Ten small invitations to makeFoundation Visual Arts · T3 W23–24 · Lesson sequence

Days 111–120 · ten 25-minute practical Visual Arts sessions. Each day uses 3+4+5+7+4+2 minutes as starting allocations, not measured child performance. One art decision and actual making are central; private teacher note can replace every written field. Adult reads one prompt at a time. Actual setup approved before printing; dry drawing/directing/no-contact routes are complete. A verbal-only plan is development, not made artwork. Use materials, routes, exact aids and crosswalk. Keep held checks/key separate.

Week 23 · Day 111 · One mark can start a world

Goal/codes: Choose one broad mark and a possible meaning; discover the actual method without promising its result. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01.

Prepare: One familiar approved stamp/setup if available; dry tools; blank paper; material-try aid.

1. Invite · 3 min. Ask: “What could one big mark become? It can just be a mark.” Accept invented/cloud/abstract/private answer.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Adult names actual tool and medium. If locally approved and wanted, show one press/lift; otherwise draw. Say who made it and what actually happened, not what must happen.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses one place and whether to try an actual impression, draw or direct. Predict a question such as “What will this edge do?” Prediction stays separate from event.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Invite: “Make your one mark. Stop or add more: you choose.” Child makes/directs; adult pauses before each directed action. No compulsory wet contact.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Ask “What happened in your actual try, or is it NOT TRIED? What do you want to keep?” Child owns whether the mark stays abstract or becomes an invented thing. Record method/support, not neatness.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Adult handles wet art/cleanup. Child chooses private keep/leave to dry/dry version; no drying promise.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 23 · Day 112 · Turn a mark, change an idea

Goal/codes: Choose orientation for art meaning; compare choices without requiring a regular sequence. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01.

Prepare: Yesterday art if available; mark-play aid; familiar actual tools; no new product.

1. Invite · 3 min. “Would your mark lean, lie across, stand up, or go another way?” Child may keep yesterday choice.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Show the original digital horizontal and turned proposals. Say they are drawings, not tested stamp outcomes. Use words or tactile analogue as wanted; actual tool shape may differ.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses one turn or no turn and a meaning: resting object, lively cloud, abstract move. No required angle/name/count.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct an original small picture with the chosen orientation using actual approved stamping or dry drawing. Child can test one turn if wanted; no claim the transferred mark matches the proposal.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. “What changed in your art? What stayed yours?” Record actual impression/drawing and own decision; if only a plan, label it. Keep a blurred or partial edge if the child likes it.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Adult cares for actual medium. Offer “Would you like this kept just for you?”

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 23 · Day 113 · Give a mark room

Goal/codes: Use open space or closeness to communicate a child-chosen idea. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01.

Prepare: Blank paper; mark-play digital proposals; actual approved tools or complete directing route.

1. Invite · 3 min. “Your mark can have lots of room. It can have a neighbour. What sounds fun?” No fixed good arrangement.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Adult compares one isolated mark with two nearer marks; these are original art proposals. Open space is a deliberate art choice, not a missing answer.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child names an invented gathering or abstract picture, chooses one gap/placement, and can reject both examples. No actual family event required.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct an own arrangement. A single mark is complete. Child can leave an uneven gap or place a mark near the paper edge within actual setup; no grid or repeat pattern.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Ask “What does this space help your idea do?” Accept uncertainty, dislike or chosen privacy. A visual adult report is attributed; an imagined world is not a real event source.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Keep child chosen version; adult protects wet piece. No communal display requirement.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 23 · Day 114 · A picture made to help us choose

Goal/codes: Encounter the supplied actual graphic, respond to it and make an own art choice; bounded E01 purpose. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01 / AC9AVAFE01 partial.

Prepare: PRESS-MODEL-23 source aid; own blank paper; actual tools. Read SUPPLIED-WORK first.

1. Invite · 3 min. “This is a computer drawing called Room for marks. You can like it, dislike it, or wonder.” Read one exact section, not all notes.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Name SubjectNest/NeuroForgeIO and 30 September 2026; documented purpose is comparing possible mark arrangements before making. Depicted paint impressions are unmade. No human painter/community source is claimed.
3. Choose · 5 min. “Which part helps you think? What would you choose differently?” Child responds via speech/sign/AAC/drawing or report-based access; record access source.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct an original picture using a personally chosen mark/space idea, or an actual drawing with represented printing unmade. No tracing source required.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. “Why might this particular graphic help a person making a picture?” A narrow documented purpose is available; universal art importance remains unknown. Child meaning is separate.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Record actual encountered work, child response/own choice and actual method. Audience stays NOT OBSERVED unless genuinely used.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 23 · Day 115 · Fresh AE: your drifting picture

Goal/codes: Separate new supplied facts/purpose from own original decisions and actual method. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01 / AC9AVAFE01 partial.

Prepare: Held check AE only; approved actual tools/dry drawing/directing. Teacher key/models out of sight.

1. Invite · 3 min. Say “Here is a new computer picture. Look, hear its exact words or use an approved analogue.” Read STUDENT-CHECKS without interpretation.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Ask the given source/unknown/purpose prompts neutrally. Preserve first exact child response and access/support; do not reveal a preferred arrangement.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses own change or keep with a new meaning; no comparison to practice example required. May choose one mark/empty space.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Offer actual making/drawing/directing or PLAN ONLY; no physical trial required. Capture own art and actual method without key.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Capture first response/status before teacher consults key. If unfinished, retain it and offer another short follow-up; no timed completion or forced explanation.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. After capture only, choose next instruction. Adult cares for medium; child may keep private. No home rehearsal of held art.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 24 · Day 116 · A line can join an imagined world

Goal/codes: Choose an optional dry line or no line to develop an own picture. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01.

