# Day 41 · What can our information desk tell us?

Choose one small topic or source detail.

Tell, write, type or direct one useful idea.

Read it back, or ask for readback. Keep, change a bit or finish.

Example to hear: The map and cap are inside the bag.

Route1: Make an information card about the supplied paper bag: choose one shown object, write/direct its location, read back the real words.

Route2: Use a familiar suitable object already present: adult and child observe one feature now; child gives a sentence. If no object is wanted, use the bag drawing.

Route3: Give an oral/sign/AAC report about the exact described drawing. Child chooses a detail; an adult can write their exact words. Separately offer accessible eligible print, never count the description as reading.

My own words: __________

My question: __________

Choose one short sitting; about 25–30 minutes is an author planning estimate, not a required dose or tested timing. Keep/pause/finish and a return later are valid. No purchase, outing, upload, account, private disclosure, recording, forced speech/eye-contact/movement or audience. Use established communication, sign/AAC, suitable enlarged print, keyboard or exact child-directed scribing as appropriate. Ask before touching/moving belongings; do not require handling real objects. Read rich text aloud or provide agreed exact text access: it is not automatic independent reading. No-print listening/composition alternatives keep meaning useful, but do not prove decoding. Adults record their own reading, phoneme cues, grapheme supply, spelling and physical marking separately. An actual oral report is oral; a picture+language text has actual stated components; an unwritten proposal is a plan. A scribe can preserve child composition while adult spelling/handwriting remains adult. Only observe handwriting when the child actually forms letters. Only record real interaction when a willing other person actually participates. Do not infer a listener reply from a paper figure, adult model or intended reader.