Most of my life I believed I couldn’t draw. In my younger years, I loved to trace and color, but I never felt that I could sketch or draw.  I always seem to be surrounded by people who doodle for fun.  Since I’m a teacher, I’ve learned how to compensate over the years, but I’ve never felt confident in my drawing ability. Enter Directed Drawing!  I’ve found this style of drawing to be the answer!  When I use simple shapes and alphabet letters, I’m able to produce some really cute art. Now, … [Read more...]

Do you ever feel pressured when asked to draw something?  I know I do!  When I found out we (3rd grade class) were all going to draw a polar bear, I thought it would never work.  I thought they would all struggle and not be able to do it.  Boy was I wrong!  In fact, we loved this directed drawing activity so much that we made a Reindeer too! Read on to find out how you can draw a Polar Bear too!   Look out for the awesome list of Polar Bear story books below to encourage reading along with … [Read more...]

Do you ever feel pressured when asked to draw something?  I know I sometimes do!  When I found out we (3rd grade class) were all going to draw a penguin, I thought it would never work.  I thought they would all struggle and not be able to do it.  Boy was I wrong!  In fact, we loved this Penguin drawing activity so much that we made a Polar Bear drawing too! Read on to find out how you can draw a Penguin too!   Look out for the awesome list of books about Penguins below to encourage reading … [Read more...]

Looking for a simple, keepsake Mother's Day gift?  Moms love to see the way their child draws them.  Do they remember their hair, eye color, clothes that they wear? Teachers love Mother's Day Drawings because children need to read (or have read to them) directions, look at the step-by-step pictures and then make their own.  Each picture is always unique, even thought everyone followed the same set of directions.  Would you like to see how I lead a large group of children in making … [Read more...]