Introduce Vertical, Horizontal, and Oblique Lines

Instructors show the lesson image and ask children to point to the following:

• The vertical line.
• The horizontal line.
• The oblique line.

Instructors show the lesson image and ask children to point to the following:

• The light lines.
• The medium lines.
• The heavy lines.

Instructors and children complete the following drill work:

1. Instructors hold the pointer in a vertical direction and ask children to name the direction. Instructors repeat for the horizontal and oblique directions.
2. Instructors ask children to hold their pencil in a vertical direction. Instructors repeat for the horizontal and oblique directions.
3. Instructors ask children to stand and hold their right arm in a vertical direction. Instructors repeat for the horizontal and oblique directions. Instructors repeat the three exercises for the left arm and for both arms.
4. Instructors ask children to find a vertical line in the room. Instructors repeat for the horizontal and oblique directions.
5. Instructors ask children to draw on a whiteboard or paper a heavy horizontal line. Instructors repeat for a light vertical line and a medium oblique line.

Instructors repeat the drill work until children master these three directions.