Spring directed drawing for kids

April Round Up 2 comments Freebies, Monthly Round Up, Social Studies April is just around the corner. Can you believe it? How is time flying by so quickly? Well, if you are in the market for some fun activities for the month of April, you've come to the right place! When I think of April, I think of spring and all things earthy. Did you know that Arbor Day takes place in April? Celebrating the importance of trees ties in perfectly with Earth Day, which also takes place in April! This quick…

There is nothing I love more than a fun directed drawing. This set of Spring Directed Drawings are not a new product- but always something I look forward to each year! I framed these bugs as an end o

Exciting news! We've got a brand new directed drawing packet! This edition is perfect when you are teaching a unit of work on The Farm. Directed drawing allows young students to feel successful on their journey learning to draw and helps to motivate their writing. We bound our pages into a book to show you easily what is included! You could make a drawing book like this for your little ones, or just use the pages as stand lone projects. As always, there are 4 main project styles for each…

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw Simple Flowers Tutorial and Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

We recently painted some super cute spring chicks and would love to share the steps with you! We did Sharpie drawings on watercolor paper and then painted them with quick fast strokes to get a vibrant fresh spring feel! Grab a piece of paper and join us! It's really quick and easy. Steps to draw a happy chick 1. Draw a tall curved line, like a rainbow! 2. Draw some little round eyes at the top. 3. Draw a beak - first a diamond and then a line through the middle. 4. Draw long thin legs and…

This Spring chick directed drawing is perfect for kindergarten or first grade students learning about life cycles or chicks!

Spring is finally here! I love finding ways to integrate art into content areas such as language arts and math. I cannot think of a better project to welcome spring than by creating echo art flowers through a directed drawing exercise. After completing our flowers, we measured with paperclips since we are working on measurement this week. Each student added a sentence under their artwork that stated how many paperclips tall their flowers were. These flowers definitely make an awesome…

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Caterpillar Tutorial & Caterpillar Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

A blog by Melanie Lloyd (From the Pond) about classroom activities and printables for K-3 learners.