Dinosaur Directed Drawings

Quick Answer

Dinosaur Directed Drawings gives children simple picture steps to follow as they create their own dinosaur pictures. Use the guides during shared drawing lessons, small group instruction, or in your writing center and art area to support following directions, fine motor control, and creative expression.

Description

Help children turn simple lines and shapes into pictures they can feel proud of.

This dinosaur collection includes drawing guides for a long-neck dinosaur, T. rex, stegosaurus, triceratops, hatching dinosaur, and volcano. Each guide breaks the drawing into small steps, with a colored example to show one way the finished picture could look.

Model each step on a whiteboard, display a guide for children to follow, or keep the pages in your drawing area for repeated use. Children can follow the steps while making their own choices about colors, details, and the stories behind their pictures.

What’s Inside

Six dinosaur-themed directed drawing guides:

• Long-neck dinosaur

• T. rex

• Stegosaurus

• Triceratops

• Hatching dinosaur

• Volcano

Each guide includes a sequence of picture steps and a colored example. The resource also includes a cover page with teacher directions and connected Preschool Vibes Standards.

Pages are formatted for printing on 8.5 × 11-inch paper.

How to Use

Choose a drawing that connects to your dinosaur theme, a read-aloud, or your students’ interests.

Give children blank paper and drawing tools. Model one step at a time on a whiteboard or display the matching picture guide. Pause between steps so children have time to look, listen, and draw.

Once the drawing is complete, invite children to color and add their own details. They might add plants around their dinosaur, cracks in an egg, or a landscape around their volcano.

Encourage children to share what is happening in their pictures. They can tell you about their drawing, dictate a sentence, or add their own writing as they are ready.

Keep the guides available in your writing center or art area so children can revisit their favorite drawings.

Why It Works

Directed drawing gives children a manageable way to create a picture by working through one step at a time.

Children practice listening, looking closely, and controlling their drawing tools. Following shared steps also leaves room for individual choices, so each finished picture can look different.

This resource helps:

• Practice following directions in sequence

• Strengthen fine motor control

• Build confidence with drawing tools

• Encourage persistence when something feels challenging

• Connect dinosaur vocabulary with pictures

• Support drawing and writing as ways to share ideas

• Encourage creativity and individual expression

• Extend shared lessons into independent drawing opportunities

Perfect For

• Preschool

• Pre-K

• Kindergarten

• Dinosaur themes

• Writing centers

• Art areas

• Shared drawing lessons

• Small group instruction

• Drawing and fine motor practice

• Storytelling and early writing

• Homeschool preschool

Preschool Vibes Standards

1B. We can stay with an activity and keep trying when it’s challenging.

3F. We can follow one- and two-step directions (and more when ready).

4H. We can use drawing and writing to share ideas, moving from scribbles and pictures to letter-like forms, letters, and name writing (as appropriate).

8D. We can use tools with increasing control (tweezers, scissors, markers, droppers, etc.).

Digital Download & Terms of Use

This is a digital download only. No physical product will be delivered.

Crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other classroom materials are not included.

This resource is for personal and single-classroom use only. You may not resell, redistribute, share, upload, or claim this file as your own.

Due to the digital nature of this product, all sales are final.