# Three short original read-alouds

**Text supplied; no recorded audio supplied.** Read softly or offer the exact words in print/AAC/sign support. Hearing/voice is not required. AAC means augmentative and alternative communication; use the child’s familiar communication supports. Keep held AL/AM separate. Explanatory adult limits remain in MATERIALS.

## Invitation · about 40 seconds, unmeasured

Here is a possible cloth pad. What do you wonder? You can choose one bit to notice. You might look, safely explore it by yourself, ask an adult to move it, listen to an adult’s report, or use our made-up story. Before a try, what do you think might happen? One gentle press if it is wanted and approved. Let go. What did you notice? It may change, look similar or stay unclear. You can finish or keep a new question.

## The invented note · about 45 seconds, unmeasured

This is an invented notebook, not a real test we did. The labelled cotton cloth D was folded. Before, its side looked tall and rounded. The prediction was, “That side will look the same while pressed.” One adult gently pressed it. While pressed, the visible side looked lower and wider. After the hand left, the observer looked after a short conversation. The side looked taller than while pressed but lower than before. No exact wait or force was recorded. What does this note tell us? What would you like to ask next?

## Your useful question · about 25 seconds, unmeasured

A question can be small. Which bit? What happens when we let go? When shall we look? What is still hidden? Choose your own. You can draw, point, sign, use AAC or tell a willing helper. One useful question is enough. If you use a model or an adult’s report, say so. Your question is still yours.