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ARTS
AND
CRAFTS - http://familycrafts.about.com/mbody.htmCARLOS'
COLORING
BOOK - http://www.coloring.com/
CARTOONSTER - http://kidzdom.com/flash5.html
COLORING ONLINE AND PAINTING GAMES -
http://www.coloringpaintinggames.com/ COLORING
PAGES - www.coloring2000.com/
Free printable Coloring Pages for kids, TV Series, Disney, Barbie,
Spongebob, Dora, Pokemon, Bratz, Diddl, Dragon Ball Z, Inevitable,
Superheroes, Dots, ...
COLORING
PAGES
- http://coloringbookfun.com/
Downloadable, printable pages to color, organized by theme. The
downloadable
pages are below all the ads at the top.
CRAYOLA SITE - http://www.crayola.com
Binny & Smith have produced an excellent resource for art
teachers.
Directions for creating art media, history of crayons and contents.
DLTK'S
CRAFTS FOR
KIDS - http://www.dltk-kids.com
This features a variety of fun children's crafts and coloring pages
including projects for holidays, educational themes and some children's
favorite cartoon characters. There are lots of printable
templates
suitable for ages 2 and up, including holiday crafts, and greeting
cards.
DOLL
PALACE
- http://www.thedollpalace.com/coloring-pages/HANDS
ON
CRAFTS -
http://www.handsoncrafts.org
TURN DOWN THE SOUND! This interactive website which starts with
music, is designed to
offer kids the virtual
experience of working with clay and fiber crafts. Kids can build
a virtual face jug, coil a pot, create a crazy quilt, weave a wacky
wardrobe
and much more. The site also includes brief video clips of actual
kids doing the crafts for real. This site is tons of fun and a
great
introduction to traditional clay and fiber crafts (pottery, quilting,
basketry
& weaving).
<>INTERACTIVE ART
GAMES - http://www.artteacherconnection.com/pages/artgames.htm
Short Interactive Art Games and Activities Online. Let your students have fun while
they learn about Art! Masny of the sites require Shockwave and open
slowly.
JOSEPH PALMER'S PAPER AIRPLANES - http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
These planes are designed to fly! They are not meant to be models of
real planes, and they are not meant to be pretty display models. (In
fact
they really fly much better if you don't decorate them!) Unlike
the
common schoolyard 'dart' designs, these planes are designed to have
have
lift; if you throw at a point on the ground about 10 feet away — they
will
fly up.
KIDSART
-
http://www.kidsart.com
Click on art lesson plans for free ideas and information. From KidsArt
art teaching supplies, the site is free for elementary
teachers of all kinds. KidsArt is a great site for creative art ideas
(note
the current wallpaper activity). The Quick Art ideas and the Top Ten
Lists
of links are enough to make this site worth bookmarking,. And, the
ArtMap
USA is a great way to bring in geography to your art instruction.
KID'S DOMAIN HOLIDAYS - http://holidays.kaboose.com/index.html
Games and fun and each holiday is updated one to two months before
the holiday. Visit this site year round.
KINDERART - http://www.kinderart.com/index.html
Over 225 art lesson plans for kindergarten and early primary grades.
A LIFETIME OF COLOR - http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
A NEWLY DESIGNED ART ADVENTURES WEBSITE. Do you want to create
art? This is the place for activities,
techniques and inspiration! Try hands-on activities and techniques, or
browse online galleries of student and professional artwork. THIS
WEEK'S LESSON ON GRAPHING -- PERFECTO!
MAKE A RAIN STICK - http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson44.html
This is from Marilyn Brackney's Imagination Factory
website. The rain stick is a percussion instrument made from a
dried cactus branch. It originated in Chile, South America where
tribesmen have used the sticks for centuries to serenade the gods in
hopes of bringing rain. You can make one too. See Marilyn's Imagination Factory for
other activities.
MAKING
FRIENDS AND
OTHER CRAFTS FOR KIDS - http://makingfriends.com
Directions for making paper doll "friends" and other crafts.
The site changes with the seasons, but choose a craft and the
directions
are printable, with pictures. Scroll for free things. You can't
miss.
