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Free Directed Drawing and Writing Activity

Do you like to draw?  Or maybe you want to learn how to become better at drawing.  Step by step drawing activities are a wonderful idea to help children (and adults) learn how to draw.  Children can practice their skills and gain confidence with these types of lessons.  This FREE directed drawing and writing activity can be downloaded at the end of the post.

Do you like to draw?  Or maybe you want to learn how to become better at drawing.  Step by step drawing activities are a wonderful idea to help children (and adults) learn how to draw.  Children can practice their skills and gain confidence with these types of lessons.  This FREE directed drawing and writing activity can be downloaded at the end of the post.  It is from the complete directed drawing packet – Draw, Color, and Write Active Play theme.

How Directed Drawings Work

Directed drawings are step by step directions to create a picture.  Instead of looking at the picture and trying to draw it yourself, directed drawings guide you through each step making it much easier to create the end result.

Children can get frustrated when they decide they want to draw but it doesn’t turn out the way they expected it.  Using step by step drawings can help to reduce frustration and increase confidence in their abilities.

How to Complete the FREE Directed Drawing and Writing Activity

At the bottom of this post, you can download and print the two pages.  Page one is the easier version.  Children have to follow the six directions to draw the girl swinging on the swing in the box provided.

Page two is more difficult.  Children have to follow the six step by step free directed drawing and then write a few sentences about the picture they created.

If the child is having difficulty with sentence production, offer a few suggestions with words associated with swinging to get the child’s creativity flowing.  Words such as outside, swingset, playground, park, backyard, friends, etc.

Get the Complete Draw, Color, and Write Active Play Packet

The Draw, Color, and Write - Active Play packet includes 10 step by step directed drawings to help children learn how to draw simple cartoon figures and provide inspiration for writing.

The Draw, Color, and Write – Active Play complete packet includes 10 step by step directed drawings to help children learn how to draw simple cartoon figures and provide inspiration for writing.

Busy teachers, therapists, and parents will appreciate these NO PREP directed drawing activities to encourage the following skills in children:

  • drawing
  • sequencing
  • following directions
  • writing skills
  • handwriting practice

The Draw, Color, and Write – Active Play packet includes 10 step by step drawing pages (just practice drawing) and 10 step by step drawing with writing pages.  In addition, there is a page with additional drawing ideas and a word bank.

Learn how to draw children jumping rope, riding a scooter, swinging, skateboarding, playing with a beach ball, soccer, dancing, flying a kite, hula hooping, and karate.  Now only will children learn how to draw and practice handwriting they will also get ideas to encourage an active, healthy lifestyle!

Download your FREE Directed Drawing

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Do you like to draw?  Or maybe you want to learn how to become better at drawing.  Step by step drawing activities are a wonderful idea to help children (and adults) learn how to draw.  Children can practice their skills and gain confidence with these types of lessons.  This FREE directed drawing and writing activity can be downloaded at the end of the post.