Vocabulary Words: Shape, texture (fur), overlap

Materials: 12x18" white paper, blue, black, red, and brown crayon

The drawing on the left is a student's, while the one on the right is mine to show how well my kinders are doing at drawing shapes. I break this down by drawing googly eyes (you know what this means if you've ever watched Sesame Street!), overlapping the two circles. Overlap a large oval for the head, an oval body, triangle arms, and rectangle legs. I have them draw the entire picture with blue crayons, then add jagged edges to simulate fur. Their original line disappears when they color him in. There are alot of cookie songs that I sing with the students to jazz up the lesson.