Kindergarten Resources for Arts and Music

Animal, Bugs, and Creature Craft Projects - Family projects from the About Network
Animal Crafts - many categories to choose from
Animal Crafts - several pages of crfafts, pictures of steps are included
Art Activities - ideas for art activities.
Art Ideas for Kids - Directions for many projects.
ArtPad - Express yourself on this Artpad, use mouse skills while drawing and creating your own pictures.
Bendable Magnetic Animals and People - bendable, fuzzy magnetic animals and people; simple to make and great to play with later - Remember to keep all magnets away from computers.
Color Online at Enchanted Learning [opens on a new page] animals whose names start with A, click on another letter to go to some other part of this index
Coloring activities page - from Lil' Fingers
Coloring Pages - Color online with your mouse. Just click on start coloring! Over 100 pictures to choose from.
Craft Recipes - Make your own paint, clay, paste and more!
Crayon Resist Fall Leaves - A K-1 art lesson. When the leaves your students create are dry, hang them together on a huge painted tree. The tree will look great and kids love to see all their leaves form one tree.
DLTK's Crafts for Kids - Crafts from household items and printables such as cards, bookmarks, birthday banners, name tags and others.
Easy Printmaking in the Classroom - The introduction of printmaking on Styrofoam is a cheap and easy way to initiate the process for all ages.
Egyptian Profile Portraits - A grade 2 art lesson. Students create portraits in the style of the Egyptians.
Elementary Art Lessons - Over 60 lessons, some with really great names; Emotion Commotion, Critters & Complementary Colours and Pitchy Patch Puppet to name a few.
First Palette - fun,educational art activities, very visual, easy-to-follow, and includes supporting resources
FreeCrafts - Craft sites for children that need something creative to do!
Free Paper Toys Blog - a place to share ideas about free paper toys, printouts, paper model creation, assembling and hints and tips
Harold and the Purple Crayon - drawing activity, similar to the popular KidPix.
How to Draw (for Kids) - these step-by-step drawing exercises are designed for children [35 currently listed - mostly animals] on 3/25/09
Kididdle's Musical Mouseum - a place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, send out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help somebody else find the one they're looking for. If you know the title of the song you're looking for, the Alpha Index is the place to go.
KidzClub - In the Crafts area you will find quite a few printable activities.
KidzSing Garden of Songs - Words and midi files of music for songs. Many of the old favorites!
Mix and Paint with Curious George - [this link opens in a new window] select a picture, mix colors of paint and color the picture
Mr. Picassohead - Create your own face drawing like Piccaso
Musical Clang - [this link opens in a new window] Make music by clicking the mouse and tapping the keyboard
Musical Instruments - Learn about the different families and types of instruments. Sounds for each instrument can be heard.
Music Lesson Plans - Get some ideas on how to incorporate music into your lessons!
Nursery Rhymes, Silly Stuff and Songs - Find your favorite song and see the words and listen to the music!
On-Line Coloring Pages - drag colors from the palette to the outline drawing, kids can try to match a small thumbnail drawing or use their own creativity on 3/25/09
Paint By Number - The Art of "Pieceful" Imaging - Color by number in the digital age! Select a picture from the Easy section and enlarge it with the magnifier at the bottom if necessary. This activity is good for number recognition and mouse skills. {recheck}
Pretend Picnic - A Teacher's Corner activity based on: Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe from PBS. You can also find a list of online games and an index of art activities.
Scout Songs - A compilation of songs that are popular at Tanah Keeta Scout Reservation and other camps around the country. It includes many types of songs. There are action songs to keep you moving, American standards to fill you with patriotism, and Boy Scout songs and Girl Scout Songs that have been sung by Scouts for generations.
Songs and poems for many theme areas in addition to fingerplays.
Zoo Crafts for Kids - roll the mouse over categories to see examples - from the San Diego Zoo

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