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I'm interested in doing form drawing with my dc. Are there a daily or weekly teachers guide or plans I can follow? I know absolutely nothing about form drawing other that what I have read at some Waldorf web sites. I really need at least weekly lesson plans. I am terrible at trying to schedule stuff on my own. My dc will be in k and 1st this fall.

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How about this:

 

http://www.christopherushomeschool.org/bookstore-for-waldorf-homeschooling/publications-for-grades-1-through-5/form-drawing-for-beginners.html

 

Bob and Nancy's website has several:

 

http://www.waldorfbooks.com/edu/thr/form_drawing_handwriting.htm

 

I have the Niederhauser one and have seen the Kutzli one. Both are fairly theoretical but do have lots of great examples to draw. The Christopherus one looks more like what you want. I don't know if they have daily or weekly lesson plans, but they do have instructions. If you do one or two a week, and just continue through the book, you should be fine.

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Would someone please explain what form drawing is?? I'm intrigued . . . How does this compare to Mona Brooke's Drawing with Children? I think I'm a dunce because I just could NOT figure out how to USE that book with my kids. I wonder if form drawing is easier to teach . . . I DID look at the samples on the Christopherus site but it didn't reveal much. :D

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Form drawing is drawing forms, not pictures. The children copy the form as exactly as they can in the younger grades. Here are some first grade examples:

 

http://www.millennialchild.com/Slideshows/Resources/Grade01FormDrawing.html

 

They get progressively more complex, allowing more room for individuality, as the children get older:

 

http://www.millennialchild.com/Slideshows/Resources/Grade04FormDrawing.html

 

They morph into geometric designs around 6th or 7th and get really intricate and multicolored.

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Form drawing is drawing forms, not pictures. The children copy the form as exactly as they can in the younger grades. Here are some first grade examples:

 

http://www.millennialchild.com/Slideshows/Resources/Grade01FormDrawing.html

 

They get progressively more complex, allowing more room for individuality, as the children get older:

 

http://www.millennialchild.com/Slideshows/Resources/Grade04FormDrawing.html

 

They morph into geometric designs around 6th or 7th and get really intricate and multicolored.

 

Thanks! This is very interesting and definitely different than Drawing With Children. What is the purpose for teaching form drawing? The goal or the reason behind it? I'm intrigued. :001_smile:

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