Hi everyone! I reviewed a product for The Foto Finch a while back and we loved it. Strawberry Shortcake used it last year as her elective class. She loves to take pictures and it really helped her with learning how to use her camera as well as how to put together a well composed shot.
My other kiddos were anxious to try out the program themselves, but I wasn’t sure if it would be too difficult since they are younger. And so today I wanted to share with you the elementary level version that is now available!
Along with written lessons, assignments, and activities, the elementary level curriculum also comes with video lessons to help explain the concepts and assignments which I love. That way students can choose whether the prefer to read the lessons, or watch them online. My son prefers to watch the video lessons and honestly so do I.
Each lesson is followed by a hands-on activity to help solidify the concepts taught.
Just to give you an idea of the lessons, there are instructions on a variety of lighting, the rule of thirds, the use of lines, framing, balancing, perspective, and negative space. Each lesson has 2-4 activities in it with a total of 23 weeks worth of activities. Since this is an elective course for use, we just did it once a week to help spread it out over the course of our year.
This course does NOT require any previous photography experience, and it’s designed to give your student a basic understanding to visual art composition. They will learn how to arrange the elements in their surroundings to create interesting and captivating images. We used items found in our everyday life, so we didn’t have to do anything more than just head outside, or set up a shoot in our home.
Last year I printed out the lessons for Strawberry Shortcake, but for this one I just left the PDF files on my computer so that we use the videos, then access the PDFs when needed. They’re also well illustrated which I think helps make it easier for younger students to grasp concepts.
So far Turbo is enjoying the curriculum, and I like that it gives him a creative elective to do this year as well!
If you have older students The Foto Finch also offers courses for middle/high school students as well. Right now you can get their products on CD or digital download which makes it nice. You can see what they have to offer here:
Elementary Courses:
Middle/High School Courses:
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Win It!
Of course you know how I love to give things away to you all, so I have a free copy of the digital download version of Composition for Elementary Students for one of you!
Just fill out the rafflecopter below to enter!
Because my kiddo on the spectrum loves cameras!
My son loves photography, he would gain wonderful knowledge to apply and increase his abilities.
This would be a great way to focus my Daughter and Sons interest in photography and maybe improve those skills for when they “borrow” my camera and take like pictures of themselves and random objects around the house! 🙂
Oh my! I have a 7 year old that set sets up photo shoots with her Barbies! She is always create backdrops and costume changes. She will LOVE this! I am excited to see what she can learn. I am also excited to learn right beside of her. My photography skills need help too! I am sure the enthusiasm will spread over to her sisters. Thank you. Could not have come at a better time!
I am always taking pictures and would love for my children to learn to take pictures too so having a curriculum that will help them learn how to compose the shot and why brings more to the whole experience would live this
I would love to win this course for my daughter. She asked for a camera for Christmas and this course would provide her with some guidance with her photography goals.
This is perfect for my girls! They are both very artistic and this is the perfect extra to plop into our schedule!
I have a 10 year old that is bitting at the bit to take pictures! This is right up her alley! Thanks for the chance to win!
The elementary version is perfect for my daughter. She love all things art and has been exploring photography. This would help her understand it and set up nice shots.
My 9 and 5 year olds have been taking pictures for years. My son is constantly taking my camera to take interesting photos, and my daughter sets up her little animals and practices taking still life photos. Would love to add to their knowledge in this field!