# Years 1–2 The Arts · Year 1 learner making cards

These are original small creative tasks. Use paper, pencil, gentle taps, safe movement, paper puppets or an optional school-approved device aimed **only at your paper work**. No one must perform to a class, have their face/voice recorded, copy a song or use a cultural design without permission. You can share privately with a teacher. Use the [A4 idea planner](../print/arts-aid.pdf) or [selectable text](../print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md). Point, sign, speak, use AAC, draw, compose silent symbols or direct an adult to move marks.

## Day 1 · A reading-corner sign

**Prompt:** Use a circle, line and rectangle to make an **original** quiet-reading-corner sign. Try two arrangements. Which mark should a visitor notice first?\
**My choice:** First arrangement ____ · changed arrangement ____ · I wanted viewers to notice ____.

## Day 2 · Four-beat tidy-up cue

**Prompt:** Put **tap** or **rest** into four boxes. Make a second version by changing one box. Perform softly or point through the symbols.\
**My pattern A:** [__][__][__][__]\
**My pattern B:** [__][__][__][__] · I changed beat ____.

## Day 3 · A path with an idea

**Prompt:** Compose **start → straight → curve → stop** with safe movement, hand/eye movement or a paper token. Change one size, level or speed to express a new idea.\
**My path:** start ____ · straight ____ · curve ____ · stop ____ · changed ____.

## Day 4 · Two paper frames

**Prompt:** Make a two-frame paper story about a book moving from table to shelf. Use only original shapes. Choose which frame comes first and a short title for the viewer.\
**Frame 1:** ____  **Frame 2:** ____  **Title:** ____ · viewer ____.

## Day 5 · Change a sign after a question

**Prompt:** Make or revisit the reading-corner sign. What might a new viewer ask? Change **one** shape size, spacing or line position, then show both versions to a chosen person or teacher.\
**Before:** ____ · **after:** ____ · my reason ____.

## Day 6 · Pip and Dot at the library

**Fictional scene:** Pip wants a book that Dot is reading. **Prompt:** With two paper puppets or words, make two different next actions. How does the scene change? No one must act as a real child.\
**Action 1:** ____ · **action 2:** ____ · different result/feeling ____.

## Day 7 · Three-frame hall notice

**Fictional source:** A visitor wants a quiet reading area. **Prompt:** Make three **invented** paper frames: a sign appears; the visitor looks; the visitor finds the space. Change one frame to make the sequence clearer.\
**First:** ____ · **next:** ____ · **last:** ____ · I changed ____ for the viewer.

## Day 8 · A welcome cue

**Prompt:** Compose four original beats with **tap/rest** symbols for a gentle welcome. Change one beat. Share softly, silently with cards, or privately with a teacher.\
**First:** [__][__][__][__] · **revised:** [__][__][__][__] · I changed ____.

## Day 9 · A movement welcome

**Prompt:** Choose three safe path or movement marks for an **imagined** school event. Make a start, middle and end. What could a change in speed or size communicate? Standing, seated, rolling, hand and paper-token ways are all options.\
**Start:** ____ · **middle:** ____ · **end:** ____ · I wanted to show ____.

## Day 10 · Choose, make, change, share

**New fictional purpose:** Help a visitor find a quiet reading area. **Prompt:** Choose **one** art form—shape picture, four-beat cue, movement path, puppet scene or paper storyboard. Make a small first version, change one thing for the viewer, then show or describe it privately to a teacher/chosen audience.\
**My art form:** ____ · **first choice:** ____ · **changed choice:** ____ · **my message:** ____ · **audience:** ____.

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