Useful outcome: Choose a useful question before collecting clues.
Prepare: O1; two broad question slips; blank question mat.
Partial opportunities: AC9HS1S01, AC9HS1S02, AC9HS1S03. Refer to whole authority and explicit limits in the linked curriculum scope; opportunity is not observed mastery.
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Start ·3: Read child invitation I01 in the ordinary source menu. Invite a wanted useful product. Offer private work, rest, pass, stop or another route.
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Source/model ·5: A separate invented coat tag states cotton but not the maker; a material question can use it, a maker question stays open. Adult demonstration stays separate from child evidence.
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Guided source work ·part of 10: Read O1. Its three descriptions identify material/shape and two stated uses, but do not identify makers. Ask which source could help with “What are these made from?” and which missing question cannot yet be answered.
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Own useful work ·rest of 10: Child develops a question they want this small collection to help answer. Collect two relevant O1 details with their source labels. Mark the maker as unknown if chosen; do not turn adult question choices into child-developed evidence.
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Compare ·5: Try finding each collected detail in O1. Ask whether the question needs an object clue, a catalogue or a person's account. Keep or change the question only at the child's direction.
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Notice and teach next ·2: If questions are only titles, use an unrelated invented kite label with material stated and builder missing; model a what/who question. If every source is assumed to answer everything, contrast that label with a blank maker field.
Three ways to take part
(a) Question delivery: Place or direct a broad question slip beside the source detail that can help. A reachable seated layout works.
(b) Clue notebook: Draw, dictate or describe two details under a chosen question; preserve their source names.
(c) Listener challenge: Tell a willing listener one question and ask them to point to a useful O1 detail. Self-read is equally complete; record only an actual reply.
All routes retain the access/attribution/stop choices above. Observe: One developed source-related question and relevant collected details, with an honest missing answer.
Extra contexts: C01/C02; home: H01; optional larger making: X01; written read-aloud: N01. Full source/own/staff separation follows the linked assessment selection guidance.
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.
Short child start · Home · Larger project · Capture/support · Curriculum scope.
Sources and reuse · Original educational work © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, CC BY 4.0. Linked authority/provider exceptions and learner ownership stay separate.