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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Echo Lines
Draw a shape, then echo it with line after line around it, like ripples in a pond. Color the rings.
- Grades
- K–4
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- line control, pattern, focus
What kids do
“Draw a shape. Then draw around it again and again!”
- Echo around each shape
- Echo around your name
- Draw three shapes and echo them until the lines bump into each other
- The colors I used for my rings:
How to run it
- Keep the gap between each ring about the same.
- It’s calm, slow work: put on quiet music.
- Color every other ring for a striped look.
Talk about it
- Did your rings get wobbly?
- What does it remind you of?
- How did it feel to draw this?
Take it further
Echo around your hand outline.
Pairs well with
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