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Drawing with Preschool Children

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: Art Ideas

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Here are some ideas for drawing with Pre-K and Preschool children.

Drawing with Preschool Children

Black Ink & Colored Pencil

Children drew a representation of a snake with a fine point black ink pen, drawing the outline and adding details. They had small models of snakes to look at while they drew. Later, these were colored in with colored pencils.

Drawing with Pencil
Drawing with Pencil

Observational Drawing

Children sat outside with clipboard and paper to draw a tree in each season.

observation drawing in preschool

Leaf Art

We first went on a leaf hunt around the school grounds to collect leaves. Children studied the leaves with magnifying glasses, and drew pictures of different leaves with a fine-point black ink pen. I chose one leaf drawing from each child, scanned it, enlarged it on the computer, and printed them out on white art paper. I printed several copies for each child. The children decorated the leaf copies with different materials: watercolor paints, tempera paints, fine point colored pens, markers, and colored pencils.

Leaf Drawing
Leaf Drawing
Leaf Drawing

Self Portrait

Children drew a pen and ink self-portrait while looking at a photograph of themselves.

preschool self portrait
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Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

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  1. rukshansa says

    March 8, 2014 at 3:58 am

    Hi!
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    India.

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