Let’s get started
Today we will explore choose drawing tools through play. Grown-ups can model it first; children can respond by pointing, moving, speaking, or drawing. There is no speed test.
Learn together
- Watch together: Try a chunky pencil, marker, and crayon and describe which feels best.
- Try it as a team: Explain your picture to an adult. Pause, repeat and let the child lead.
- Try once more in a new way: Choose an easy-to-hold drawing tool. Celebrate the attempt, not perfect results.
Watch and try an example
Try a chunky pencil, marker, and crayon and describe which feels best.
Show what you noticed
- Show or tell a grown-up what you noticed while we explored choose drawing tools. An adult may enter the child's words.
- Try it again: Try a chunky pencil, marker, and crayon and describe which feels best. Tell your grown-up which part was fun or surprising.
- Draw, point, move, or talk to show what you learned about choose drawing tools. Adults can record an observation instead of requiring writing.
Five optional ways to revisit this week
Choose a few minutes on any days that suit your child; these are ideas, not mandatory daily assignments.
- Day 1 · Discover: Try a chunky pencil, marker, and crayon and describe which feels best. What did the child notice about choose drawing tools? A parent may record their spoken answer.
- Day 2 · Repeat: Repeat choose drawing tools together slowly. Encourage the child to choose the materials or lead the play. Describe how the child participated in choose drawing tools today.
- Day 3 · Change it: Explore choose drawing tools again in a different place or with another set of safe materials. What changed when you tried the activity differently?
- Day 4 · Pretend: Invite the child to explain or act out choose drawing tools for a toy animal or family member. Which part could the child explain, show, or imitate?
- Day 5 · Celebrate: Let the child choose one favorite part of choose drawing tools to repeat, draw or talk about. What is one skill, observation, or question to remember next time?
Family play extension
Family play extension: Try a chunky pencil, marker, and crayon and describe which feels best. Take a picture or save a drawing if your family wishes. This week's theme is plants grow.
Reflect and grow
What did you enjoy or notice about choose drawing tools? Let your grown-up write down your answer if you prefer to speak.