Materials: toys, white paper (9×12 or so), colored pencils, black drawing tool such as a china marker
- set toys out at each spot along with paper and pencils
- model the elements of a drawing as well as drawing one of the toys using those elements (straight line, angled line, curved line, closed dot, opened dot)
- call children one by one to choose a toy (have extras in case the last few children don’t like the last available toys)
- begin observational drawings of the toys with black pencil, then add color- children can have their toys be sitting on the table like a still life or can include an imagined setting
Christy M. King 