Prepare: Fresh dry paper; familiar dry tool; line-play aid; actual print only if adult confirms dryness/compatibility.

1. Invite · 3 min. “Could your mark float alone, follow a wiggly path, or have a line friend?” Child can choose no line.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Show an original oval and a curved line beside it, then a line crossing it. They are digital choices. No physical paint order, predicted mix or actual feeling is known.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses line path/place/none and invented meaning; adult repeats child director instruction. Drawing on dry blank paper is always complete.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct an own dry picture or optional approved line on actually dry print. If wet/unconfirmed, use a separate dry version; no mandatory waiting/touch.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. “What does your line do in your picture?” Name actual graphic crossing/space if available; label attributed report. Do not convert invented path into a safe travel/help route.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Let child stop, change or keep; adult holds actual wet art separately.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 24 · Day 117 · Meet, cross, leave apart

Goal/codes: Choose overlap or separation for art; distinguish graphic order from actual process. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01.

Prepare: Line-play aid; approved actual dry or stamp tools; blank paper.

1. Invite · 3 min. “Would your marks meet, cross, or leave room?” No correct feeling or arrangement.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. In the original graphic a dark curved line is drawn across an oval. The visual relation is available; which real paint mark would go first is not supplied. Actual paint may be opaque, thin, smeared or not tried.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses a gap or overlap and what it could suggest. No blending experiment/new medium required.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct a small own picture. If actual approved printing is used, record real maker/action order and result rather than copying digital appearance. Dry drawing remains a complete art route.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. “What actually crossed or stayed apart? What were you hoping?” Distinguish actual notice, intent and NOT TRIED; avoid assuming physical layer order from image alone.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Adult cares for media; child names if wanted, no compulsory card.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 24 · Day 118 · An idea only you can name

Goal/codes: Communicate an invented/abstract idea with own marks; optional real self-feeling stays voluntary. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01 / AC9AVAFP01 conditional.

Prepare: Own art; one blank sheet; familiar approved tools; no emotion face/colour key.

1. Invite · 3 min. “Your picture might be funny, quiet, stormy, or something with no name. What would you like?” Never assign emotion from appearance.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Adult models a conditional invented thought: “I could draw a far-away mark and call it a sleepy moon.” This is an idea, not a real child feeling or celebration.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child privately chooses invented/abstract meaning, no explanation, or freely offered ordinary self-feeling. Do not solicit distress or private history.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct one refinement or new piece with own space/turn/line. Keeping the original is a valid choice; no colour/meaning rule.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Optional willing viewer asks what child wishes to share. Record actual willingness/words only if it occurs; different interpretations welcome. No audience is required.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Private keep is complete. Any actual concern uses current local policy, not public art interpretation or secrecy promise.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 24 · Day 119 · Choose your finished picture

Goal/codes: Decide finished/keep/change and practical private/display/recipient use while preserving actual medium status. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01 / AC9AVAFP01 conditional.

Prepare: Own piece or new dry version; care-finish aid; adult actual drying/storage/display check.

1. Invite · 3 min. “When does your picture feel finished to you? You can stop at one mark.” No polished appearance criterion.
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Adult explains actual options: keep privately, leave safely to dry, make a dry version, or ask about an approved quiet display/willing recipient. No promised drying/handover.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses one final art decision and intended use; no maker statement card needed. Adult can note one chosen phrase privately.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct the final change or choose to keep. Adult records actual maker/support. Verbal-only future plan is not finished material art; actual drawing may be finished now.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Ask “Which choice belongs to your idea?” If a real viewer agrees and looks, record response separately. A future recipient/display is intention only.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Adult handles actual wet media; child controls privacy. No photo/name/public caption required.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.

Week 24 · Day 120 · Fresh AF: a curve across a mark

Goal/codes: Respond to fresh graphic/source limits and create an own art idea with honest actual status. AC9AVAFD01 / AC9AVAFC01 / AC9AVAFE01 partial / AC9AVAFP01 conditional.

Prepare: Held check AF only; approved actual tools/dry/directing; key/worked models held.

1. Invite · 3 min. Read held source/exact alternative in short chunks. “This new picture is a computer drawing, not a tested paint print.”
2. Notice/model · 4 min. Use neutral STUDENT-CHECKS prompts on given relation/unknown/purpose. Keep first response before showing any model.
3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses own mark/line/space and personally chosen idea, including no line/private/unnamed. No compulsory feeling disclosure.
4. Make/direct · 7 min. Make/direct actual own art if supported, or label PLAN ONLY. Actual making order noted only if it occurs. No mandatory messy trial.
5. Review/evidence · 4 min. Capture first evidence; teacher then reads key to plan next teaching. Allow later short component without timed finish; record prompting unchanged.
6. Care/finish · 2 min. Child chooses private keep/actual approved use. Adult cleanup; audience or paint trial absent remains NOT OBSERVED / NOT TRIED.

If stuck / next move: Reduce to one offered choice plus “your own”; accept a pause/no response. Preserve first decision and current method, then plan one accessible next making opportunity. Do not turn access assistance into evidence of direct handling.