Welcome Earth Day with Engaging Directed Drawings in Your Classroom! Celebrate the onset of Earth Day in your vibrant classroom with a collection of 10 carefully crafted Directed Drawing Lessons, designed to spark creativity in your students. This comprehensive package includes a festive coloring title page, detailed step-by-step drawing guides, and a blank bordered page for students to unleash their creativity. To set a benchmark for quality and inspire your students, three fully colored example drawings are provided. Additionally, this product comes with a concise 2-page lesson plan, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable art lesson while saving you valuable planning time. Fiona D ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My kiddos loved these directed drawing worksheets! I sent them home with them over the weekend for Earth Day and so many students came back excited to share what they created. Such a great resource that is fun and reminds students what Earth Day is all about!" Benefits of Directed Drawings for Kids: Enhances Fine Motor Skills: Directed drawings help in developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, essential for writing and other daily tasks. Boosts Confidence: Completing a drawing successfully can provide a significant confidence boost, especially for young learners. Promotes Creativity and Imagination: While following directions, students also exercise their creativity by adding personal touches to their artwork. Improves Listening and Following Directions: These activities require careful listening and understanding of step-by-step instructions, enhancing their ability to follow directions. Encourages Attention to Detail: Directed drawings teach children to pay attention to details as they try to replicate the steps in their drawings. Provides a Sense of Accomplishment: Completing a drawing gives students a sense of achievement, which can be motivating in other academic areas. Fosters Artistic Skills and Appreciation: Early exposure to drawing and art cultivates an appreciation for artistic expressions and can develop into a lifelong interest or hobby. Inclusive and Adaptable: Suitable for a wide range of skill levels, directed drawings ensure that every student can participate and succeed. Integrating these Directed Drawing Lessons into your Earth Day classroom activities not only enhances the festive spirit but also contributes significantly to the developmental and educational growth of your students. How To Prep: Directed Drawing -Print Directed Drawing pages as a booklet. They alternate “Step-By-Step” and “Drawing Page” (page for students to draw on). If you do not want to print booklets, print the directed drawing page you want and have them complete it on blank paper or in a sketchbook or duotang. -Look over the lesson plan for the materials needed for the directed drawing lesson. This is very teacher-choice and you can direct your students on which coloring mediums they will use, or give them the choice to pick their own. How to Use: -Look over the lesson plan to see what to do and what materials are needed. -Look over directed drawing step-by-steps to see how to draw the piece. You may want to demonstrate drawing the character/subject yourself to engage your students and allow them success. -Print off as a booklet, or just the individual step-by-step drawings. Students can complete work in the booklet provided or just on blank paper to be turned into art pieces. -Have students draw their subjects as per the directed drawing handouts. -To complete the compositions, have students outline in black felt or fine liner and then color with coloring mediums. -Show them 1 of the 3 completed directed drawing posters as examples of what a completed composition looks like to set expectations. This Resource Includes: 27 Non-Editable Pages -About the Product -How To Use Example Photo -Lesson Plan -2 pages (materials, learning outcomes, goals, "Teacher Does/Student Does") -3 colored, completed Directed Draws to use as examples of work in your classroom -1 Coloring TITLE PAGE for directed drawing booklet -10 Directed Drawing Step-By-Step Pages for Earth Day -10 Drawing Pages for Students to Draw on (title, boarder. In sequence behind step-by-step to allow for double-sided photocopying to create directed drawing booklets). Get more ✂ARTASTIC✎ Earth Day products! ♡Earth Day Coloring Pages, Zen Doodles ♡Earth Day Coloring Pages, Sustainable Living Zen Doodles ♡Earth Day Art Lesson ♡Spring Art Project, Bumble Bee Pollinating FOLLOW ME: ♡Instagram☛Facebook✂Pinterest✎Twitter ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). 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