From the pond directed drawing

I wanted to share a free sample with you today, from my new Alphabet Directed Drawing file. Why do directed drawing? Directed drawing allows young students to feel successful on their journey learning to draw and helps to motivate their writing. Often drawing can be a great first step to helping your students organize their ideas for writing. Ask them to draw first, and then write about their drawing! Here is the page for 'a' - it features an ant and step-by-step illustrations to help your…

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I have a free printable directed drawing for you today - it's of our cute Happy Christmas tree here in the Pond home office! Simply print the page and supply crayons, pencils or paint to complete with your children. We're offering it to you over in the Directed Drawing category of our free Coloring Club! If you love drawing projects, check out my growing collection of drawing packs. Thank you so much for stopping by today - I appreciate you so much! - Mel x

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Ladybug! Ladybug! Fly away home. We drew ladybugs here in our creative space recently and would love to show you the steps we took so you can draw one too. Steps to draw a ladybug 1. Draw a big curve - like a tall rainbow! 2. Draw a second, smaller curve on the inside. 3. Draw a line across the bottom. 4. Draw six legs and little feet underneath. 5. Draw some curly antennae. 6. Draw some big oval eyes. 7. Draw some rosy cheeks and a big happy grin! 8. Draw some big beautiful spots on her…

Draw and paint a funny ice cream for a whimsical summer art project.

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

We know you love our directed drawing and art projects! Here is another one for your little ones to enjoy. They can follow our step-by-step instructions here on the blog or by watching our video. Printable instructions are also available over in our store. Use a big piece of paper in portrait orientation. Draw a big oval for the flower. Draw an arc on the side, for the ladybug body. Give the ladybug a circle head. Add the ladybug detail - spots, face, antennae and a face! Draw flower stem…

We love to do drawings and paintings! I've added an Easter directed drawing packet to my TpT store. It includes 5 different artworks that can each be completed in 4 different ways. Find it in my TpT store {revised in April 2017 to include 32 projects} I've also created a bonus project and loaded it into Google Drive for you! This little chick is ready for the Easter Hat Parade with her cute little bonnet! Click HERE to find it! I've also added a new craftivity to my store and my Paper Craft…

A cute directed drawing project for kindergarten and first grade - flowers in a vase. Step by step guide provided on the blog! Enjoy