# Day 44 — Show the same data two ways

**25 minutes · AC9MFST01 (object and image data, comparison); partial practice · educator review pending**

**Success:** The child preserves the same counts when moving from sorted object tokens to a one-picture-per-object display and answers the given question in either form.

**Prepare per pair:** [D3](print-aids.md): four crayon, six brush and two sponge word-and-shape tokens; three mats; [A4 data page](data-display.svg). The picture marks can be simple original line icons or the printed category letter; do not rely on a downloaded image.

1. **Retrieve, 3 min.** Show four loose crayon tokens and four crayon picture marks. Ask what one mark stands for: one token, not an arbitrary number.
2. **Model, 6 min.** State the question: “Which art-kit label appears most in this set?” Collect and sort two tokens. Move each to its category mat, then place **one** matching mark in the bottom box of the chart for each. Say, “The representation changed; the observations did not.”
3. **Guided display, 9 min.** Partners collect and sort the remaining ten tokens, then transfer all twelve observations to the three chart columns, one mark per token from the bottom. Count each column and compare the result with the object mats.
4. **Fresh try, 4 min.** Give three brush, two crayon and one sponge tokens. Ask the child to show both sorted objects and picture marks, then answer the same “most” question.
5. **Check, 3 min.** Ask what would happen if one brush token received two picture marks. **Key:** D3 crayon 4, brush 6 most, sponge 2 fewest, total 12. Fresh sample brush 3 most, total 6. A duplicate mark would incorrectly raise the brush count by one.

**If the chart count differs from objects:** Pair each object with exactly one mark and remove or add the incorrect mark; recount both. If reading a small icon is hard, use large words/tactile category markers and record the adaptation.

**Access and record:** Use raised columns or moveable object strips, large marks, spoken descriptions, AAC and child-directed placement. Record object counts, picture counts, one-to-one transfer and comparison reason.