Drawing

I have scheduled in 20 minutes of drawing each day for my children to do.  Charlotte Mason had her students draw each day and I have seen the benefits already. It teaches them to be careful, observant and intentional in how they draw.  They don't always love it (in fact, it is quite difficult) but I find they are very proud of a good drawing.

We are using the worksheets from Donna Young's website and do a row or two each day. This is not free-time drawing but intentional, copy work of an original design. They increase in difficulty and I didn't know it but I put Louisa into the more difficult section but she is doing fine.

On Fridays, I give them a break and give them one free hand drawing assignment like, "Draw a shoe," or "draw an insect." They like these much better. :)

Here is the link for the drawing pages in case you want to check them out.