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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My son is interested in photography and would love to try this.
I have a very creative 9 year old and this would be a wonderful elective to build on his art classes and his personal interests! Thanks for reviewing this, it looks terrific!
This would be an awesome gift for my home schooled niece. She is very artistic, and I think this would be a lovely addition to her curriculum.
We had our daughter’s personality profile accessed and had a consultation with consultant. She advised that my daughter try photography due to her being very creative in her thinking. This course looks lovely and will get her inspired and will be a great tool
My 11 year old daughter would love this! She received a camera for her birthday and loves to take photos, but I don’t know enough about the ins and outs of photography to teach her. She’s definitely a visual learner too, so she would enjoy the video lessons.
My first grader loves trying to use my camera. This would be awesome for her!!!
I think my kids would really love it and I have one son in particular that has a natural ability to take amazing pictures at such a young age!
We already own one of the high school courses. We love it! But my younger kids would love the program designed for their ages.
My 8 year old is getting a camera for Christmas and would love this!
My 2nd grade daughter would love this, she just received a camera for Christmas. My twin 1st grade boys would also love to learn, as they love to hijack my phone to take pictures.