Target/code: represent equal sharing of six broad paper pieces between two fictional recipients using one-to-one dealing and counted evidence; AC9MFN06. Prepare: P171 six large blank message cards, two labelled puppet trays and share mat.
- Notice · 3 min. Tell a no-touch puppet story: two paper puppets are to receive the same number of six blank message cards. Ask what “same number” would look like on two trays.
- Model · 4 min. Deal one card to each tray, then pause with four to go. Name the repeated action “one for A, one for B”; do not finish the model for the child.
- Guide · 5 min. Child/directing adult places the remaining cards one per tray in turn and checks that none was hidden. Ask the child to count both trays separately.
- Independent route · 7 min. Use Day 171 A/B/C in a pretend puppet post, book pocket or toy-stage context. Require 3/3 and a matching/counting reason rather than the word “fair” alone.
- Evidence check · 4 min. Deliberately move one card from A to B. Ask whether the paper split remains equal and how the child could repair it. Record the first explanation before helping.
- Exit · 2 min. Child shows one matched pair. If they count all six without recipient groups, next time deal one-to-one again with a different safe set.