Hello!
For the past two to four weeks, I have been working with your child on drawing and cutting out shapes.
I have, as well as the classroom teachers, noticed a great need for our students to improve their skills with
drawing basic shapes and then cutting them out neatly. It would be great bonding and skill building time for
you and your child to work on these skills at home!
Here is how to get started!
First, have a pair of child-friendly, blunt-ended scissors for your child. I recommend keeping them stored in a place that only you can get to! Meijers, Walmart, Walgreens, KMart, Kroger, Rite Aid, Michaels and JoAnn’s are a few stores that carry these.
Next, grab some paper and a writing utensil such as a pencil, pen, crayon or marker.
Glue stick would be great for putting the shapes together!
Now you are ready for some fun!
Here are a couple ideas:
Draw a large circle and cut it out (orange paper or use crayon to color some paper orange)
Draw and cut two triangles for eyes, one for a nose and 5 or so for a mouth! Glue them to the orange circle and you have a jack-o-lantern!
Draw and cut a large green oval, large black triangle and a looooooong skinny rectangle. Glue the rectangle horizontally near the top edge of the oval and the triangle to the center of the rectangle and you have the start of a witch. Allow your child to draw and cut shapes to create eyes, nose and a mouth!
Have your child draw, cut and glue shapes to create a house!
TIPS: While working with your child, have him/her go very slowly while drawing shapes. With the rectangles, squares and triangles, help them to focus on drawing crisp corners. Sometimes their angled shapes look omore like circle and ovals. While cutting with the scissors, have them go slow. RELAX, and focus on keeping the edge of the scissors on the lines. Let your child do the work. Keep the environment calm and quiet. It is essential for safety and concentration!
ENJOY this sweet time in the life of your child. It really goes way too fast!
Mrs. Thomas
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