Best art projects for kids using multimedia.
My husband and I delighted in reading a picture book to our kids about a shy man named Halibut Jackson who made specially crafted outfits designed to blend into his environment. Halibut Jackson by David Lucas Halibut Jackson is shy and doesn’t want to be noticed so he makes special outfits designed to blend into the…
I think my most of my readers are familiar with Jeanette Nyberg … We’ve done a holiday shopping guide together for the past few years … She’s my daughter’s Art and Design School independent college counselor … She blogs at Craftwhack (with previous blogs Artchoo! and Tiny Rotten Peanuts) … She’s got impeccable taste for the…
My son selected four cool videos from a slew for your viewing pleasure. I added some book suggestions. Like his video picks? Here’s more: The Kid Should Really See These Videos! Amazing Videos to Share With Your Kids My Son’s Favorite Fun and Educational Videos The Kid Should Really See This Videos Flu Season Science…
I was fascinated by this video of artisans creating terra cotta tiles. It’s such an involved process to make a single tile, especially shaping each one. This makes me appreciate mosaic tile artwork much more! The art of zellige flourished during the Hispano-Moresque period of Morocco. The art remained very limited in use until the Merinid…
My son and I watched mathematician Dr. Katie Steckles cut a square with just one cut. This is an idea that dates back to 1721 in Japan: The Fold and Cut Theorem. My son was fascinated by the one cut idea so we decided to try it out ourselves. We started with the 1 cut square….
My son has always had his obsessions: Age 3: Dinosaurs and Angry Birds Age 4 and 5: Pokémon Age 6: Bakugan, Ninjago Age 7: Magic Cards, Minecraft, Mario Brothers Video Games Age 9, 10: Minecraft, Dragonballz, Injustice Video Game Age 1o and 11: Dragonballz, Naruto My son’s guitar teacher has channeled his interests into guitar…
February 8th is Chinese New Year and it’s the Year of the Monkey, my son’s year! This is what Chinese astrology has to say about people born during the year of the monkey: Monkey years are believed to be an unlucky for people born in a year of the Monkey. A year of one’s birth…