Yes, all the Live Online students need to buy their own materials. On the bottom of the AAS Agenda of this Week email, you will find a link to order a drawing pad from Amazon. If it is too later for her to get it this week, she can use any 8.5" x 11 "printing paper. She is also need a pencil and an easier. The pencil can be a standard #2, but a 2B is usually preferred. The higher the number the softer the lead. The fact that your daughter is coming to us in the middle of the year should not be a concern. There is no "catching up" because, even when the students are the same age and begin at the same time, they are in a different place with respect to the various skills that they must develop to create art. -