I drew some templates for the kids of a train, a house, a birthday cake, a robot, a car etc... and then the kids tried to copy the pictures on their own index card using the squares to guide them.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76ghdWpTI/AAAAAAAADi4/Lk4Jhbph-PE/s280/gridcopying1.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76jY95r2I/AAAAAAAADjA/v76pYf7t65Y/s280/gridcopying2.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76oKIVcsI/AAAAAAAADjQ/6xBkJzwQlD4/s400/gridcopying4.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76rapa2QI/AAAAAAAADjY/AqrR80jrlaU/s280/gridcopying5.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76t-wEa5I/AAAAAAAADjg/jNDaxE8_Lf0/s280/gridcopying6.jpg)
The children were only four and five years old, but they did a pretty good job of it and I reckon this activity would work for kids up to about seven or eight even.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76z2dMqdI/AAAAAAAADjw/u_XUkCfGXEg/s280/gridcopying8.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76z2dMqdI/AAAAAAAADjw/u_XUkCfGXEg/s280/gridcopying8.jpg)
We had a bit of open interpretation of the templates too, which was fun and led onto a much less structured drawing session afterwards.![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76wd6kEUI/AAAAAAAADjo/CD3RHCVBBsk/s280/gridcopying7.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hiMpW6nqpHE/Sb76wd6kEUI/AAAAAAAADjo/CD3RHCVBBsk/s280/gridcopying7.jpg)
Great idea, and so simple! I wonder if my 3yo would get the concept...
ReplyDeleteSo so cute. I think I'll try this with mine today.
ReplyDeleteAlso, LOVED the robots in the last post. Clever, as always. What a great idea to use silver gift bags.
p.s. since i don't have any graph paper in the house, I looked online and found a great site: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/
ReplyDeleteGREAT graph paper pdf generator -- you get to select type of graph, type of paper, color of grid, even size of grid!
I'm off to go draw some designs...