Big scribbles

Ages 0 to 2 A grown-up reads and plays along · about 10 minutes

Read together

Up, down, round and round!

Look at your lines. You made a picture!

Do it

1. Tape a big sheet of paper to the floor or table.
2. Give your child one or two chunky washable crayons.
3. Draw with them: a line, a round shape, dots. Say “up”, “down” and “round”.
4. Hang the picture where they can see it. Say, “You made this.”

Talk about it

• What colour did you choose?
• What does this line feel like?

For the grown-up

Scribbling is a child's first writing and drawing. Praise the doing, not the result. Do not ask “What is it?”.

Mark as done

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