First Grade Supply List: Art and Handwork

The supplies that I think are essential to have on hand when you are getting ready to teach First Grade:

Main Lesson Books

blank main lesson books (I get mine from Meadowsweet Naturals)

colored pencils and/or block beeswax crayons for MLB pages

Form Drawing

stick beeswax crayons



very large sheets of drawing paper (we use newsprint)

masking tape (the paper should be taped to a door or wall)

materials for practicing the form before drawing it, such as
length of rope
sidewalk chalk
ribbon stick
tray of shaving cream
tray of salt
tray of sand
tray of rice
paintbrush, clean water, and a chalkboard

Watercolor Painting

6 colors of Stockmar watercolor paints (warm yellow, cool yellow, warm red, cool red, warm blue, cool blue)



other colors of tube paint as desired (we use permanent rose)



popsicle sticks and little containers for mixing up concentrated paints (I use tiny ramekins and write the color on the bottom with Sharpie)



3/4 inch flat watercolor brush



jar for rinse water (we use a Oui yogurt jar)

cold press watercolor paper cut into smaller pieces (or small paper: for color stories you do not need big paper)



masking tape for stretching paper

painting board (ours is cut from masonite)

a paintbox is nice for painting on Nature walks

Modeling

modeling beeswax



self-hardening clay

Papercrafting

kite paper for making window stars



art tissue paper for making window transparencies (I get mine from A Child's Dream)

Fiber Arts

wool roving (I get mine from A Child's Dream)

100% wool felt (I get mine from A Child's Dream)

100% wool yarn in both worsted and roving weights
(it is important to get animal colors as well as brights and pastels; classic 1st grade projects include kitten, chicken, turtle, lamb, lion)



1/4 inch diameter wooden dowels for making knitting needles



sandpaper, pencil sharpener, beeswax wood polish or grapeseed oil



acorn caps (or you can top your knitting needles with felt balls)

wool batting for stuffing knitted animals

bubble wrap for wet felting (we use this for making flat pieces)

baby shampoo for wet felting (or olive oil soap and a cheese grater)



NOTE: children this age can NOT do needle felting -- they work with wet felting -- but if you, the adult, will be making table puppets you will also want a felting needle and a very large piece of foam

Let me know if you have a favorite art or handwork supply I'm forgetting!

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