# N12 · Different spoons, one action

**A small start:** Describe the changed detail with both dated clues.

## Complete supplied source

Original fiction. Mixing account1989 says Fern stirred pretend batter with a wooden spoon. Mixing account2019 says Omi stirred pretend batter with a metal spoon. The accounts say nothing about speed, strength, preference or who made either spoon.

## 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:** Put each date/source beside its material word. Let the child describe the changed spoon material while keeping the recorded stirring action separate.

**One worked possibility, after an own attempt or if wanted:** Wooden spoon in Fern’s1989 account contrasts with metal spoon in Omi’s2019 account. Stirring pretend batter continues. Either dated pair order is fine when attribution is clear; a changed material does not prove a better tool.

**What stays unknown:** Which tool worked better, who made it and whether all kitchens changed are unknown.

**Next teaching:** Offer an invented2024 account with spoon material unstated. Ask what can still be compared and what material conclusion now needs another source.

**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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