David's Drawings

Last week we explored the book David's Drawings, which is about a boy who draws a picture of a tree he saw on his walk to school, then all of his classmates add more detail to the drawing turning into a class portrait. We discussed various details and colours that had been added and did a group challenge, where the children had to work together in teams to draw a detailed picture of  'a day at the park'. 

 

 

 

 

 

After the team challenge, the children were asked to do their own detailed drawing of their Christmas Tree. Most of the children were hesitant to try this, and I heard a lot of "I don't know how!" Or "I can't do it!", so we worked together to draw my Christmas tree. I made sure to go step by step, showing them how most drawings start with shapes (ie. triangle for the tree, square for the trunk, circles for the ornaments,etc.), and colour choices. When my tree was done the children seemed excited to go and try their own, our class motto is "You can do it!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the children's interest in drawing growing everyday, this would be a good skill to practice at home too. Keep up the good work boys and girls!