# Give the next picture a new job

Foundation Media Arts · Day 82 · optional flexible start

**Child invitation:** What could happen next? Make another little picture.

**Target:** Construct a second child-owned picture related to a chosen idea, and select an order to inspect.

**Prepare:** Two broad paper areas or two maker frames. The prior picture is optional; start fresh if absent. Numbered areas can be read or described without relying on colour.

## A runnable start

1. **Invite · 3 min.** Ask the invitation beside actual available work, or start two fresh pictures. A pretend event, a useful two-step play instruction or deliberate repetition is welcome. No two-picture completion demand is imposed.

2. **Model · 4 min.** Adult makes their own first picture 'empty pretend shelf' and second 'one square on it' on spare paper. Point to the chosen order. Say this is a made picture sequence, not a filmed event or a real shelf instruction.

3. **Make / direct · 8 min.** Child adds a new frame or draws/directs a companion picture. Ask 'Same again, a change, or a surprise?' A duplicate in the maker is a copied tool arrangement until the child chooses whether/how it belongs.

4. **Try / inspect · 6 min.** Step through or uncover one actual picture at a time. Ask 'Which would you like first?' Reorder with buttons or move broad sheets. Record actual order and the child's own intended connection if offered; readers can interpret it differently.

5. **Close · 4 min.** Keep a wanted part or the actual sequence. Child may leave one picture only. A plan for a second picture is recorded as a plan. Put paper away or explain the tab-memory limit again before finishing.

## Switchable practical routes

### Route A · Pretend snack machine

Draw/direct an invented empty machine and a surprising made-up snack appearing next. Choose the order and inspect both real drawings; no food preparation or nutrition claim.

### Route B · Build-and-change frame

Duplicate one software frame and change a chosen shape, position or optional word in the copy. Use Previous/Next to inspect both. Name what was copied and what the child actually changed.

### Route C · Same, then more

On broad paper, make one chosen mark and then a second picture with repetition or addition. Child chooses whether the repeated idea is the point. An adult can describe both and turn pages as directed.

**Notice:** Actual first/next pictures, order choice, intention if supplied, and operator. No filmed motion, universal story meaning or viewer comprehension.

**Next teaching:** If only one exists, preserve it and offer one tiny companion feature later. If order is unclear, read both exact descriptions and let the child choose, without supplying a correct plot.

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