![]() Wendy reads Hotter than a Hotdog by Stephanie Calmenson Meet Winnifred the Turtle and read a story with Ms. Carrie- How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers Lily Reads Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood Lily Reads If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! Please share your favorite articles and ideas with The Acorn, so we can add to our list. My eldest does this a lot and asks me to help him draw it but as I already explained, I find drawing hard so it doesn’t always work out that well! By drawing together I can show him the value in giving it a go, practicing and trying to improve.Here are some videos and activities for you to enjoy with your child while you are at home. I often see children becoming frustrated that they don’t know how to draw something and want to give up. This activity was inspired by a post from What Do We Do All Day about tandem drawing. My two-year-old really enjoyed this game as he just loved scribbling everywhere! My five-year-old found it a little tricky at first but after modelling it for him he soon got the hang of it and couldn’t stop adding extra things. Perhaps you’ve seen a shape that looks like a person and you add a face or arms and legs for instance. You then swap your scribble with another player who adds whatever they’re inspired to add. I read about this activity on The Artful Parent (explore their website for many more fantastic ideas to get children engaged in art), each player starts with a plain piece of paper and makes any scribble marks on it. We went outside just like Picassaur and created some chalk pictures on our patio. Using different mediums to create patterns and pictures can really help creativity flow. Sometimes a plain piece of paper and the precision of a lovely sharp pencil hold too much pressure to create a neat and fine drawing. I catch myself saying “I can’t draw” far too often and it’s not a helpful thing to say in front of your children as you want to let them know they can do anything they put their minds to.Īfter some research we had a go at lots of different activities we found and here are our favourites. We often hear about interventions to try and help reluctant readers or reluctant writers, but how about reluctant artists? As a child I loved to read and write stories but I found drawing really difficult, I still do. Picassaur’s passion for drawing was so infectious we decided to look at different ways to inspire drawing. ![]() And it’s just as well he does because when a T-Rex appears looking for some tasty small dinos it’s Picassaur’s drawing skills that save everyone’s bacon. Picassaur is undeterred, his passion for drawing is so strong that he carries on despite being told he shouldn’t. However, they are less than impressed and tell Picassaur in no uncertain terms that whilst dinosaurs do a lot of things they most certainly don’t ever draw. ![]() Now he’s started, he just can’t stop and Picassaur starts creating masterpieces everywhere and with anything burnt sticks of charcoal, slime from a cave and of course his trusty piece of chalk.įeeling proud, our little dinosaur can’t wait to share his artwork with his family. Picassaur is a young dinosaur who one day stumbles upon something he’s never seen before, an interesting little object but what it could be and what is it for? He notices that it leaves marks and all of a sudden his life is transformed by the wonder and freedom of drawing. ![]() This month our touring book is Dinosaurs Don’t Draw by Elli Woollard, illustrated by Steven Lenton and published by Macmillan Children’s Books. Welcome to this month’s Touring Picture Book Club in collaboration with Book Bairn, Mamma Filz and Along Came Poppy. ![]()
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