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Drawing Heads

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I didn't really know what I could call this activity but I guess Drawing Heads is exactly what it first starts out to be. Let me tell you what I did. We were studying clothes and the kids were all 6 or 7 years old. I handed out paper and asked them to use the entire size of the paper to draw their heads. When they were done, I taped the Heads to the board, gave each student a pen and asked them to draw the rest of their bodies. They then had to describe what they were wearing to their friends. Very simple but they had a lot of fun on the board and could change what they were wearing.
You can also use this and instead of just having them draw whatever clothing they want, you dictate what they should draw. You can have them add belts, boots and buttons. By the way, that's me in the striped pajamas.


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