Draw Cat the Cat
From Kennedy Center: Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems · 2020
20 minPre-KK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Episode 6 features Cat the Cat from Mo's picture book series for the youngest readers. Mo builds the cheerful, striped cat step-by-step from basic shapes, showing how a few careful lines transform a circle into a character with a personality.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
- Cat the Cat is always meeting new friends. What shapes in the drawing tell you she's friendly?
- If Cat the Cat met a new friend today, what kind of friend would it be -- and what would Cat say first?
- What did YOU change when you drew your own version of Cat?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: character, expression, outline, detail.
Try it: Draw Cat the Cat, then give her a friend. Your friend can be any animal -- use the same building-block shapes Mo taught you.