Aprendamos a dibujar y escribir juntos

"You've likely heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words. For a developing writer, truer words were never spoken" - Bekki Lidner ~ More Than a Picture: How Drawing Develops Young Writers.

Research shows that drawing helps young learners organize their thoughts and ideas and gets them ready for writing.

In this class, we will be using the Art for Kids Hub YouTube channel to learn to draw. Each week we will watch a video teaching us how to draw something. After we create our drawing for the week, we will take time to write a sentence or short story about our drawing. Students will practice using proper grammar such as starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation, as well as proper spacing between words. 

The idea is for students to enjoy drawing and sharing their art as well as improving their writing. 

Each month will have a theme and sometimes I will give them a choice of what to draw. If your child does not celebrate a holiday, please let me know and I will make sure I structure the class accordingly.
Jan. Winter / New Year
Feb. Friendship / Valentine's Day
March - Spring animals / St. Patrick's Day/ Dr. Seuss
April - Silly or Funny Pictures / Earth Day
May - Flowers / sports / Cinco de Mayo
June - Summer / zoo animals
July - Ocean Animals
August - Back to school / fairy tales / Minecraft
September - Superheroes / video game characters 
October - Halloween / insects / bats
November - Thanksgiving / turkeys / food
December - Holidays around the world / mythical creatures 

The first weeks of January might look like:

Week of Jan. 8 - How to draw a Penguin
Week of Jan. 15 - How to draw an Arctic Fox
Week of Jan. 22 - How to draw a Hibernating Bear
Week of Jan. 29 - How to draw a Skating Panda