# N16 · Three stages of a kitchen cue

**A small start:** Which cue is only planned? Which is made? What happened in the trial?

## Complete supplied source

Original fiction. Design note says a “cups first” kitchen cue is proposed but not drawn. Making note says a different “plates first” cue has been drawn on paper, but no reader has tried it. Trial note says a helper tried finding “spoons” on a third cue; the result was not entered. These are three different cues, not successive stages of one cue.

## Choose your way

Tell it, sign, use AAC, point to the words, make broad marks or direct a helper. Two reachable paper spaces are enough if wanted. Start with one clue, keep it private, rest, pass or stop. A helper can read dates or source names neutrally and write the child’s exact chosen words; record any supplied idea separately. These are choices, not fixed learning styles or diagnostic labels.

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**Teacher invitation:** Keep three labelled spaces or a three-part spoken account. Read exact action/status words; make no invisible step between records. If wanted, model one contrast after the child’s choice.

**One worked possibility, after an own attempt or if wanted:** “Cups first” is proposed/unmade. “Plates first” is made/untried. The third cue has an actual recorded find attempt, but outcome is unknown. Drawn is not shown-to-work; no result does not erase the recorded attempt.

**What stays unknown:** No outcome for the trial and no trial for plates first are supplied.

**Next teaching:** Choose one cue and propose a wanted next step, such as making the proposed cue or inviting a willing reader to find an entry on the made cue. Keep that suggestion future until it actually happens.

**Keep a useful trace if needed:** chosen source/question, exact child meaning, actual helper reading/writing/moving/operation, content help and one useful next step. Missing or unoffered evidence is not a failure; a fictional action is not the child’s performance. There is no length, handwriting, speed or public-sharing requirement.

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