Day 6 — Small sounds, useful noticing

Teaching purpose

Capture first sound reasoning, then explore a gentle familiar sound source and introduce vibration as back-and-forth movement. Preserve seen/heard/reported/unavailable separately.

Taught prerequisites: Paper-action vocabulary is available. Sound/vibration may be new, or may have been sampled in the supplement; ask for actual prior experience instead of claiming a class heard something.

Prepare: Clean large paper card, smooth table, optional short paper flap held by adult, blank sound record. Teacher rehearses soft actions alone, asks before sound and stops on request. No near-ear sound, amplification, breath-sharing, loudness challenge, cords or forced contact.

Partial opportunity codes: AC9S2U02, AC9S2I01, AC9S2I02, AC9S2I03, AC9S2I06; whole meanings and limits.

Suggested 35-minute script

1. Invite quietly · 3 min. Say, “Could one gentle action make a sound? You can choose a sound-free route.” Establish the class pause signal and an agreed distance; listening and touching are optional.

2. First sound response · 5 min. Give Sound First Stage 1 or an unfamiliar approved actual source before modelling the explanation. Capture a prediction and reason; keep it, then reveal Stage 2 or perform the chosen gentle action. Log source/exposure/support. Do not correct to a preferred sound report.

3. Introduce vibration · 7 min. Use a separate paper flap or the labelled source illustration. Slowly move a spare edge back and forth to show what vibration means as a model; say it is slowed movement, not evidence of this model making audible sound. In an optional gentle flick, watch for real back-and-forth motion; if not seen, record not seen instead of calling any broad hand movement vibration.

4. Chosen source · 10 min. Choose a context and either a gentle tap/rub/flick, adult-directed operation or the literal invented notes. Record exactly what was seen and what a willing listener reported. A child can make a labelled drawing while staying sound-free; it explains a source, not their own listening.

5. Explain carefully · 7 min. Compare prediction with the recorded source. Teach that sound sources vibrate and that vibrations may be too small/fast to see here. “I did not hear it” is a valid access/report statement, not proof of no vibration. Tomorrow compares actions; Day 8 will separately explain sound reaching a receiver.

6. Close · 3 min. Choose one action label and one noticed/source detail. If sound and movement are merged, separate seen / heard or reported headings. If both were inaccessible, collect question/model meaning and leave sensory observation unobserved.

Three useful context choices

Choose one; the three are alternatives, not a completion quota. Contexts and their supplied accounts are original fiction unless a particular factual source is named. Real results replace fictional values on actual routes.

1. Puppet foley desk

Choose a gentle paper rub for an imaginary walking puppet, not a loud stage show. Invented note: the operator rubbed one known paper card; a listener reported a soft rustle, and fine vibration was not visible. The source reports a sound, not a measurement of pitch or force.

2. Page-turn mystery

Choose an invented detective clue made with a gentle page movement. Invented note: an adult moved a loose paper flap back and forth; one listener wrote not heard. The note says movement was visible, not that every movement is audible sound.

3. Quiet signal lab

Choose a paper edge for a pretend game signal. Invented note: one gentle flick led to visible brief back-and-forth movement and a soft sound reported by the adult. Whether another person notices it was not checked; add a visible card rather than increase volume.

Participation and evidence

The child can choose the question, arrangement, stopping point or communication. Offer own approved action, learner-directed adult action or complete source interpretation; these do not supply the same practical evidence. Quiet/private/AAC/signed/pointed/exact-scribed routes are available. Adult records operator, actual channels, supplied account/model, neutral support and scientific prompts separately. Guided comparison is appropriate; no fixed learning-style labels or prescribed outcome.

Notice, then teach

Criterion: Names source/action and distinguishes vibration model, actual visible back-and-forth movement, optional sound report and unavailable evidence; first source is kept before teaching.

Next teaching: Show a slow sound-free back-and-forth model, then separate actual observations from that model. Recheck a new suitable source by consent or with a labelled account.

Child card · ordinary complete source choices · matching aid and full alternative · home · two optional extras.

Staff selection: Stage 1 before finding and Stage 2 after capture. Keep them separate.

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