# N03 · The cloth badge with no maker name

**A small start:** What can we say about the maker? What could we ask next?

## Complete supplied source

Original fiction. Badge record says: a cloth badge has a drawn yellow circle and was pinned to an imaginary costume. Its maker field is empty. A separate packing slip names Lio as the person who packed the costume, without saying who made the badge.

## Choose your way

Tell it, sign, use AAC, point to the words, make broad marks or direct a helper. Two reachable paper spaces are enough if wanted. Start with one clue, keep it private, rest, pass or stop. A helper can read dates or source names neutrally and write the child’s exact chosen words; record any supplied idea separately. These are choices, not fixed learning styles or diagnostic labels.

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**Teacher invitation:** Read the badge record and packing slip separately. Let the child keep a useful known detail and name the gap. If wanted, model the difference between packing and making.

**One worked possibility, after an own attempt or if wanted:** “The badge is described as cloth. Its maker is not named. Who made this badge?” is supported. “Could there be a maker record?” is another useful next-source question. Lio packing a costume does not establish Lio made its badge.

**What stays unknown:** The maker is unknown, not known to be absent. No request or reply has occurred.

**Next teaching:** Give a fresh invented maker note naming a different badge. Ask whether it answers this badge’s question; keep the identity link open unless a source actually joins them.

**Keep a useful trace if needed:** chosen source/question, exact child meaning, actual helper reading/writing/moving/operation, content help and one useful next step. Missing or unoffered evidence is not a failure; a fictional action is not the child’s performance. There is no length, handwriting, speed or public-sharing requirement.

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