# A question worth making a table for

**Pick a little question. What would you need to count?**

Choose one:

- **Choose your kit question:** What would help organise it?
- **Which variable?:** Name or number for each item?
- **Local source reader:** Count the right kind of entry.

MODEL: five shape cards triangle,square,triangle,circle,square. One card is one record; shape name is the category.

Try a different idea of your own. Name its whole or data unit. Show one reason or check. [Empty data guide](../aids/own-data.svg) · [complete paper/words route](../aids/own-data-alternative.md)

Use blank paper or your usual communication; pictures are optional. Ask a wanted helper to read, describe or write your words. You can direct a helper's hands, take a break, keep your work private or finish here.

Grown-ups: [full preparation and three runnable routes](../days/day-36.md). The model above is not your child’s own response; record any actual help, making or reader trial separately.