Christopher Columbus, Autumn Harvest, The Weather
Celebrate the wonders of autumn with lessons on pine cones, owls, squirrels and more. Explore the world while learning about Columbus' voyage of 1492. Then, unravel the mysteries of the weather, as you draw a car in the fog and a plane in the clouds. See the Table of Contents and list of lessons in each book. See the Table of Contents of each book in the series.
Art Instruction
Introduce art concepts while drawing. Draw Write Now, Book 2 introduces patterns and symmetry. Draw a cluster of grapes and the diagonal design of a pine cone. Introduce mirror images as the child draws an owl, pumpkin or scarecrow.
"It's not difficult to show a child how to form letters — the challenge is motivating them to practice carefully."
The displayed sentences in each lesson relate to the subject drawn and are short and simple, 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 may customize the sentences using StartWrite Handwriting Software.
Draw Write Now
The Award-Winning Series
"The books are clean and appear simple,
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Comments from
users of Draw Write Now.
"When we began working on Draw Write Now, Book 2, 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 racked set of billiard balls. I hadn't seen this lesson in years, but it caused me to flashback to when I was seven-years-old. . .
It was a hot day. I dipped my hand into our small wading pool, and made wet circles on the sun-baked cement patio in our backyard. My challenge was to draw four circles, all the same size, lined up in a row. It was difficult to duplicate the size of the circles and keep them all on a level line. My circles quickly vanished due to the heat, but I continued to attempt 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 before they all evaporated on that hot summer day. I had done it!
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Thirty years later, with Marie's simple drawing of grapes before me, that memory came back to me. I hadn't remembered doing the grape lesson with her, but her lesson had inspired and challenged me. I am passionate about my mother's lessons, because there is something so special about them. Children love them, and they're so proud of their drawings. They are proud of themselves.
Kim Stitzer
Coauthor, Draw Write Now, Books 1-8
