Outdoor Chalk Drawing

Materials You Need: Giant pavement chalks

What You Can Do Together: Provide some giant chalks in a variety of colours for the children to draw with. They’ll most likely know exactly what they feel like drawing and where, but here are some ideas to get them started:

• If you have a paved driveway or patio, fill in each slab with a different color.
• Draw crosses on some paving slabs and only step on the slabs without crosses.
• Draw a Hopscotch grid together, then have fun hopping and jumping!
• Take turns to create wiggly mazes that lead to flowerbeds and pot plants.
• Lie on the ground and chalk around each other, then stand up and complete the picture by drawing the hair, face, and clothes.

Encourage the children to draw out in the open air if you’d like the rain to wash all the chalk away for you!

What Your Child is Learning:  Drawing with chalk outside allows children to explore and feel a sense of freedom. It also helps little ones develop fine motor skills – perfect for getting them school-ready!