Art and artists
One Shape, Six Ideas
Six circles, six different drawings. Can a circle become a clock, a pizza and a planet?
Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Line Safari
Go hunting for eight kinds of lines and draw one of each: zigzag, wavy, dotted, spiral and more.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- line, art vocabulary, careful looking
What kids do
“Lines are everywhere! Draw a different kind of line in each box and give it a name.”
- Draw one kind of line in each card
- Where did you spot these lines in the room?
How to run it
- Warm up by drawing lines in the air together: zigzag, wavy, loopy.
- Younger kids can name lines with their own words, like “bumpy” or “jumpy”.
- Then walk the room and point to real lines.
Talk about it
- Which line looks fast? Which looks calm?
- Which line was hardest to draw?
- Can a line show a feeling?
Take it further
Make a whole picture using only your three favorite lines.
Pairs well with
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