Rock Tracing

Instructions:

1. Gather materiales: chalk (from box), small rocks (from garden).

   1. ***If you don’t have small rocks, pasta, beans or coins work too!***

2. Find a place to use sidewalk chalk outside.

3. Write a child’s name on the cement.

4. Have child trace his name with rocks

Further Options:

1. Trace Numbers or Shapes too!

2. Students can write with the chalk and trace their own drawings. ***Or letters or numbers if they can write them!***

InterACTions:

• Hmmm, what shapes make up the letter? I see a straight line here, a curve here.

• What do you notice about this letter?

• What sound does this letter make?

• What number is that? Can you count out that amount of rocks?

• What shapes can you think of to draw?

• Do you want to try?