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Activity TV This truly excellent site has at least a couple of hundred good instructional videos on subjects like paper airplanes, science projects, magic, making jewelry, crafts, origami, juggling, cheerleading, cooking (!), and more! It also has Legos action videos and several good games! The videos are really world-class, with adult instruction and printable parts lists. Projects on the videos can be accessed by skill levels, categories, most viewed, etc. You need to look at Activity TV!
Activity Village Here's a site from the UK that will help out parents and teachers. "Welcome to Activity Village, where you will find coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids crafts, puzzles, printables, Sudoku for kids and much, much more ... Click on the menu bars above to explore over 3000 pages of activities to help you keep your kids busy!" Tons of coloring pages! The site has a popup to start, x it out or just subscribe.
Art Just For Kids Humongous portal to dozens of other sites. Has to be seen to be believed. Go there and check it out!
Art Zone Interactive art that you can make online. From the National Gallery of Art. There are 18 interactive projects. You will need Shockwave to make these work.
Artists Helping Children "Children & Art Resources for the Budding Child Artist" Tons and tons of arts and crafts resources for kids! There should be something in here for whatever you have in mind.
Coloring for kids Free, printable coloring book pages ! You can choose from 1000's of printable coloring pages. Coloring pages for children of all ages with drawings to print and color. A large selection of colorings so your children can find their favorite cartoons . More than 10,000 printable coloring sheets.
Coloringcastle is an awesome, awesome page. It has coloring sheets for every holiday, alphabet, numbers, military, space, animals, food guide pyramid etc...etc... Needless to say there are many good coloring sheets for you all so please check this site out and enjoy! This site uses PDF files so be prepared for that.
Crayola Yes! The crayon people! The site has "Coloring and Crafts" with printable coloring projects, "Games and Fun" with some good color-related online games, "For Educators" with lesson plans and more, and "For Parents" with various activities. A well-made site.
DLTK Kids Coloring Dozens of coloring pages to print out. You may also make calendars from here.
Design Your Own Bill from US Bureau of Engraving & Printing. Lets kids design and color their own paper currency, with funny faces, etc. Computer kids had fun doing this.
Drawing
for Children
is a great,
very cool, free download (Windows only) from the Netherlands. It says "drawing"
but it has been used in computer labs for language arts, too! You can enter
text and load .bmp files from Windows Paint. "Drawing
for Children is a free drawing program for children with many nice options.
The best way to learn to use it is simply to use it. There is though a document
describing the use of the program. For more information, see the readme file."
Free Coloring Many more coloring pages to print out; dental, flowers, etc.
GCompris
Our first app from France! Available in over 40 languages (see their main
page for a list). "GCompris is an educational software suite comprising
of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10...Currently GCompris offers
in excess of 80 activities and more are being developed. GCompris is free
software, that means that you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and,
most importantly, share it with children everywhere." Computer discovery,
color, sounds, memory, experiential, amusement, reading, mathematics, puzzles,telling
time, money, and strategy games like macala. Some of these will really make
a child think! Another SourceForge find.
How
To Draw And Paint Smart
"Drawing Secrets Revealed! Learning Art is fun, but it can also be hard
at times without good instruction. We are here to help! Learning from art
professionals with years of experience puts you on the fast track to becoming
a better artist. Tutorials, Tips & Techniques From Professional Aritists
to YOU!" This is a very good place for anyone to learn principles of
drawing. Thanks to Michael "I draw and color for a living" Thoenes.
Going in Art.
Identity by Design from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. The artwork here is outstanding. Pages and pages of Native dresses, beadwork, and accessories over the last 200 years. Each dress has its own page which can be magnified. The site tells the story of how Native women are keeping their tribal traditions alive through this fantastic artform. Click on the category header along the top of the screen, then use the white Next arrows to move around.
Ivy's Coloring Pages features pages to print and color, online coloring, links to other sites.
Jan Brett Coloring Pages Here's a LOT of Jan Brett printable pages for kids to color! Holiday and yearly event themed, and pages from her books
Kea
Coloring Book "All the fun. None of the mess!"
This free program lets kids color, save and print. It's like a coloring book
on your computer. At least 250 more pictures can be downloaded from the site
and added to the coloring books. You can download the program at various download
sites (the Kea site links to C/NET's Download,
which works fine). We used Educational
Freeware as a personal preference.
Kid Cartoonists This site (blog?) lets kids post their art for all to see. Even has a manga section. Also has various puzzles for kids. "Under each drawing I post encouraging comments. The response from kids, parents and teachers has been terrific."
KinderArt "is the largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet. What began in 1997 as a few helpful ideas for teachers and parents, has since grown into an enormous collection of resources featuring thousands of free lesson plans, ideas and resources.” Good help for busy art teachers.
Living Colour from The Australian Museum Online. This is a good explanation of colors and how we see them, with interactive activities online for kids.
Myths, Stories, and Art from Windows to the Universe. "Objects in the sky and other natural phenomena have inspired people throughout the ages. Browse our collection of myths, folk tales, and stories of many types about the Earth and sky. Check out artwork, poetry, books, and movies that portray the natural world. Or take a guided tour that tells the tale of a particular scientific topic." Has three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced.
NGA Kids is the kid section of the National Gallery of Art. Stunning pictures, all sorts of exhibitions using shockwave, Flash, and QuickTime.
Paint! A Kid's Paint, Draw & Color Game from ABCya! Simple online coloring with various brushes, eraser, and text capabilities. Sound effects. Clicking New resets the workspace. Doesn't seem to have a print option, but you could work around that, if you wanted to.
PBS Kids Art The art section of the huge PBS Kids site. Mainly lets kids color characters from PBS Kids TV shows.
TheColor.com Online Coloring for kids! (or anyone else) "Why is Thecolor.com unique? We have over 1,000 images to color in online without having to print. This is more online coloring pages than any other online coloring site. TheColor.com helps kids learn color concepts, eye-hand coordination, picture comprehension – these skills form the foundation for early learning success. We are COPPA compliant. Everyone can use the site as no java, flash or applet is necessary to load the pages. Kids can email the pictures they colored or save them or print them." Right-click on a picture to Save Image As - it saves as bitmaps which is what you want for a wallpaper. We have been looking for a site like this. Think of all the paper you'll save!
Tux
Paint
Kids really love playing with this program! "Tux Paint is a free,
award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool
and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an
encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. Kids
are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them
be creative."
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