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Draw Write Now, Book 2 by Marie Hablitzel and Kim Stitzer
 Each of the eight Draw Write Now books have 21 lessons. The lessons are presented on two pages showing a colorful drawing, four sentences, and step-by-step drawing instructions. See the sample lessons.
Writing
It's not hard to show a child how to form letters -- the challenge is motivating them to practice carefully. The short, simple sentences relate to the subject drawn, allowing the child to focus on developing their handwriting skills. Shown in manuscript writing, the lessons may be used with cursive, D'Nealian, modern manuscript, Italic -- any style! The child or teacher simply transposes the letters to the selected handwriting style or the teacher customizes the sentences using StartWrite Handwriting Software.
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Art Concepts
Book 2 introduces patterning and symmetry. Patterning lessons include grapes, trees, cones. Symmetry lessons include owl, pumpkin, scarecrow.
Unit Studies
Each book has three unit studies. (See the table of contents, shown below.) The lessons in this book are:
Christopher Columbus Columbus, Sailing West / Map of Americas, The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, Reaching Land, The People
Autumn Harvest Apple, Grapes, Squirrel, Owl, Goose, Pumpkin, Scarecrow, Deciduous Tree, Leaves and Seeds, Evergreen Tree, Needles and Cones
The Weather Plane in the Clouds, Truck in the Rain, Sledding in the Snow, Car in the Fog, Sailboat in the Wind
 Comments
"The books are clean and appear simple, yet the topics covered in each are complete. They're great unit studies.”
-- teacher
When we began working on this book, Marie Hablitzel (my mother and coauthor) showed me a lesson of how to draw a cluster of grapes by drawing rows of circles positioned like a stacked set of billiard balls. I had not seen this lesson in years and seeing it then prompted me to flash back to a proud moment when I was seven-years-old.
Alone, using water from the wading pool, I made circles with my wet fingers on the sun-warmed surface of the cement patio in our backyard. My challenge was to draw four circles, the same size, in a row. This is difficult to draw freehand since it involves two tasks -- d uplicating the size of a circle and keeping all the circles on a level line. On this hot day, my circles quickly evaporated into the dry air, so I repeatedly attempted to draw a perfect row. After mastering a decent row of circles, I proceeded to add a second row of circles nestled into the spaces between the circles in the first row. Many tries later, I got three rows of circles to line up correctly, creating a staggered pattern. The circles vanished, but I was glowing with pride!
Thirty years later, with Marie's simple drawing of grapes before me, I had something concrete as to why I was so passionate about my mother's lessons. Yes, my mother taught me to draw, but she also taught me to think, be observant, and pay attention to details -- all the while filling my head with questions to ask or ponder.
~Kim Stitzer
Coauthor, Draw Write Now, Books 1-8
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