Materials:

Crayons and 12 X 18 manila paper.

Procedure:

This lesson introduces children to the variety you can create with a simple line. They will discover that you can make fat, wavy, textured, and thin lines.

The teacher begins the lesson by saying something like, "Boy did I have a crazy morning! I'll do a picture to show you what I mean."

The teacher then takes a crayon and draws randomly on the paper while describing their morning. The lines the teacher draws mimic the actions that occured. For example, if the teacher were to say "First, I got out of bed," the teacher would draw a line like the one in the image below as they hop out of bed.

"Then I went in the shower. Shhhhhhh, went the water," while making scribble lines which mimic water falling.

"I then dried myself off and blow-dried my hair- whooossh!" while making wild crayon marks which indicate wind. I then brushed my teeth."

The teacher fills up the picture with a variety of lines that follow the path of the morning. Once the page is filled, the space between the lines may be colored or textured.

Tell them to fill their own page and to change colors frequently. The more variety of line and motion, the better. Encourage them to use the side of the crayon to make fat lines also. Kids can fill in spaces between lines with color. If there is extra time, have the kids narrate their morning while pointing to the lines they made on the page.