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How Clipart

A curious child with gears gives this how clipart a clear problem to work on. Instruction sheets and a drawing of someone replacing flashlight batteries offer other visual cues for explaining a process.

Use one of 50 illustrations to introduce a how to writing exercise. An action scene works at the start of a sequence, while an object can mark one step.

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50 illustrations

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A child in orange overalls studies a small wooden gear beside a model mechanism and a HOW? speech bubble.

Curious Child With Wooden Gears

A woman examines a green seedling through a magnifying glass above a tray of split seeds.

Examining A Sprouting Seed With A Magnifying Glass

A boy places colored blocks on a little craft-stick bridge beside a HOW? thought bubble.

Testing A Small Bridge Built From Craft Sticks

A white-haired man kneels beside a girl’s purple sneaker and holds its white laces.

Older Man Showing A Child How To Tie A Shoe

A woodworker holds a HOW TO instruction sheet beside a round wooden stool.

Woodworker Reading A Stool Assembly Sheet

Three blue panels show a running tap, soapy hands and hands drying on a towel beneath HOW TO lettering.

Handwashing Illustration In Three Panels

A smiling girl points to four pizza quarter pieces on a desk while holding a HOW? card.

Girl With Quarter-Pizza Fraction Pieces

A smiling gardener holds a seed above a terracotta pot while a child watches beside a HOW TO tag.

Gardener Showing A Child How To Plant A Seed

A woman pours white powder into a yellow mixing bowl while a girl holds a whisk.

Adult And Child Mixing Baking Ingredients

A gray-haired teacher holds a HOW? card between two children raising their hands.

Teacher With A HOW? Card And Two Children

An older man points at a phone while a younger person watches beside HOW? and tapping-hand symbols.

Older Man Learning To Use A Phone

A woman in a headset holds a HOW TO sign and two numbered instruction cards behind a laptop.

Headset Tutor Holding How-To Cards

A curly-haired boy in a green striped hoodie rests one hand under his chin and holds a blue puzzle piece in the other.

Boy Thinking Through A Tangram Puzzle

A woman in a yellow jacket reads a folded map beside a blue trail-direction sign.

Wheelchair User Reading A Trail Map

A baker in a striped apron folds dough on a flour-dusted counter beside a HOW TO board.

Baker Folding Dough Beside An Instruction Board

Two hands sew a large blue button onto peach fabric beside a small HOW TO tag.

Hands Sewing A Blue Button Onto Fabric

A pink tablet displays HOW TO above three numbered columns labeled PLAN, DO and ACHIEVE.

How-To Planner On A Pink Tablet

Two hands hold a blue paper boat above HOW TO lettering and three numbered folding pictures.

Hands Folding A Blue Paper Boat

A woman points to highlighted keys on an electronic keyboard while a girl watches beside a HOW? bubble.

Adult And Child Exploring A Keyboard

A red-haired mechanic points to a small chain-and-sprocket model beside a boy and a HOW TO card.

Bicycle Mechanic Explaining A Chain Drive

A mint-colored magnifying glass enlarges HOW on a stack of lined notes.

Magnifying Glass Over A HOW Note

A kneeling man shows a leash clip beside a seated brown-and-white dog and a girl holding a HOW? sign.

Adult And Child With A Dog Leash

A girl in orange glasses studies two water-filled jars beneath a HOW? thought bubble.

Child Considering Two Water Jars

A woman in a gray headwrap points to a HOW TO book while a child leans toward the page.

Librarian Showing A Child A How-To Book

Four overlapping cards show HOW?, a dotted route, a choice gesture and a speech bubble.

HOW Question And Problem-Solving Cards

A smiling cream-and-blue robot reads a HOW TO booklet while stacking wooden cubes.

Friendly Robot Reading A Block-Building Guide

A smiling hiker holds a compass above a folded route map beside a HOW? speech bubble.

Hiker Comparing A Compass And Map

A HOW TO graphic shows paper, cans and bottles above three labeled recycling bins.

Sorting Paper, Metal And Bottles Illustration

A woman with gray braids points at a laptop diagram while another woman watches beside a HOW? bubble.

Two Colleagues Discussing A Workflow

A small owl in glasses and a checked waistcoat points to a HOW TO chart with three footprint shapes.

Owl Teacher Explaining Footprint Shapes

A hand mixes blue and yellow paint into green on a wooden palette beside a HOW? card.

Mixing Green Paint On A Wooden Palette

Two hands tie a purple ribbon around a kraft-paper gift above a HOW TO strip.

Tying A Purple Ribbon Bow On A Gift

A woman in a mustard jacket holds a HOW? card beside three linked numbered blocks.

Woman Considering A Three-Step Process

A glowing yellow question mark shaped like a paper lantern floats above an open HOW? book.

Question-Mark Lantern Above A How-To Book

Two students work beside a microscope, colored sample tubes and a HOW? card.

Students Exploring A Microscope

An adult brushes a large smiling tooth model while a girl holds a toothbrush and a HOW TO BRUSH card.

Toothbrushing Lesson With A Smiling Tooth

A smiling child holds a red horseshoe magnet with paper clips hanging from both ends beneath a HOW? bubble.

Child Lifting Paper Clips With A Magnet

A boy in a blue hoodie touches a switch beside a lit bulb, wires and a battery holder.

Boy With A Small Electric Circuit

A blue umbrella shelters large HOW? lettering above hand, route and lightbulb symbols.

HOW Question Beneath A Blue Umbrella

Three colored steps rise from an open book toward an upright HOW TO sign.

Three Steps Rising From A How-To Book

Two hands hold an open flashlight and its end cap above batteries and a HOW TO card.

Replacing Flashlight Batteries Outline

An older woman points to a washing-machine panel while a young man thinks beside a HOW? bubble.

Discussing Washing-Machine Controls Outline

A hand levels a cup of dry ingredients with a straight blade above a mixing bowl.

Leveling A Measuring Cup Outline

An adult and a teen adjust their ties beside a tabletop mirror and a HOW? speech bubble.

Adult And Teen Adjusting Neckties Outline

Two backpacked hikers study a folded map beside a hanging HOW TO tag.

Two Hikers Reading A Folded Map Outline

A kneeling child holds a leaf while an adult points to a vine growing against a small support frame.

Child And Adult Examining A Potted Vine Outline

A boy presses a floor pump connected to a separate bicycle wheel beside a HOW TO valve diagram.

Boy Pumping A Bicycle Tire Outline

A girl holds a HOW? card behind a balance scale with a cube, cylinder and sphere on its pans.

Girl Studying A Balance Scale Outline

Two people guide a clay bowl on a pottery wheel beside a HOW TO card.

Two People Shaping A Clay Bowl Outline

A folded leaflet reads HOW? above short lines and a cube diagram beside a small ruler.

HOW? Instruction Leaflet And Ruler Outline