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.
- Invite · 3 min. “Your mark can have lots of room. It can have a neighbour. What sounds fun?” No fixed good arrangement.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.