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Seasons of Joy Form Drawing for Beginners Through Story, Movement, and More!
Completed by 9 learners
Ages 5-8
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
1x per week
2-8 learners per class
30 min
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Learners will be asked to practice throughout the week. With the help of a grown up, they can post pictures of their work in the online classroom.Class Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Form drawing, originally developed by Rudolf Steiner for Steiner and Waldorf schools, goes beyond handwriting or art and seeks to give learners an integrated sensory experience, engaging sight, hearing, touch, movement, and more in the writing and drawing process. In each session, not only will we learn to draw a new form, pattern, or motif, but we will also follow the same process of 1. observing the educator drawing 2. exploring the form through active movement, utilizing planning, imagination, and purpose as the student experiences spatial directions, movements, and relationships 3. drawing the form in the air as they engage and stimulating and coordination the left and right sides of the brain and body, gradually bringing the large or gross motor closer into a more fine motor experience 4. setting the form down on paper, practicing until it is beautiful and pleasing to the eye All of these skills can eventually lead to better handwriting, but also a better sense of coordination, the ability to move and write with confidence, understanding left and right, being able to mirror and reverse forms, hand-eye coordination, fine motor dexterity, the ability to observe and repeat, spatial orientation, a sense of balance, and more. Each lesson stands independent of the one before it. AUTUMN CLASSES Class 1: Lines and Curves Class 2: Straight Lines: Tall and Lying Down Class 3: Curves Class 4: Reflections Class 5: Zig Zag (running form) Class 6: Spirals Class 7: Waves (running form) Class 8: Butterflies Class 9: Circles Class 10: Owl Eyes (lemniscate)
Other Details
Parental Guidance
We will be moving from large motor to small motor activities, so please be sure your learner has space to move about.
Supply List
All learners will need * a main lesson book. This can be bought, made, blank paper three-hole punched in a binder, a sketchbook. * a large easel pad * block or stick crayons * a jump rope or length of rope * a small handheld mirror Optional materials for practicing during the week may include * an easel or chalkboard * markers or other writing materials * a sand tray or cookie sheet filled with other sensory material for your child to "write" in with their finger If specialized materials are needed or suggested for a particular class, they will be posted in the online classroom.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Creative Form Drawing Books 1 and 2 (Angela Lord)
Form Drawing: Grades One Through Four (Ernst Schuberth)
Form Drawing for Beginners (Christopherus)
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Ms. Annette has been teaching from a Waldorf-inspired perspective for over 25 years and enjoys the challenge of applying Steiner's philosophies and ideas to online learning. She has walked her own six children through form drawing. She is certified by the state of Pennsylvania to teach preK through HS and also has done graduate work in elementary education. She also has written her own curriculum, Seasons of Joy, which has been used by hundreds of families and homeschool co-ops.
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