Directed Drawing FREE Spring Activity

Directed Drawing for Spring is great for reinforcing spatial relations, fine motor skills, following directions, and is super fun! Freebie at the end!

Do you want to engage your students in a fun and educational activity all year long?

Directed drawing and writing is a great way to incorporate seasonal themes while strengthening important skills such as following directions, developing fine motor skills, and understanding spatial relations.

Drawing and coloring is not simply a fun activity. These directed drawing activities give young students a chance to improve their fine motor skills and spacial relations, and to make connections between what they see and what they draw.

PLUS, drawing and coloring can actually improve our students’ writing skills!

FREEBIE ALERT:

Be sure to scroll to the bottom to get a FREE Spring Lamb Directed Drawing activity to try out!

Winter Themed Directed Drawing and Writing Activities

The winter season provides SO many opportunities for directed drawing fun!

We’ve included:

a snowman
hot chocolate
a mitten
a penguin
a polar bear
a winter kid
a winter tree
a snowflake
and a skate!

Directed Drawing is great for reinforcing spatial relations, fine motor skills, following directions, and is super fun! Use these winter directed drawing activities during December, January, February and the winter holidays.

These two cuties were able to easily follow the directions given at the top of the page.

But not all students are ready for that. That’s why we’ve provided options for differentiation.

Teacher-led drawing whole group with step-by-step directions in a PowerPoint.
Teacher-led drawing in guided groups using directions on the top of the page or center cards.
Independent drawing with directions on the top of the page.
Independent drawing with a center card or PowerPoint and a starter page.
Independent drawing with a center card or PowerPoint and blank paper (for those students who don’t need the support of a starting point.

Spring Themed Directed Drawing and Writing Activities

Spring is testing season in many schools, so it’s a great time to practice following directions and using step-by-step instructions to guide them. If they don’t follow the steps, their drawing may not turn out quite right!

Directed drawing activities can also be used as a reward for finishing brain-taxing spring assessments.

Take a look at the fun spring drawings:

Directed Drawing is great for reinforcing spatial relations, fine motor skills, following directions, and is super fun! Use these spring directed drawing activities during March, April, May, and Easter and spring holidays.

Use the included PowerPoint Presentation so the class can see the drawing steps and complete the drawing together!

Independent Drawing

Once students have completed a couple directed drawing activities, they may be ready to work independently in centers, for morning work, after testing completion, or anytime!

Students can also use the included center cards that have the same step-by-step instructions that are included on the PowerPoints and the independent sheets.

Directed Drawing FREE Spring Activity 3 — These center cards are perfect for students to choose their own drawing and go!

Summer Themed Directed Drawing and Writing Activities

Directed Drawing is great for reinforcing spatial relations, fine motor skills, following directions, and is super fun! Use these summer directed drawing activities during June, July, August and summer holidays.

Ahhhh, summer!

Whether you are finishing off the school year, teaching summer school, or needing activities at home over the summer, these summer-themed directed drawing prompts are perfect!

We made sure that each step included only simple additions to each drawing so young artists weren’t too overwhelmed.

Choose from full-page drawing activities with step-by-step instructions on top, PowerPoint slides with steps, or these center cards you see on the left.

All options help with spatial relations in drawing and with guiding students to draw proportionally.

Did we mention how drawing and coloring help with writing skills?

Each seasonal unit includes creative writing or even report writing opportunities for students. They simply glue their drawing to the top of their writing project and you have an instant bulletin board!

Half-page and full-page writing paper is included depending on your students’ writing skills.

Fall Themed Directed Drawing and Writing Activities

Start the year off with simple fall-themed directed drawing activities!

Fall is the time of year when many teachers need to model and guide students. That’s why we included PowerPoint slides for whole-group drawing activities.