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.
- Invite · 3 min. Ask: “What could one big mark become? It can just be a mark.” Accept invented/cloud/abstract/private answer.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.