Let kids get creative with these fun family face drawing worksheets! They can draw their family members—mom, dad, siblings, and more—while improving their artistic skills. These worksheets are perfect for practicing family recognition and enhancing fine motor skills in a fun way!
On this learning page, we bring you another interesting lesson. This learning page will be very useful for your little ones who want to learn with fun and passion. So let’s see what this learning page brings to you.
We have designed this lesson as an activity to introduce the children to their family members. You can use these assignment pages to introduce children to their family members under the theme “Our Family”.
Here nine family members are introduced to the child. It is mother, father, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, grandmother, grandfather, and “me.” Through this learning page, you can get 10 creative assignment pages with outline images of these family members.
How to complete these worksheets?
As I mentioned above, there are 10 pages of worksheets with outline pictures of family members’ faces. There are also two worksheets with pictures of a girl and a boy labeled ‘I’. This way, children can draw their faces separately for girls and boys.
First, take a printout of the assignment papers given to you. There you can print assignments with your desired members. Also, print the ‘I’ labeled assignment paper that matches your child—either the boy or girl version.
Secondly, read the instructions given in the printed assignments carefully. The task is to draw the face of the family member on the assignment
As a third step, give the children opportunities to draw the faces of the family members on each assignment. Provide them with the necessary materials and tools. Let the children have the freedom to draw the faces of their family members however they imagine.
Finally, after drawing the face, give the children the opportunity to color the pictures. Let them do it according to their taste.
Don’t forget to praise the children after they have successfully completed their assignments. It motivates children more. And you will be able to make children happier by displaying their assignments for them to see.
What is a family?
A family is a group of members living together in one house. They have a loving bond with each other. Often there are parents and children in a family. Sometimes grandparents and relatives also live in one family. Family members have their share of responsibility. Family members have their share of responsibility. All members of the family work for each other in harmony.
Family elders teach children many things including good values and good role models. Family teaches children values like love, respect, kindness, and gratitude. All family members solve problems together, celebrate happiness, and have fun. In the family, members provide protection, security, and support to each other. The family is truly a loving haven.
The Roles of family members:
- Parents: Mother and father are the foundation of a family. Both of them carry a great responsibility for their family. Taking care of children, taking care of elders in the family, providing security to children, providing good education to children, nurturing children, and teaching children bad and good manners are just some of the responsibilities of parents.
- Children: Children in a family can be daughters or sons. They increase family happiness. Children should obey their elders and work for the unity of their family. Children also have responsibilities in the family. Helping oneself as much as possible in the work of others in the family, getting a good education, and treating family members with respect, are some of the tasks assigned to children.
- Siblings: They live together in a family as sisters and brothers. Maintaining good friendships between siblings brings happiness to the family. Their responsibilities include taking care of younger siblings, cooperating with each other, and teaching one another the right way.
- Grandparents: Grandparents are the oldest relatives in a family. They spend their lives lovingly with their children and grandchildren. Grandparents support their children, take care of their family’s grandchildren, teach children about religious and cultural traditions, share their experiences with children, and try to improve their children’s lives by giving advice.
- Piblings: Aunts and uncles are close family members. They care for the family’s children like parents and provide guidance. They share in happy times and offer support during difficult moments.
Advantages of kids learning about their family:
- Understanding Relationships: By learning about family members, children can understand their relationships within the family and the relationships formed between others. Also, the roles of family members are recognized, which helps strengthen bonds.
- Sense of Belonging: Through this feeling, children increase their bond with their family. The child feels that he is a part of his family. Thus, children understand that their family members are their own, and it is their responsibility to obey, respect, and love them.
- Emotional Support: Learning about their family members can strengthen children’s trust in their family. That way, children don’t feel afraid or nervous to share their feelings with their families and get help from them.
- Developing Empathy: When working with family members, children have to contend with the feelings and thoughts of others in their family. It is a good opportunity to guide the children to understand and support you at that time.
- Strengthening Family Bonds: By learning about the members of the family, children develop a love and respect for them. Children feel closer to them than ever before. Children understand the responsibilities of family members to perform for them. All of this is a reason to strengthen the bond between children and their families.
- Building Respect: Learning about family members improves children’s understanding of family members. They learn what their family members do for them. Due to this, children’s respect for their family members is developed.
- Recognizing his/her responsibility in the family: This is the main thing we should teach the children. “I” am a valuable member of the family. I think it should be explained that going. Also, the children should understand that it is my responsibility to take care of all my family who care for me around me with love.
Here are some event, activity, and worksheet ideas to teach kids about family members:
Events:
- *Family Tree Day: Organize a day where kids bring photos or drawings of their family members and create a family tree together, learning about the connections within their family.
- Family Role Play: Have kids role-play as different family members to understand their roles and responsibilities in the family.
- Family Storytime: Host an event where kids and parents share stories or memories about family members, fostering connection and learning about family history.
Activities:
- Draw Your Family: Provide kids with paper and crayons to draw their family members. This activity encourages kids to think about each person’s role.
- Family Bingo: Create a bingo game where each square represents a family member or something about families (like “grandma loves to cook” or “dad fixes things”).
- Family Collage: Let kids cut out pictures of family members from magazines or personal photos and make a collage representing their family.
Worksheets:
- Family Tree Worksheet: Provide a blank family tree worksheet for kids to fill in with their family members’ names and roles.
- My Family Member’s Job: A worksheet where kids describe the role or job of each family member (e.g., “Mom cooks dinner,” “Grandpa tells stories”).
- Matching Game: Create a worksheet with pictures of different family members and descriptions of their roles. Kids can match the roles to the correct family member.
These activities help children understand family roles, relationships, and values in a fun and interactive way.
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