FIRST GRADE
First Grade is for IMAGINATION
SIX– SEVEN years old | pre-schematic stage
Development of Art Concepts and techniques in multiple types of media based on the Color Wheel
- Tracking ability makes reading much easier, spacing and staying on a line is still difficult
- Activities should be chunked into short sessions (15-20 min) MAX for quiet sitting time
- This age group needs carefully planned and consistent guidelines
- They can become repetitive for fear of making a mistake when trying something NEW
- They will focus more on completing projects quickly than doing it well
- Students need ENCOURAGEMENT to continue to finish a work to a satisfactory level of completion and may need to be redirected many times to finish it
Development of Art Concepts and techniques in multiple types of media based on the Color Wheel