We Draw Our Town in Chalk

In small teams, children draw their own chalk town together: streets, crosswalks, parking lots and roundabouts, and then they open it by driving tricycles and hoop cars through it. It's a shared movement project built on teamwork.

How to play

1. In a circle we decide what a town has: streets, crosswalks, parking, houses. The teacher has marked with cones where each thing goes (2 min).
2. In teams of four or five, each team draws one part: one does the long streets, another the crosswalks, another the parking lot, another the houses (6 min).
3. Walk through the town while each team shows what they drew (2 min).
4. Grand opening: some ride tricycles with helmets and others use hoops to drive the streets (4 min).
5. Swap vehicles and take another drive around town (3 min).
6. Group photo in the middle of town and a round of applause for every team (1 min).

Rules

• We only draw in our own part.
• We share the chalk.
• We walk while drawing, no running.
• We take care of what others drew.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: a child who can't draw on the ground uses chalk taped to a long stick or draws signs on cardboard at a table.
• Autism: give a clear, repetitive task, like drawing the crosswalk stripes, with a model next to them.
• Visual impairment: use thick, high-contrast chalk and hand-over-hand guidance from a friend.

Learning goals

• Work together on a shared project.
• Coordinate movement while drawing on the ground.
• Use the town they made to play at road safety.

Equipment for a class of 25

• Sidewalk chalk: 30
• Cones: 8
• Tricycles: 6
• Helmets: 6
• Hoops: 19

Teacher tip

Bring thick outdoor chalk and assign zones beforehand so teams don't trample each other's work. If you run out of time, leave the town for next session: they'll be even more excited to use it.

More activities like this

More main activities for Elementary