- crayons
- drawing paper
- markers
- Samantha on a Roll (book)
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5 Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Head Start Outcomes:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
Samantha’s Ride
© Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (Jennifer Waddell photographer). All rights reserved.
Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Small Motor Skills, Vocabulary
Invite children to illustrate their favorite part of Samantha on a Roll. Let them use the actual book as reference to note the details, facial expressions, and body language of the characters. Ask children to dictate a sentence about what is happening in their picture. Write the sentence at the bottom of the picture. Help children write their names on their pictures.