- crayons
- drawing paper
- markers
- family
MA Standards:
Writing/W.PK.MA.3: Use a combination of dictating and drawing to tell a real or imagined story.
Social Emotional/Family 6.1: Describe different types of families, addressing membership and social influences, and the functions of family members.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Expressive Language: Engages in communication and conversation with others.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3: Communicate personal experiences or interests.
English Language Arts/Composition 16: Use their own words or illustrations to describe their experiences, tell imaginative stories, or communicate information about a topic of interest.
Health Education 20: Describe members of their family and discuss what parents do for their children to keep them safe and healthy.
Family Pictures
© Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (Jennifer Waddell photographer). All rights reserved.
Have each child draw a picture of his or her family or a family close to him or her. Discuss the picture and encourage children to talk about the people (and pets) in their picture. Say,
- Tell me about your family or a family you are close to. As you point, say, Tell me about this person and this person.
Help children write their name on the picture. Have children hang their completed drawing on the “Our Families” wall.
English Language Learners: Point to the figures in children’s illustrations. Invite children to talk about and name the family members using their home language, and then have them say the English term after you. For example, point to a figure and say, Who is this? Have children say the name in their home language (e.g., “abuela”), repeat the word they say, then have them say the name in English after you (“grandmother”).