Adult prepares the actual setup
Use an existing familiar broad stamp and familiar paint or pad already approved locally for these learners, in current condition, with actual product directions available. The adult checks both products, contact/ingredient concerns, access plans, supervision, surface/paper compatibility, amount, grip, cleaning, drying, storage/disposal and actual available work space. Familiarity is not a safety certificate. No recipe, mixing new ingredients, scent/powder, food stamps, carved/new/improvised object stamps, finger/hand/body prints, blade, sharp tool, small decoration or purchase. No tasting; keep food/drink separate. Adult owns preparation and cleanup under current local rules.
Broad, easy-to-hold stamps are an adjustable access idea, not a size-based safety guarantee. The adult provides stable protected paper/tray, comfortable seated reach and only the approved amount/application method. Do not ask children to improvise a tool or smear paint with their body. Try loading, pressing and lifting only as the actual approved setup allows. No force, uniform coverage or crisp mark is required. Pause on discomfort, spill, unsuitable contact or request; switch routes. No physical guidance without agreement. Child can observe without touching the wet setup.
If unavailable or unsuitable: STAMP/PAINT NOT AVAILABLE and NOT TRIED. A drying time, clean release, complete shape, unchanged colour or repeatable impression is not supplied or promised. Keep one actual dated trial if freely chosen; record its maker/material/support/result before using it as evidence. An adult setup trial is adult evidence, not a child's trial. Unknown drying stays unknown until locally checked. No wet artwork must be carried home, stacked, displayed or touched. Adult decides safe holding/cleaning; child chooses keeping/remaking/private use within that setup.
Three complete same-goal routes
- Direct making: child places one or more actual impressions if approved, or makes original dry marks with a familiar approved drawing tool. Child decides place/turn/gap/line/meaning; record actual medium/maker/support. Adding a dry line over a print requires the adult to confirm actual dryness/compatibility; it is always optional.
- Child director / no wet contact: child points, speaks, signs or uses AAC for one precise decision; adult repeats and waits for agreement. If an adult actually stamps, record
CHILD-DIRECTED / ADULT-STAMPED; separate child decisions from adult physical action. If the adult draws instead, record actualCHILD-DIRECTED / ADULT-DRAWN. No wet contact is needed. - Drawing or no-material plan: original dry drawing is actual 2D art; its depicted paint impressions remain
UNMADE PRINT PLAN. A verbal/sign/AAC-only composition isPLAN ONLY, not made artwork or tested printing. Development/meaning remain valid; arrange later making support if creation evidence is needed.
A child may switch routes, stop at one mark or keep a choice. These options are for everyone, not learning-style/diagnosis groups. Adult reads one prompt/description at a time; offer enlarged/high-contrast art, short exact words, quiet workspace, pauses and AAC. A welcomed locally approved tactile analogue can represent broad mark positions/gaps on a stable mat; label it an analogue, not a wet impression or evidence of ink colour/coverage. Exact attributed report gives visual content when direct view is unavailable. Record access source; never invent direct visual notice. No-print/no-touch/no-screen route: adult reads the given descriptions, child directs an original plan in words/sign/AAC.
What the record means
A stamp is a tool; an impression is a mark actually transferred from that tool/setup. Drawing around a proposed mark is drawing. Our supplied examples are actual original computer-created graphics, not actual paint impressions. Their outlines, opacity and overlap are digital choices, not predictions of an available stamp, material behaviour or physical making order. Actual stamp footprint is unknown here; the locally available tool may differ. The child can invent other forms/arrangements. The diagram line crosses an oval as drawn; it does not prove which physical paint mark came first.
Teacher keeps a short private record, not a child administration task: date, source ID if used, actual tool/material/maker/support, child decision/meaning, direct event or exact attributed report, NOT TRIED if absent, keep/change and actual method/status. Intended use is separate from actual placement/sharing. Self-review is not audience evidence. No names, faces, home/family story, address, photo/audio or upload required.
Finish with choice and care
Adult checks actual dryness, display surface, supervision, storage and recipient willingness before any physical handover/display. Child can keep private, leave art with the adult to dry, make a dry version, or ask about a quiet display. Do not promise durability, safe transit or permanence. An optional willing viewer can notice differently; their response must actually occur before recording it. Touch requires separate permission. No child must disclose feelings or explain a personal event. Art is not a protective behaviour/help signal; actual concerns follow local policy, without public retelling or promises of secrecy.
All home bridges are optional and need no paint, tool, print, device, purchase or returned evidence. The offline planner stores/transmits nothing, makes digital proposals only, and has the same no-device route.