Make the guide tell a little story

Day 35 · Make the guide tell a little story

Choose one useful part. You can listen, point, draw, sign, speak, use your communication system, type, write or ask an adult to write your exact words. You can stop or come back later.

Source C09

Complete original story: Lila wanted visitors to find her paper dragon. She wrote DRAGON over its little box. Then the lamp in the story went out. Lila heard tap, tap from the shelf and pictured the dragon tiptoeing away. Her brother Ren held a spare paper sign and said, “We could put this by the box.” The story ends before anyone checks the shelf.

Your invitation

Which words change the feeling of the story? Make your own new ending.

No final finding, dragon movement or shared feeling is stated. A personal response may differ with reasons.

Source C10

Complete original tiny verse: Paper feet, paper flap. / Fold a corner, tap, tap, tap. / On our drawn and dotted track, / Make a mark, then wander back. This is an invented rhyme about a paper drawing job, not instructions for children to move around.

Your invitation

Try the sound or rhythm quietly—or show the repeated words. What effect do they have for you?

No compulsory voice, rhythm copying, music skill or physical action is required.

Choose a route

Create a playful ending for C09, keeping the original lamp and shelf situation in mind.

Use C10’s full verse to choose, keep or change a repeated sound for an imaginary paper job.

Use a sketch/sign/AAC or dictated word group to show a possible new setting or feeling; an adult reads the original as often as wanted.

Use blank paper, your daily sheet or the optional useful-guide bench. Keep your own idea; one useful detail is enough.