One Point Perspective (3rd Grade)

My son draws constantly. However, lately I noticed that many of his buildings are skewed. Sometimes you can see the back of the building or the top of it in a view that wouldn't allow you to see those sides. So, I decided they weren't too young to learn one-point perspective drawing.

We discussed the horizon line and the perspective point and what those meant. I held up a box and asked kids from different areas of the room which sides of the box they could see. They predicted what cubes would look like when drawn above and below the horizon line and to the right and left of the perspective point.

The following week, I came in to add to their knowledge by showing them how to draw other shapes and letters with one-point perspective. Some of them drew towns, roads, houses, gas stations, shooting stars, and their names.