Writing is a challenging subject to teach and to learn for young Ks. A critical beginning step and skill in Kindergarten writing is learning to show a story on paper through drawing. Representational drawing is assessed on the Report Card. But, what if your child doesn't have too much experience or confidence drawing? Well, that's what we work on in our first unit. We have done a variety of lessons that focus on drawing so for this year. Take a look:
In this lesson, we focused on adding a setting.
Here, Aaliyah created her playground setting by adding the monkey bars!
In this lesson, we focused on drawing faces that show feelings.
Here, Eilidh drew a silly face.
This was another example of adding a setting.
Here, Krush shows a story of swimming in the pool with his dad.
Here is another example of showing feelings on faces. Look at those tears! Good work, Cora!
In this lesson, we focused on our creativity and confidence as a writer and illustrator.
We watched the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.
I encouraged the kids to start with a dot and see where it takes them! We got some very creative results! Above, Moemin's dot took him to illustrating a big hole.
In this lesson, we used how to drawing supports to help us try to draw new things. Here, Emma draws a lady bug.
Here is another example of drawing faces from Emilie.
This is another example from our Dot lesson.
Here, Lewis's dot transformed into the play area at the mall.
In this lesson, we worked on drawing people.
Step-by-step we learned how to draw the details of a person (no stick-figures here!).
Great work Blake!
This is another example of drawing faces.
In the book, All About Faces by La Zoo, we saw that faces can be different shapes.
Here, Kaia tries a square face!
Another example for The Dot lesson: a peach tree!
We have also been working on some parts to the writing process.
We...
Draw with pencil first!
Fill in color and details!
We also read many other books as a part of our study of drawing:
Harold and the Purple Crayon by
Dog Loves Drawing by Louise Yates
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean & Eric Litwin
We studied James Dean's drawings and learned that he fills the pages with color. So, we tried it too!
Lines That Wiggle by Candice Whitman & Steve Wilson
With this book, we learned to draw different types of lines.
Now that we are beginning to be more confident with drawing, we will transition to our narrative writing unit where we will focus on sharing our own story from our lives on paper.
So, how can you support your child with drawing at home?!
* Ask your child to draw about one thing they did at school that day.
* When your child says, "I can't draw a ..." show them each step on paper and have him/her try along with you. Using pencil first is key!
* Locate how to drawing pages on the internet to print at home. Click here and here for some!
* Check out how to drawing books from the library (or purchase them) for him/her to use as a resource. Try these:
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