Beginning Drawing

 Drawing straight lines, dashes, and "t's".

Standards:

 

Kansas Early Learning Standard:

 

CL Standard 4: Demonstrates emergent writing skills

 

Common Core State Standards:

 

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.  (this activity would be a pre-cursor to this standard)

 

 

N working on her "t's"

 Most preschool assessments have this box to check off:  

Writes using pictures/symbols/letters

This activity will strengthen this skill.  Many parents don't think about their child being able to draw lines and dashes, but it is a necessary pre writing skill to learn.
 

Drawing simple shapes

 N is copying a simple shape that I had drawn of a pumpkin and a square.  This type of drawing activity reinforces following directions.