# Optional home start · Day 28 · A date helps, but it is not the whole answer

Five minutes or less; stop sooner if needed. No purchase, printing, device, recording, public post or home completion is required.

## Three small steps

1. Use N2 or make two invented notes about a pretend workshop.

2. Spot a stated exception.

3. Ask one question the notes do not answer. Actual local checking stays with an adult and is optional.

## Tailor it

Choose paper, familiar speech/sign, typed words, pointing or your child’s communication system. Use an adult-read source, an invented example or a familiar safe object already visible. No touch or disclosure is required. A question and a pass are both welcome.

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