Family Pictures

Today there was a drawing invitation on large paper with small squares drawn all over.  I was wondering what the children were going to do with this.  Was each child going to take one square for themselves?  Were they going to draw in or out of the box?  What designs were they going to do?  I purposefully set out the skinny markers so their lines would be smaller for the smaller spaces.  The kids got right to work.  Many began drawing in the boxes.  Some making rainbows, other hearts and butterflies

A. came over and immediately began to draw a face into the square. Once she completed her face  she moved on to a new square.  A took a look at all the markers and matched her hand up to the marker that fit her sink.  She smiled proudly "This is me!" Once she completed her face she went on the the next one.  

"This is my daddy.  He smiles a lot." A. continued to draw faces into the squares.  She then went back and revisited her work.  "My sister has circle earrings" She added ears and earrings to her drawing.  She then went over to the picture of her dad.  "My dad had a phone."  A. completed each person in her family adding body parts and phones. 

A. 

A's Sister

A's Dad

A's family. 

Notice A had to add squares to complete her family portrait.