. Keep an own first form before examples. Ask which face carries the mark and what supports or positions it.
3. Create a second meaningfully different form through the chosen route. A flat face and a proposed folded face differ in arrangement; changing only colour need not change the job.
4. After both ideas, show C05’s flat view and C06’s two-wing proposal. These are untested original models, with no stability guarantee.
5. Ask which idea the child would choose for their purpose, preference or actual available materials. “Neither” can lead to a new purpose.
6. Keep both ideas and the reason. If the forms are only renamed, demonstrate an unrelated adult blank sheet lying flat versus bent at one broad crease, and invite an own relationship difference.

Choose one route:

• Draw a flat-face idea and a folded-face idea, then point to what changes.
• Direct two broad paper arrangements to a willing helper, keeping who bent or placed each part.
• Tell two different display arrangements in speech/sign/AAC and choose for an own reason.

Look for / next teaching: Meaningful alternatives and a stated choice. Next teach how position or a fold changes a proposed viewer action, without promising function.

More choices: C05/C06, H03, X03. Keep models after the first idea.

Read together:

One drawing might lie flat. Another might have a folded side. Neither has to win. Think about the job you chose, then keep two ideas and a reason for your choice. We haven’t checked whether a proposed folded shape will stand.

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