When I first created Young Rembrandts, I was teaching a lot of preschool classes. 
We see huge academic and social benefits to getting young kids into art and drawing at an early age. But this story is about our elementary students. Elementary children are equally impacted by the arts. I have talked a lot about the relationship between art and learning styles but today I want to focus on artistic skill development.
Need it By Christmas? How about immediately!
Christmas is 7 days away and last minute shopping is in full swing. Lots of places can guarantee you get it by Christmas, but what if you could get it immediately… without even leaving the house? My latest Holiday eBook, 5 Things to Draw for the Holidays, is now available and you can get your hands on it right away.
Instead of heading to your local retail store for holiday gifts, check out what the Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalog has to offer. They have a wonderful assortment of engaging activities designed to keep your child’s creative juices flowing. These gift ideas have our vote because they offer children ways to interact, create, make and do in ways that will provide hours of fun.
What is the best way to keep your kids entertained this Holiday? Try my new interactive book with 5 never before seen iconic How to Draw videos.
The “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated in 1621 after the first harvest in the new world, with colonists and Native Americans in attendance. Pilgrims regularly celebrated days of prayer, or “thanksgivings”, to thank God for their blessings.
I noticed yesterday that November 20th is Universal Children’s Day! 
While not an official holiday, I am always excited when we put attention on the needs of children, locally and globally.
Learning to draw has never been so fun, enjoyable and easy for your children! Improve your kid’s drawing technique and art skills with easy to follow video drawing tutorials.
My how to draw videos are the perfect tool for kids and adults who want to learn how to draw.
Get ready as we learn how to draw a robot.
I have enjoyed finding lesser-known holidays to celebrate on my blog, I hope you have enjoyed learning about them. Here is another one… Did you know today is National Parents as Teachers Day? In honor of all you parents and teachers I found this informative article (originally posted on Medium.com) that I would like to share.
I have been driven for many years, in all I do, to find ways to help children be more confident and successful. Writing Being Visual was a long, labor-intensive process, especially for me as a visual learner, but I truly believe that when we understand the way our visual kids think, can help them be more successful. When I hear from parents that have read and applied visual learning techniques, I am enormously grateful to be a part of this important conversation.
This is what one of our reader’s had to say:
