The best way for your child to learn is through the kind of integration represented by this activity. In this one activity there was an integration of movement, music listening and art (symbolic drawings). Drawings and paintings communicate your child’s thinking and often display early attempts to create symbols, a step toward literacy. This weeks family activity #8 continues this experience by suggesting other movement verbs and other fun art projects.
Choose a movement word to draw on a 3x5 (or larger card) One nice thing about drawing a verb is that there is no "right or wrong" way to draw it. The child can draw how it feels to them and it will be completely accurate. Write the word on top of the drawing and the child will begin to associate the written word with the movement. When you have a few made, break out your CD and choose a card and get moving!
“A profound connection exists beween experience and ability in drawing and interest in and ability to write. Drawings and paintings not only communicate children’s thinking (when they reach the level of drawing that is representative of the enviornment) but also often display early attempts to create symbols. Some of these symbols may be recognized by adults, but others seem to be unique and represent the world in the child’s own way. Children often want to talk about their work and create stories to accompany graphics (Kane 1982)” Early childhood Experiences in lanugage Arts: Emerging Literacy, by Jeanne M Machado, p 347
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