This morning Sarah sat at the drawing table and a group of children joined her. Plain paper and coloured crayons were provided for them to explore mark making and use their fine motor muscle development to manipulate the tools.
The Dolphins were eager to participate in this experience. They asked Sarah how to draw faces and after Sarah demonstrated on her own paper, then the children attempted their own face on their paper. Through discussion and the process of elimination, the children decided that drawing a face consisted of 5 steps;
Draw a circle for a head.
Draw two spots in the circle for eyes.
Draw a curved line for the mouth.
Draw a line in the middle for a nose.
Draw two little circles on either side of the big circle for ears.
The children practiced emerging diagrammatical representation skills and mark making technique.
Who knew that there was so much to it?! This just goes to show that she really can be better off there than at home with me, where drawing consists of,
"No, Alice, not on the floor, just on the paper. What's that? It's Dora? Oh how lovely. Would you like a biscuit?"
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madison has given up asking me to help her draw after telling my i'm rubbish!
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