How to Draw: Candy Hearts

Part of

• Learn to Draw

Standards alignment

Alabama

• ELA21.K.37a — Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration.
• ELA21.K.33 — Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing.
• ELA21.K.38 — Improve pictorial and written presentations, as needed, by planning, revising, editing, and using suggestions from peers and adults.

Alaska

• K.G.5 — Build shapes (e.g., using sticks and clay) and draw shapes.

Arizona

• K.WF.1.b — Write upper and lower manuscript letters, with reference to a model.

Arkansas

• K.GM.5 — Compose and draw shapes found in the world using objects (e.g., straws, toothpicks, clay balls).

Colorado

• RWC20-GR.1-S.1-GLE.2-EO.d — Give and follow simple two-step directions.
• RWC20-GR.PS-S.1-GLE.1-EO.c — Follow two- to three-step directions.
• RWC20-GR.PS-S.3-GLE.1-EO.d — Copy, trace, or independently write letters or words.

Delaware

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Florida

• ELA.K.C.1.5 — With guidance and support from adults, improve drawing and writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing.
• SC.K.N.1.4 — Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major features.
• SC.K2.CS-CS.2.6 (Discontinued after 2024-2025) — Illustrate thoughts, ideas, and stories in a step-by-step manner using writing tools, digital cameras, and drawing tools.

Georgia

• K.GSR.8.3 — Use basic shapes to represent specific shapes found in the environment by creating models and drawings.

Idaho

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components/materials and drawing shapes.

Indiana

• 1.CC.7 — Give and follow oral directions with two or three steps.
• 2.CC.6 — Give and follow oral directions with three or more steps.

Iowa

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components and drawing shapes. For example, sticks and clay balls.
• WF.1.1.a — Form upper and lowercase manuscript letters and numerals correctly with proportion, line awareness, and spacing (between words and letters).

Louisiana

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Maine

• W.3.K.b — Use a combination of drawing and writing to communicate a topic.

Maryland

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.
• L.PK.2.d — Develop fine motor skills necessary to control and sustain handwriting.

Massachusetts

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Michigan

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Minnesota

• 0.2.2.1 — Write routinely (may include a combination of drawing, dictating and writing), with support and guidance.

Mississippi

• K.G.5 — Model objects in the world by drawing two-dimensional shapes and building three-dimensional shapes.

Missouri

• 1.SL.1.A.c — following two-step instructions, according to classroom expectations
• 2.SL.1.A.b — following three-step instructions, according to classroom expectations

Montana

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world from a variety of cultural contexts, including those of Montana American Indians, by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Nebraska

• LA.2.SL.1.e — Complete a task following multi-step directions.
• LA.3.SL.1.e — Complete a task following multi-step directions.

New Jersey

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

New Mexico

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

New York

• NY-K.G.5 — Model objects in their environment by building and/or drawing shapes.
• KW4 — Create a response to a text, author, or personal experience (e.g., dramatization, artwork, or poem).

North Carolina

• RF.K.2 — Print upper- and lower-case letters.

North Dakota

• 1.C.7 — Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and simple two- and three-step oral directions and offering one- and two-step verbal directions.

Ohio

• K.G.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components, e.g., sticks and clay balls, and drawing shapes.

Oklahoma

• 1.1.L.2 — Students will follow simple two- and three-step oral directions.
• K.1.L.2 — Students will follow simple one- and two-step oral directions.
• K.2.W.1 — Students will express themselves through drawing and emergent writing.

Oregon

• K.GM.B.5 — Represent shapes in the world by building shapes from components and drawing shapes.

Pennsylvania

• 3.5.3-5.C — Follow directions to complete a technological task.
• 3.5.K-2.Q — Apply skills necessary for making in design.
• 3.5.K-2.K — Safely use tools to complete tasks.

Rhode Island

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

South Carolina

• ELA.K.C.6.1 — Print all uppercase and lowercase letters, focusing on pencil grasp, letter formation, legibility, and pacing; use appropriate spacing for letters, words, and sentences.

Texas

• K.6F — create two-dimensional shapes using a variety of materials and drawings.

Utah

• P4.SL.1.b — Follow two-step directions.

Washington, D.C.

• K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

West Virginia

• ELA.PK.WR.EW.1 — Use scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
• ELA.PK.WR.EW.5 — Experiment with a variety of writing tools and materials (ex: pencils, chalk, markers, sand, developmentally appropriate technology)
• ELA.K.III — Print upper- and lowercase letters.

Wisconsin

• ELA.K.W.6 — With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. Learn to produce writing through printing (including forming most printed upper and lower case letters), cursive, and/or typing.
• M.K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Wyoming

• K.G.I.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.