Lesson 3 — Pen Up and Colors: Many Shapes, One Picture

Level: Apprentice — roughly Grade 7 / ages 12–13 Duration: 25–35 minutes Format: Write Python that draws, right in the browser Concept: penup/pendown separate walking from drawing, so you can arrange several shapes in one picture

Learning Objective

Kids use penup/pendown/color to place several shapes in one picture with no stray connecting lines.

Do It Together (Parent-Child Co-participation)

Try drawing on real paper without ever lifting the pencil, then again with lifting allowed — the reason penup exists becomes obvious.