# Twenty optional everyday bridges

These prompts extend a visual choice into familiar life domains. They are **Visual Arts examples**, not evidence for another subject's curriculum. A child can invent a different context; no family disclosure, purchase, device, real sign, real person or local cultural interpretation is required. At home use plain paper and a safe familiar drawing tool under caregiver judgment; no new materials need buying. Participation is optional and never graded.

| Day | Optional bridge 1 | Optional bridge 2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | Sketch a fictional book-return card twice with the same shape small/large; ask which your own eye notices. | Imagine a toy-box label where a small mark is intentional; explain your choice without calling big “better”. |
| 12 | Look at a household package edge if available: does its picture show all of an object or a part? Draw your own invented oval. | Make two paper windows from a folded sheet; direct an adult to show a whole or partial drawn shape. |
| 13 | On a scrap page, leave a clear patch for a pretend message; no reading/writing required. | Compare two invented meal-plan picture cards with same two shapes but different clear space. |
| 14 | Draw a pretend “please return books” picture with one shape size choice and one open region. | Create an imaginary shared-table card with a blank band where a word could later go. |
| 15 | After check, draw a new five-corner paper star form small/large; no named symbol meaning attached. | Compare two equal frames for a fictional parcel marker; state what changed. |
| 16 | With a caregiver-approved dry pencil, try a dot and a short dash on scrap; stop if handling is unwelcome. | Direct an adult to draw two mark types and choose one; call this a plan, not your own tool handling. |
| 17 | Mark a pretend garden-bed card with few/many dots inside the same box. | Compare sparse/dense marks on two original ticket shapes without copying a real ticket. |
| 18 | Make a paper card for an imaginary borrowing station; revise only one visible choice if wanted. | Arrange a fictional pet-care reminder using one frame choice and one mark choice; no real animal advice. |
| 19 | With a school-cleared or caregiver-authorised **real maker source**, name the maker and one observed detail; ask what remains unknown. | If child wants, show their own picture to one willing person; record that sharing happened, not what the person felt. |
| 20 | After check, frame a different invented round form so only part shows and leave a clear place for a word. | Try a rectangle rather than a circle in a new paper window; compare the visible crop without claiming actual viewers' responses. |