MICHAEL'S ARTS AND CRAFTS STORE - http://www.michaels.com/Projects/projects,default,sc.html
Click on projects and find lots of ideas and how-tos. You don't
have to buy anything.
NOGGIN
GAMES AND MORE - http://www.nickjr.com/about/noggin-nickjr.html
Simple, colorful games for the very young. Involves matching,
recognition, and coloring games. NOGGIN is a commercial-free
educational channel dedicated to preschoolers now NickJr. Requires
Flash and
Shockwave.
PIECES 'N
CREASES: A FUN GUIDE TO ORIGAMI - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5402/
Origami is the Japanese art of paperfolding. However, origami did not
start in Japan. It began in China in the first or second century and
then
spread to Japan sometime during the sixth century. Pieces ‘n Creases is
a Thinkquest. Enjoy the activities, the history, and the poems. After
you've
visited theWeb site, you won't be able to pass up a square piece of
paper
without a little folding.
RECIPES
4
LEARNING
- http://www.recipes4learning.com
THE
COLOR.COM -
http://www.thecolor.com/ART
ACCESS
- http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/
ARTCYCLOPEDIA
- http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
ART LINKS
- http://www.bibliocat.org/
Art History, Lesson Plans, Museums, crafts, this site has links to
everywhere.
ART
TEACHER
CONNECTION - http://www.artteacherconnection.com/
Includes links to art teacher on line. Some links require a fee.
A.
PINTURA:
ART DETECTIVE
- http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
This site combines art history and a detective mystery to present art
as a body of knowledge. The Case of Grandpa's Painting is like a 1940's
movie, and it entirely depends on the choices you make as the story
unfolds.
You'll learn lots and be surprised at how much you already know. A must
see.
ART
JUNCTION
- http://www.artjunction.org/
This is a collaborative art space for teachers and students, includes
artist trading cards, tech resources, and neat activities.
ART OF TIBET - http://www.tibetart.com/
This website is a database of Himalayan paintings and Buddhist
Iconography. There is a low-tech version, although the Flash version
allows
you to examine the different pieces up close.
CARTOONSTER - http://kidzdom.com/flash5.html COLOR
MATTERS - http://www.colormatters.com
See how easy it is to bring art and science together in a tangible
way.
CRAYOLA SITE - http://www.crayola.com
Binny & Smith have produced an excellent resource for art
teachers.
Directions for creating art media, history of crayons and contents.
ELEMENTARY
ART LESSON
PLANS - http://syrylynrainbowdragon.tripod.com/home.html
Just what the title says, "or what to do on Monday morning with 25
students staring at you. A great resource!
ENCHANTED
LEARNING: ITALY - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/italy/
CAN SIGN IN OR USE FOR FREE. Click here for a great introduction to
Italy for elementary and
middle-schoolers, which has an overview of important country stats, and
lots of maps and flags to print and color like the coloring pictures of
Italian art masterpieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci and Raphael, and an
overview of Italian inventions such as the battery, eyeglasses,
parachute and radio. Be sure to look at the printable story books with
Italian vocab.
EYES ON ART - http://www.ozline.com/webquests/art2/
Specific strategies for using each of the six branches of Eyes on Art.
It should be mentioned that the activities are designed to lead in a
progression. Beginning students of art should start with "You Choose"
You can go directly to the activities listed by clicking on the title
graphic. Instructions for students are found on the Web site for each
activity.
FROM WINDMILLS TO WHIRLIGIGS - http://www.smm.org/sln/vollis/
A 'unique science and art connection to wind'; presented by the Science
Museum of Minnesota, this site is 'an in-depth exploration of science
and
art, concentrating on whirligigs, windmills and kinetic sculpture.'
Great
for elementary kids.
GETTY
- http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
A wonderful site -- start with the lesson plans, then use the
connections
to many museums, Los Angeles art galleries and artists, teacher to
teacher
talk with digest and index of discussions by topic. Do not miss
this!
Receive a monthly newsletter from ArtsEdNet. Just send your
name and email address to
offline@getty.edu.
