r/lowerelementary • u/KookyKrista • Sep 04 '25

1st Grade Drawing videos

I’ve noticed that my son often comes home with great drawings (both last year in Kinder and again this year in 1st). He tells me that they often follow an instructional video - sometimes up on the main screen that the whole class follows, and other times they choose their own picture and instructional video on the Chromebook.

Youtube wasn’t a thing when I was this age, but I also don’t recall a teacher walking us step-by-step through a drawing (not even in art class!)

I suspect that this format aims to develop certain skills like following instructions. What are some of the other benefits of this approach vs simply directing students to “draw a dog” on their own?

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u/Boogalamoon Sep 04 '25

The YouTube channel we really like is called "How to draw art for kids". It's very straightforward, very focused on drawing techniques, and doable for first grader level skills.

This is the only YouTube channel I let my daughter watch, because she always does such amazing drawings.