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For Kids Who Love Art & Music
ArtEdventures from Sanford-A Lifetime of Color - It doesn't matter if you're picking up crayons for the first time, or if you're a portrait painting pro, you will find something of interest at this Web page. Explore color mixing and matching activities and learn how the "mood" of a painting changes if you magically switch to different colors. Learn about proportions and portrait techniques. Little children will enjoy the color wheel game, while bigger ones (and adults, too) will be fascinated with chasing down the evil Dr. Gray and his Dechromatizers!
Draw and Color with Uncle Fred - "Uncle Fred" Lasswell has been drawing the "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" comic strip since 1934, and he still stays on the cutting edge of today's technology. His Web page includes numerous fun cartoon drawing lessons and features from his videodisk of the same name. Even the youngest of Web surfers will have no trouble drawing these characters.
Juice Bottle Jingles - You know how you can tap a half-filled glass and make a musical note? And if you have a whole bunch of glasses, you can fill them with various amounts of water and make different tones? Well, if you don't know, this site explains the science behind it and teaches you how to re-create a juice bottle musical instrument at home. While someone else collects the supplies, go ahead and practice online. Behold a virtual six-bottle xylophone, and a tunebook for your playing (and listening) pleasure. Just follow the notes to tap out such all-time favorites as Jingle Bells and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Kids' Space - This internationally recognized and award-winning site will become one of your favorite Internet destinations because it has something for everyone. Older kids might want to see KSC (Kids' Space Connection) to visit lots of home pages created by other kids--and they can list theirs here, too. Toddlers will love the detour to HPT (Hop Pop Town) to try out the many interactive musical experiences. But Kids' Space itself is everybody's home page. You can submit audio files of your music or digital drawings and hear and see what other children around the world have done, too. The Story Book is where kids write their own stories, using the pictures and themes provided. There is even a beanstalk that keeps growing each month in the Craft Room. Pick an artwork and create a story for it, or choose a story already written and draw a picture for it. All commands at this site include pictures with them, so even the youngest child (who may be still developing reading skills) can enjoy this creative and fun learning experience.
Mozart's Magical Musical Life - What if your parents named you Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Amadeus Mozart? Can you imagine writing that on the top of your paper in school? This great story, complete with audio clips, tells about "Wolfie," or Mozart as we know him today. Wolfie had a sister named Nannerl and a dog named Bimperl. He also had a tremendous talent for music and a father who realized that his son was a genius. Is there a genius in your family?
Pieces 'n' Creases: A Fun Guide to Origami - So, how long will it take for you to fold 1,000 cranes so you can get your wish? Is there one way to fold them that's faster? What happens if you have an origami jumping-frog contest? This outstanding site was created by students for the ThinkQuest Junior competition.
Songs for Scouts - Gather `round the campfire and share some singing--here are silly songs, lots of gross songs, and songs that are just plain fun. If you want the definitive version of "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts," look no further.
The American Century - The Whitney Museum of Art presents this fascinating exhibit of art created in the twentieth century. Included are examples of painting, sculpture, decorative arts, film, and even architecture. If you have the right plug-ins, you can listen to a tour narrated by the director of the museum. Otherwise, plunge right in and enter the exhibit. In the Learning Center there are activities for families and kids aged 5-10. The concentration matching game is a good way to learn about a few significant artworks of the last century--and it's fun, too! Or, you can make your own artwork by dragging shapes onto a virtual canvas and manipulating them by stretching, rotating, or changing their colors. Save your work to the virtual gallery and become part of the exhibit yourself.
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