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Twenty worked supplementary context swapsFoundation Visual Arts · T1 W1–2 · Practice Swaps

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Each pair gives a different fictional application while preserving the day's visual operation. Use after a core example or in place of its paper story. “After Check” means collect the child's first G/H response before showing these. Nothing here is an authentic cultural design, safety wayfinding symbol or measured viewer response.

Day Worked swap 1 Worked swap 2
1 Paper seed map: fixed left/right dots + straight line → direct invented path; child names that it is straight. Cardboard cloud map: same endpoints + curved line → winding invented path; endpoint positions stay.
2 Book divider: thin horizontal line → thick horizontal line while endpoints hold; choose what to emphasise. Paper bridge diagram: thick line → thin line for a quieter planned divider; direction remains horizontal.
3 Model greenhouse: circle left of fixed square → circle right of it; only position changes. Toy-window drawing: circle right → left while square remains fixed; child names a possible focus.
4 Paper fruit display: circle card over square → circle visibly in front; square edge is interrupted. Window-collage plan: square card over circle → square visibly in front; circle edge is interrupted.
5 After Check: two curved paper river lines → straighten TOP only, leaving BOTTOM curved; not G's source. After Check: two thin parallel border lines → thicken TOP only, leaving BOTTOM thin; different feature and context.
6 Paper bakery tiles: CIRCLE SQUARE / CIRCLE SQUARE → exact pair repeat. Toy-library tiles: CIRCLE SQUARE / TRIANGLE SQUARE → one changed third tile, contrast.
7 Paper gift-box front: plain square → striped interior while outline/position hold. Model kite window: striped interior → plain square interior while outline/position hold.
8 Garden drawing: circle in front of square → layer broad cards the same way, relation held across making routes. Paper shop window: square left of circle → draw or direct adult collage with same left/right relation.
9 Original cardboard sky picture → show it to a willing educator; record actual image shared, not feelings. Original paper-window image → child chooses a paper puppet rehearsal; record no real audience yet.
10 After Check: CIRCLE TRIANGLE / CIRCLE TRIANGLE → change fourth tile to SQUARE, yielding CIRCLE TRIANGLE / CIRCLE SQUARE. After Check: SQUARE CIRCLE / SQUARE CIRCLE → change fourth tile to TRIANGLE, yielding SQUARE CIRCLE / SQUARE TRIANGLE.