20 Kid-Friendly Activities to Do This January
Winter is notorious for being gray and dull. Liven up your shorter winter days with these fun and kid-friendly activities.
art skills for kids
Why Foundational Art Skills Matter for Kids’ Creativity and Confidence
In today’s tech-heavy classrooms, traditional art education is often pushed to the sidelines. But at Young Rembrandts, we believe something essential is missing—and we’re on a mission to bring it back.
DIY Valentine Drawing Activity: Create Your Own Valentine’s Cards
This activity not only encourages drawing and coloring but also allows children to express their creativity and emotions through personalized messages.
Counting Down to Summer
This last month of school can be challenging for everyone. Kids are squirrely. Parents are feeling burned out from all the end of year activities and a full year of homework battles. And, teachers are at their wits end trying to keep everyone engaged just a little bit longer. Not to worry, we have some great ideas for brain breaks and alternative learning activities to keep the kids interested.
Spring Sessions Enrolling Now
Children who learn to draw using the Young Rembrandts method develop spatial reasoning and fine motor skills, order and sequencing abilities, visualization, and self-discipline as well as fundamental art skills. Enroll your child in a class at her school today.
Everybody Needs to Know They’re Special
Who doesn’t want to hear they’re awesome?! For the most part, awesome is in the eyes of the beholder and as parents of visual kids we can see the awesome and appreciate all the special quirks and talents that come with being a visual learner. A creative type, whose room is pile after pile of experiments or projects, who drives us absolutely crazy trying to get out the door on time and who can make a 10 minute homework assignment last all afternoon.
Inspire Your Heart with Art
Tomorrow is Inspire Your Heart with Art day! And, Young Rembrandts has been inspiring hearts by teaching kids to draw for 30 years! Participation in art programs has a profound impact -on who children are and how effectively they learn.
9 Creative Gifts for Tiny Hands
Get even the littlest hands in the house involved in creative adventures. I have found some great ideas for you to give your little one to get them started on their creative journey and help them develop their vocabulary.
Another Reason to Love Young Rembrandts
Young Rembrandts is offering a free coloring eBook to everyone who registers for a new 2018 class between November 1st and December 31st. Help your kids channel their excess energy into time spent coloring and learning with this limited release coloring eBook.
How to Build a Strong Student
I, like many others, thought learning was learning and art was there as a benefit—an enrichment. As an artist myself, I had always enjoyed participating in art class alongside my other studies. But, I now realize I had grossly underestimated the power and value of art as it relates to education.
