Kindergarten drawing Assessments

Child #1 beginning of the year drawing 

Child #1 Middle-of-year drawing of human body


Child #1 end-of-year drawing of human body. 





















Child #2 (below) could not write his name at the beginning of the year. Teacher wrote his name of him. After working on drawing lines, shapes and exploring them with varying media, he is now able to write his name very well. 



Child #2, finally wrote his own name.....looks very nice considering he started the year not having the confidence to even try. 


Child #3 blew me away! his beginning year drawing and below that a snippet from his family portrait at the end of the year. I cannot be more excited about my choice-based program and all the progress this form of teaching allows the students to gain. 




I keep track of their drawing skills via a rubric I created last year. The rubric lists various skills all kinder should be able to achieve by the end of kindergarten. It has fine motor skills as well as come cognitive ones. 

Art Teacher tips

Giving your pencil sharpeners a “home” at every table by using a dry eras marker. This allows students to freely sharpen when needed end it adds accountability for at the end you should have as many sharpeners as you have tables.  #artteacherlife #artteachertips #drawing

kinder insect drawings to paintings

If you would like me purchase my powerpoint presentation for this unit please send $5.00 via PayPal to Miriam.Cutelis@yahoo.com and specify what language (Spanish or English) you would prefer and which email you'd like the presentation emailed to.  Once I share the presentation with you via Google Docs you can copy and change, add or delete any slides to fit your needs. 

2nd Grade Side Facing Portrait Practice

Children in a 2nd grade are working on drawing side facing portraits. Children took turns 'modeling' for each other. There are the most adorable sketches. Keep in mind this is the very first attempt by most of the kids in drawing a profile of a person. I can tell they were really doing a great job looking.

The glasses look great!
Those lips!
The ears and the hair bun.....those eyes....just such a great sketch.
Great job on that bun.
this remind me of a Picasso drawing....genius.
The artist even included the necklace.
Cutest lips.
Great job on the hair and capturing its direction.
Love it!
Very proportionate.
Look at that curly hair.
the nose.....! love it.
So rich....
Love those lips.
I love how amazingly different all these are. They all have their own personality.
the lips....great job.
The hair looks very realistic.
The glasses! classic....
A warm little smile on her.