Hi All,Betcha you didn't know that the National Gallery of Art (NGA hereafter) has a section just for kids! Well, it does...This next link comes from TechLearning.com and is dated March 10, 2015 so it is a current article.
This is the gateway to the NGA site Kids Art Zone - what a fancy site. And btw, the site is formally known as the NGAkids Art Zone - so there! Note also that the NGAKids Interactives sections requires Adobe Shockwave Player - which can be downloaded from this link.
Once on the site kids can click on links for Sea-Saws (craete seascapes or abstract compositions), Brushster (brushes, palettes and specials effects let kids make abstract paintings) or Faces & Places (students can create animated portrais and landscape paintings) and many, many more. (Examples of the many more include jungles, still lifes, Dutch Houses, Collage Machine, Flow, Paintbox, Swatchbox, Wallovers, 3-D Twirlers, Mobiles and Pixelfaces....)
Further down on the page are links for Learning Resources, Children's Guides and Family Programs (if you are in the Washington, DC area!).
So there you have it - a world renowned museum that has made its resources available to kids and children - in the hopes of fostering the love of learning (with an artistic twist).
Regards - and enjoy the site!
Stu
