Make A Cityscape
Here's What To Do
Collect cardboard from recycled boxes. Cut the cardboard into differently sized rectangles.
Ask your child to make a city out of the rectangles. They can paint or color details like windows, doors, and roofs.
Encourage them to add more details to their city, like people, trees, or cars. Cut out the shapes for your child, and have your child decorate them.
When your child is done painting or drawing, arrange the buildings into a city. Ask your child to describe what they've made.
Put PEER Into Action
Pause:
- Search for and flatten the cardboard together with your child for this activity.
Engage:
- "We're going to make a city today! What do these rectangles need to look more like buildings?"
- "What else do you want to add to your city? How can I help you make them?"
Encourage:
- Praise your child's effort to add lots of detail to the buildings.
- If your child needs inspiration, give them ideas for different type of buildings they could draw (like a school, fire house, hospital, etc.).
Reflect:
- Ask your child to talk about what they made and why they made it that way.
Not quite ready?
Draw windows and doors yourself, then encourage your child to draw freely on the buildings.
Ready for more?
Help your child plan a more detailed and elaborate cityscape to make.
As your child masters this skill...
They will use their imagination to develop detailed works of art, and be able to explain how and why they made the art.