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My Family Portrait

Drawing People

Day 55of 180
Week 11of 36
35Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Draw family members with different heights and proportions

2

Include details like clothing, hair, and facial expressions

3

Appreciate God's unique design of families

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 139:14

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

Celebrates how God creates each person uniquely, just like each family portrait will be unique

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Pencils
  • Crayons or markers
  • Mirror
  • BibleMouse Figure Proportion Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather around and look at family photos together. Discuss how everyone in a family looks different but special.

💭 Review Question: What makes each person in your family unique?
2Teaching (10 min)

Today in our BibleMouse Art lesson, we'll learn how to draw our family members by paying attention to their special details.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Notice how people have different heights
  • Look at facial features carefully
  • Draw clothing and hair that shows personality
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What colors are people wearing in your family?
  • How tall are different family members compared to each other?
3Activity: Family Portrait Drawing (15 min)
project

Create a drawing showing all family members with their unique characteristics

📝 Instructions:
  1. Use the BibleMouse Figure Proportion Guide to help draw people
  2. Start with light pencil lines for basic shapes
  3. Add details like hair, clothing, and facial expressions
  4. Color your drawing with crayons or markers
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Draw 2-3 family members instead of entire family

Challenge: Add background showing family activity or home

4Closing (5 min)

Share drawings and talk about what makes each family member special

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was fun about drawing your family?
  • How did you show each person's unique features?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how a famous artist, Monet, drew beautiful garden scenes

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First grade artists are developing fine motor skills and observational abilities

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creativity over perfect representation
  • Help child notice specific details about family members
  • Praise effort and unique artistic choices
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if drawing doesn't look exactly like family members

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm, careful observation, willingness to try

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse Family Portrait Gallery wall
  • Write a short story about the family members in the drawing

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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