HOTLIST:
MUSEUMS - http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/museums.html
A listing of all museums with websites by type from science centers,
natural history museums to other cultural institutions including Zoonet
and the Getty. This site also links to other hotlists.
INSIDE
ART
-
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/
This is GREAT! Participants get sucked into a Van Gogh painting
and then must learn all about art in order to get out; terrific online
simulation with tie-ins across the curriculum. Links to other
interactive
art lessons.
<>INTERACTIVE ART GAMES
- http://www.artteacherconnection.com/pages/artgames.htm
Short Interactive Art Games and Activities Online. Let your students have fun while
they learn about Art! Masny of the sites require Shockwave and open
slowly.
JOSEPH PALMER'S PAPER AIRPLANES - http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
These planes are designed to fly! They are not meant to be models of
real planes, and they are not meant to be pretty display models. (In
fact
they really fly much better if you don't decorate them!) Unlike
the
common schoolyard 'dart' designs, these planes are designed to have
have
lift; if you throw at a point on the ground about 10 feet away — they
will
fly up.
KALEIDOSCOPE
PAINTER
- http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html
I love this site which creates colorful spiraling fractal designs based
on the movement of my (your) mouse. Change the effects by moving the
mouse or resizing the brush. You can even put it on Auto and watch as
the
mesmerizing lacy designs create themselves.
LEONARDO DA VINCI - http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
From the Boston Museum of Science; this site begins with a letter to
teachers, followed by an Inventor's Workshop, a look at Leonardo's
Perspective,
and other resources. Curriculum connections to History, Science, Math,
Health, and Language Arts.
A LIFETIME OF COLOR - http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
A NEWLY DESIGNED ART ADVENTURES WEBSITE. Do you want to create
art? This is the place for activities,
techniques and inspiration! Try hands-on activities and techniques, or
browse online galleries of student and professional artwork. THIS
WEEK'S LESSON ON GRAPHING -- PERFECTO!
MARILYN'S IMAGINATION FACTORY -
http://www.kid-at-art.com/
Start with the featured art lesson. There is "no machinery at The
Imagination Factory, and smokestacks don't
pollute the air. Instead, they teach children and their caregivers
creative
ways to recycle by making art." For elementary children, this site
emphasizes art and
recycling and gives students an ecologically sound message while
promoting creative
thinking
- different and fun!
PICASSO
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6085/5baj.htmlTOYMAKER
- http://www.thetoymaker.com
Free paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxs, baskets and bags,
origami and ephemera .. all free for you to make. From Marilyn Scott
Waters.
1200 YEARS OF ITALIAN SCULPTURE - http://www.thais.it/scultura/scultura.htm
Alphabetized exhaustive grouping of all kinds of Italian statues.
Includes
a map of Italy to help locate origins. Connects well to Social Studies,
Science and Math You will need to click on English
VAN GOGH
AT
ETTEN
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C001734/
WEBMUSEUM OF HOLOGRAPHY - http://www.holoworld.com/
Make your own hologram!! This is an online museum which examines
the science behind holograms and then invites learners to try making
their
own. Integrates Science, Math, and Health.
WHAT IS A PRINT? - http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html
Learn the basics of wood block, etching, lithography, and screen
printing
with mini-tutorials (requires Flash plugin). The New York Museum
of
Modern Art, combines these tutorials with examples of each type of
printing
and a glossary of print terminology.
WHY
IS THE
MONA LISA SMILING? - http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml
ThinkQuest site that investigates the mystery behind the
celebrated
portrait as well as original Da Vinci musical compositions. Science,
Math,
Social Studies and Language Arts all come into play here.
WINSOR AND NEWTON - http://www.winsornewton.com/index.html
Attention all art teachers...this site has some great areas . See
factory
tour for the history of Windsor and Newton and how to make the paints.
"How did you do that?" has basic information on how to paint picture
frames,
paint on fabric, tint photos, etc.
WWW COLLECTION OF FAVORITE STRING FIGURES - http://alysion.org/string.htm
String figures are lots of fun and on this site there is a special
page for kids called Kid's Guide to 12 Easy String Figures. There are
actually videos to help too.
Last Updated August, 2011