Sight Words, Draw Pictures Part 2: How To Draw a Monkey and a Zebra
For our next activity this National Foreign Language Month, we're going to draw a monkey, a zebra, and a whole lot more through Sight Words, Draw Pictures!
Get to know two Ghanaian words (Kente and Twene) to expand your child's vocabulary while also teaching them how to draw using simple shapes.
Read on!
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What is Sight Words, Draw Pictures?
Sight Words, Draw Pictures is a fun learning activity for kids (K-2) where they learn how to draw the listed words using simple shapes.
They also learn to write their own story about the scene they've created.
Let's start!
Materials:
- 1 White sheet of paper
- Colored Pencil
- Pen
- Eraser
Pencil
Instructions:
Step 1. Look at the list of sight words.
For this activity, we’ll draw the drum (twene), zebra, monkey, and the Kente scarf.
Step 2. Draw these basic shapes: a circle, a square, a triangle, a rectangle, a straight line, and a curved line.
Step 3. Draw animals and objects.
a. Let’s draw a monkey!
- Using the basic shapes, draw the monkey’s basic body form – body, head, and muzzle.
- Draw the arms and legs.
- Draw a curved tail.
- Add details on the face and body.
- Draw a square behind the muzzle to add shape to the face.
- On top of the square, draw a narrow rectangle and two small circles for the eyes.
- Add two dots for the nostrils and an upward curve for the mouth.
- Draw two half-circles for the ears.
- Draw ovals for the hands and feet.
- Erase the connecting lines.
- Darken the narrow rectangle behind the eyes and draw zigzag patterns for the fur.
b. Let’s draw a drum (twene)!
- Draw a triangle for the base and an oval for the batter head.
- Connect with an irregular rectangle for the body.
- Erase the excess part of the triangle.
- Draw the beautiful details.
c. Let’s draw a zebra!
- Draw the zebra’s basic body form – body, head, and muzzle.
- Connect the head to the body with a straight line to form the neck.
- Draw the legs and feet.
- Draw the tail.
- Add details on the face.
- Draw a small oval for the eye with a dot for the eyeball.
- Draw two triangles for the ears.
- Add two small circles at the end of the muzzle for the nostrils and an upward curve for the mouth.
- Draw the zebra patterns all over the body.
d. Let’s draw a kente scarf.
Kente cloth is the traditional cloth of Ghana and is worn by the majority of the southern Ghanaian ethnic groups including the Akan, the Ga, and the Ewe. Draw a kente scarf in these two simple steps!
- Draw a rectangle with curved sides.
- Draw two smaller curved rectangles for the folds.
Step 4. Make a story from the words and the pictures.
Once you are done with the drawing, make a wonderful story using all the words on our list!
Tips for art-mazing success:
- Continue drawing the other words in the list.
- You can explore drawing your characters the way you want to!
- Color your drawings.
- Add other things to your drawing and make a good story out of it.
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Did you have fun drawing animals and learning about Ghanaian words? Let us know in the comment section below.
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