The Basic Craft Supplies
For The Masterpiece Alphabet
We have include a list below with all the art supplies you may find you need while using The Masterpiece Alphabet Curriculum. We have some basic options, as well as some of our favorite products maked with a *:
Crayola Colored Pencils - these are regular and watercolor pencils in one! Color with the pencils, then add in some water with a brush to change the look.
*If you want to invest in a watercolor kit, perfect for travel, field trips, painting and painting outdoors, we absolutely love this Sukura Koi Travel Set of 48 Water Colors, along with these pre-cut 5 x 7 watercolor paper, which make homeschool field trips a breeze to include watercolor painting!
*If you are looking for a small journal with paper suited for watercolor, this one is great!
Popsicle Sticks
Hot Glue Gun + Glue Sticks
Embroidery Loop, Needle, Embroidery Thread and Poly-Fill Stuffing
* Elements of Art + Principles of Design 16 Poster Set - This is a very handy learning resource to help teach and inspire! Goes perfectly with the “My 7 Elements of Art Book” that we have included in The Masterpiece Alphabet Curriculum!
From the Kitchen + Recycling:
Tinfoil, plastic knife, plastic wrap, cardboard, milk jugs, toilet paper rolls, sponges, chop sticks, tin can, newspaper.
For the Letter Tracing:
sprinkles, sand or salt. (we love salt!)
A Sandwich Container with a lid. These are a simple way to create a portable letter tracing tray for your preschooler. You can also put them in an open tray, but the sandwich container helps it stay contained, especially when not in use.
Or, the wooden tray from this Melissa and Doug Lacing Set is a perfect tray to reuse for letter tracing in sand, salt or sprinkles.
Ready to Start The Masterpiece Alphabet?
The Masterpiece Alphabet Kinder+ Art Basics Program is a hands-on curriculum that inspires children to be creative and spark their inner Artist.
Using the combined subjects of Art & Language Arts, your kindergarten+ students can build an artistic vocabulary while learning the elements of art, through creatively designed lesson plans from A to Z, with children’s books to inspire the topic and hands on projects to inspire you as the home educator, to bring art into your homeschool easily, and effortlessly.
“A is for Artist, who creates what they see. B is for Brush that glides paint on with ease. C is for Crayon that adds color to your creations.”
What’s Included:
Lesson Plans from A to Z with book lists, language arts Lesson Guides, Craft ideas, and more!
PLUS: QR codes with additional learning resources such as book links, read aloud links, recipes, craft ideas and more! No need to go to libraries, or buy tons of books! This is a feature loved by so many, and I am grateful to provide that added resource for you and your homeschool! If you find you love one or more of the books on the list, you can find easy to shop links in the QR code pages, which you can easily scan with your iPhone. This technology is so fun for kids, and they can also use this to direct their learning at home too!
Upper and Lower case Coloring Letter Pages with sentences to read, and trace.
Additional Craft Options for you to enjoy with the prinbtables: Create embroidery and felted letters using our letter pages
ABC Flash Cards - They are designed to be colored by you or your child in both upper and lower case letters, to create a mini masterpiece alphabet to treasure and use regularly.
“My Masterpiece Alphabet” Student Book Covers - a few different framed covers for your students to choose from
“My 7 Elements of Art” Booklet and Poster - Use this as you learn the elements of art with each topic.
Fun Artist Coloring Pages: Learn what it means to be an artist, from painting, sculpting, building, taking photos, writing stories, and reading books for inspiration.
Alphabet Watercolor Wallpaper for your homeschool wall: Print this out and glue together for an easy spalsh of color to your homeschool space!
Alphabet Watercolor Flashcards: 2nd set of flashcards in beautiful colors
Alphabet Watercolor Coins, in color and in a Black and White
Additional Worksheets: These have been added to the main lesson plan, woven with each letter for easy printing as needed. Vocabulary, predictable sentence tracing, mixed-up sentences, and creative writing with the words we feature through-out.
Student Letter Tracing Workbook
UPDATED: The download is a ZIP FILE that has 3 FILES included. Please open all files to utilize all of the resources included. I have added the additional language arts pages to the original Lesson Plans, and things will be a lot easier for printing you desired pages per lesson/letter in the future, as of Sept. 30. 2021. Please note that this program is for a range fo ages, learning together, so you can print the worksheet pages for your children as needed. Thank you so much for your interest in building a masterpiece alphabet with us!
Coming Soon: We have a special Masterpiece Art Journal in the works that pair up perfectly with this program, and will be perfect for you and your kids to continue learning about Art and Artists in Grades K to 6 +. More details coming soon.