Teacher practice examples: two per day, one form/space/process decision and one meaning/source/evidence decision. Offer different personally meaningful ideas without changing the art goal. Do not prescribe the example meaning or force sculpture handling. Check-day examples are AFTER first check capture only. Read one cell at a time; these are teacher planning support, not a dense child worksheet.
| Day | Form / space / process — worked choice and reason | Meaning / source / evidence — worked choice and reason |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | “I will press a broad low hill because I want a tiny mountain.” Adult checks suitable amount; child reshapes one portion. If this happened, record actual compound/maker; if just dictated, record unmade plan. | “The drawing shows a curved ridge. My hill is my own choice.” Given diagram feature and invented meaning are separate; no real mountain/community claim. |
| 102 | “I thought one press would make it flatter. This portion cracked, so I will keep a wider shape.” Exact event supports a next art choice; it does not establish every compound’s properties. | “I can’t handle this compound today. I want to know if a broad press changes the top.” NOT TRIED is the honest record; an adult prediction does not become child observation. |
| 103 | “Two low oval forms with a wide gap feel like islands to me.” Child makes/directs two separate forms or a drawing. No universally shared emotion/symbol is claimed. | “This mound is beside that oval, from our near edge.” Name the reference/viewpoint. If drawing, actual 2D artwork communicates the idea; sculpture stays unmade. |
| 104 | “I leave a bigger space around my ridge so it is my first notice.” Keeping equal attention is equally valid; no focal winner or compulsory mark. | “SubjectNest made this computer drawing to help us compare forms before shaping. It makes me think of a hill.” Actual supplied graphic identity/purpose and child response support a narrow E01 encounter; no physical sculptor/community breadth. |
| 105 | AFTER first check capture only: “I make two wide low forms close together because I want a meeting.” A new original decision may be made/drawn/directed. Record actual status; no check exemplar beforehand. | AFTER first check capture only: “My drawing is made today; the soft sculpture is still a plan.” The two statements can both be true. Do not change the first recorded check answer after this practice. |
| 106 | “From this near edge, my mound is page-left of my oval; begin with the oval.” Child chooses arrangement and attention order. This is an art view, not a travel/safety direction. | “I turn the mat with agreement. Now I must name this view again.” A changed reference can change left/right; original relationships are not universally fixed. |
| 107 | “In my actual top view I notice an oval footprint; from my agreed second view I notice a raised side.” Record only available direct observations. No exact thickness or all-sides claim. | “The oblique drawing suggests height; I don’t know the real compound result.” This is a represented convention, not a measured sculpture. Attributed adult report stays attributed. |
| 108 | “I wanted the low form noticed first. The willing viewer said ‘I noticed the hill.’ I keep the arrangement.” Exact response can differ without failure; actual agreement/date/work needed. | “I keep it private and move the oval nearer for my own idea.” SELF-REVIEW; audience NOT OBSERVED. Refinement evidence remains valid without invented sharing. |
| 109 | “Title: Two quiet forms. I directed the shapes; adult shaped the approved compound today. I want to keep it privately.” Child-owned note and adult contribution are truthful; no preservation guarantee. | “This is an actual original drawing, made to help me remember my unmade idea.” Intention is bounded. A future display is not actual display or an audience response. |
| 110 | AFTER first check capture only: “My new arrangement has three low forms and a broad empty middle because I like the space.” Original making/drawing is the art goal; no prescribed meaning, view or copied source solution. | AFTER first check capture only: “The two drawings are proposals. A real compound result and willing person are still unknown.” Bound an own maker note/use claim; source graphic is actual, represented sculpture is unmade. |
A material/access setup difficulty is not a child conceptual error. No colour, emotion, neatness, realism, audience approval or particular cultural story earns correctness. Record actual work rather than an assumed outcome.