★Finish the Picture
Preschool Writing Worksheet - Building Confidence
Draw the next picture in the box.
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Preschool Finish the Picture worksheets
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About this worksheet
Finishing something someone else started is a small piece of composition. The child has to look at what is already on the page, work out what is absent, and put a mark in a particular place rather than anywhere. That is a different act from free drawing, and it is the one that later becomes adding the missing word to a sentence. On this page a row of pictures has an empty box in it, once to pick the missing picture and once to draw it, and a small group of pictures is waiting for one more to be drawn beside it. The easiest sheet repeats one picture, so the missing one looks like its neighbors; the harder sheets alternate two pictures, so the gap has to be worked out from the pattern.
Preschoolers often decorate instead of completing: they will add a sun and a rainbow before noticing that the row still has a hole in it. Naming what is already there out loud usually fixes that in one pass. Accept rough drawing. A shape that lands in the right box and is roughly the right size has done everything this page asks, and a child who can say what belongs in the gap has done more.
What your child will learn
- Notice which part of a row or picture is missing
- Pick, then draw, the missing picture inside the box left for it
- Keep an added drawing about the same size as its neighbors
- Draw one more of the same picture, about the same size
Head Start ELOF standard: P-PMP 2, W.K.2
Worked example
A row shows three cups and one empty dashed box. Name the three you can see, then draw a fourth cup inside the box at about the same size.
Common mistake
Adding an unrelated decoration before checking which part is actually missing.
Helpful hint
Name everything you can already see, then ask what is not there yet.
Questions parents ask
What is the most common mistake with finish the picture?
Adding an unrelated decoration before checking which part is actually missing.
How can I help my child with finish the picture?
Name everything you can already see, then ask what is not there yet.
Are these preschool writing worksheets free to print?
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