# Keep a first clue before help
Choose a little clue challenge. Keep your own first idea before we talk it through.
Paper, telling/signing/AAC, private work, rest or finish are all okay. A helper can read the source or do the moving you choose.
## Pick a way
(a) **Private collector page:** Answer one or more suitable components privately on a blank paper page, with full source nearby.
(b) **Exact guided recording:** Speak/sign/AAC/direct marks while a wanted helper records exact child choices; label adult operation.
(c) **Ordinary mini challenge:** Use O4 to make a useful two-item sort and an unknown field; do this when a held first is unsuitable.
## Complete selected sources
### O1 — The play-clue tray
Original fiction, three description cards recorded 2026. ItemP is a rectangular paper path with four broad spaces; its card says players choose a space in turns. ItemQ is a cloth square with a stitched star; its card does not describe how it was used. ItemR is a wooden wheel-shaped piece; its card says it was part of a toy cart. No card names a maker, owner or making date. The descriptions are supplied text, not a child's observation or an image of a real collection. These items can help a material question; the maker is unknown.
Original illustration. No meaning relies on colour.
[Whole drawing and complete text alternative](../aids/V01-alternative.html).
Grown-up help
Offer one wanted route, not all three. Read the source neutrally, or support sign/AAC, dictation, broad marks and child-directed operation. Keep adult work separate. Rest, private work, pass or finish are valid options. [Full teacher plan](../teacher/day-35.html) · [Blank making mats](../aids/OWN.html).
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