Draft for educator, accessibility and local-syllabus review · 29 September 2026. Two original, offline-first aids turn selected practice from the existing Year 1 maths sequence and English sequence into learner-controlled activities. Use them for a short model–try–explain–recheck cycle. They are not a complete lesson, an assessment instrument, a child's reading level or a claim that Year 1 content is covered.
| Open | Learning target | Fresh practice |
|---|---|---|
| Ten and Ones Studio | Represent 0–50 with ten-strips and ones; explain that exchanging ten ones for one ten preserves the total. An optional card opens a ten into ten ones. | Four cards each in library returns, art studio and weekend market signs: 12 original sets, including zero, teen, 20s, 30s, 40s and 50. |
| Sound and Story Studio | Group taught sh/ch digraphs as one sound and st/nd blends as separate sounds; retell first–next–last after an adult-read story. |
Three word cards and one original adult-read story in each of a market, toy repair bench and community garden: 12 sets. |
A teacher can start in five minutes
- Open each
.htmlfile with the adjacent.jsfiles in the same folder. Both run fromfile://with JavaScript enabled or from a local school web server. No install, account, network call, font download or data upload is required. If scripts are blocked, use plain-text/print cards with the same content. - For maths, first verify that a physical ten-strip really has ten cells. Model one exchange with large/tactile objects. Then let the learner choose a context and card. Ask them to explain the amount after a check. The digital strips are visual; the live text model gives the same counts to a screen reader. Use real manipulatives alongside the screen when useful.
- For English, check the school's actual phonics scope and the learner's entry point. Select only word cards whose code has been taught: prerequisite single letters/short vowels, then
sh,ch,storndas appropriate. Say the word normally, model a new pattern before independent use and keep printed sound-box practice distinct from oral reading. The longer story text is for an adult to read aloud; it includes untaught spelling and is never labelled decodable here. - Use Check my model/thinking for immediate feedback, then give a fresh card rather than drilling the same item. Use teacher answers and next moves to notice a digit reversal, an exchange misconception or a phoneme grouping issue. The English cards avoid the pack's exact exit and assessment words. Some maths values overlap the existing formative check; if a learner has practised one here, use a different value or task for fresh transfer evidence. Record the actual response and support in school-managed notes; the aids store no learner history.
- Print the current card or use the complete learner print page. Let learners use keyboard, touch, mouse, pointing, sign, AAC, speech, a tactile model or an adult moving pieces under their direction. Choose display size or high contrast. There is no timer, score, animation or forced sound. A learner who needs a quieter route can work on paper with an adult.
Curriculum boundary: AC9M1N01 requires numbers to at least 120, while this aid stops at 50. AC9M1N02 includes other partitions. English links are partial practice for AC9E1LY09, AC9E1LY11, AC9E1LY05 and AC9E1LE03. The adult-read scenes support listening and retell; a correct order does not show independent decoding or meet AC9E1LY04's full reading scope. Check the school's state or territory implementation before teaching.
Privacy: No name field, cookie, local storage, analytics, score history, external script, fetch, upload or automatic speech. Selecting a card and changing pieces lives only in that page until it closes. Opening the optional external source/licence links is a separate user action. Fictional settings do not ask for a child's household, disability, culture or work information. No translation, recorded narration or First Nations language material is claimed.
Review trail: Sources, rights and accessibility checks · teacher/student/funder run-through. The test-aids.cjs test script is in the authoring repository and is not part of the learner-facing public mirror. Run it with node --test products/curriculum-studio/content/year-1/interactive/term-1/weeks-01-02/test-aids.cjs. The logic tests use built-in Node only; optional browser checks use Playwright when installed. School and user testing remain pending.
Rights: Original cards, stories, HTML presentation and printable text © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, CC BY 4.0. JavaScript and test code in this folder is Apache-2.0. QCAA, ACARA and AERO sources are linked, not copied into the activities.