Perspective lessons for elementary

This introduction to one point perspective will take kid's drawings from flat to fat! Some vocabulary & a simple printable and they will be creating in 3-D!

Ok, I admit it- until I really took the time to do some research this year, I really didn't understand the importance of teaching perspective. I was teaching a specific standard that my kiddos were struggling with, RL.5.6 - Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. I did a lesson on point of view, and my kiddos seemed to understand the basics of it. We did a few activities over the course of a week, and then we dove into our assessment…

Last year, for the first time in my career, I needed to do a perspective-taking lesson with one of my "big kid" grades (4th). I had done one in 2nd grade

My first successful one-point perspective art lesson that my students loved. Perspective is part magic and part math and for creative types like me, there

Our second graders this year are at lots of drastically different levels...both academically and socially. And in their English fluency! It means that 1)

Teachers and parents, use picture books as mentor texts to teach perspective. Stories like these help you model for your students and children that our perspectives and the perspectives of different characters, including the narrator, is how we see the world and the events in it.

These perspective taking activities will can help students improve empathy and communication by examining close up views and then zooming out.

Inside you'll find an easy Perspective Drawing for Beginners Tutorial Video and Coloring Page. Stop by and grab yours for free.

Teaching growth mindset can be done with read-alouds! Rosie's Glasses is a great book for this. Get ideas for using this book to teach being positive.