Artistic expression is a very important part of the Oak Meadow first-grade curriculum. The primary mediums used throughout the course are crayons and watercolor paints. Instructions for crayon drawing and watercolor painting can be found in Oak Meadow's Guide to Teaching the Early Grades.
There are many opportunities for drawing and painting within the context of the academic lessons. lessons. In addition your child may wish to draw or paint at other times during the day. As often as your child wishes give them the opportunity to create art. This will allow them to develop artistic skills in a natural way and this growth will affect their approach to later artistic work.
What's included:
The 1st Grade Craft Kit With Recorders contains many of the craft items necessary for completing the First Grade curriculum.
- Beeswax Stick Crayons (8 pack)
- 3 tubes of watercolor paint - yellow red blue
- 6 blank Main Lesson Books (15 pages each with onion skin between pages)
- 1 Watercolor pad 9" x 12"
- Construction paper (assorted pack)
- 2 Soprano Recorders
- 2 watercolor brushes 3/4" long
- 1 pair of knitting needles
- Prismacolor colored pencils
- Embroidery needles (1 pkg size 1-5)
- 36 skeins of embroidery thread
- Knitting Wool (112 yards of bulky weight wool from adult angora goats - 65% Fine Wool 35% Mature Mohair)
Additional Craft Materials Needed:
The following craft materials are also used in 1st grade (not included in this craft kit):
- Balloons
- Beads buttons charms and other materials for decoration (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Blotting paper
- Bread dough clay or beeswax
- Cardboard boxes
- Chalk (sold separately)
- Compass (sold separately)
- Cotton balls
- Dowels (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Fabric scraps (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Felt sheets (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Felted wool or cotton batting (sold separately)
- Food coloring
- Glue bottle (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Glue stick
- Hammer
- Hole punch (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Index card (sold separately)
- Large paper (easel paper or butcher paper)
- Magnet
- Magnifying glass
- Markers
- Masking tape
- Newspaper
- Paper clips
- Pencil (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Poster paints
- Pushpins
- Ruler (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Scissors (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- String
- Thermometer outdoor
- Toothpicks
- Tracing paper
- Twine (included in Essentials Craft Kit)
- Ziplock bags