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Teaching Kids to Draw Video: How to Draw an Ogre
Although this drawing lesson was written with kids in mind, it’s fun for adults, too. This how to draw video series is the result of teaching children 
how to draw in Young Rembrandts for over twenty years!
Learning how to draw an ogre is easy with my “How To Draw” video. Let’s get started…
Parenting: A Dad Life Video
We love dad’s and want to honor them all year but especially on Father’s Day. Take a few minutes to enjoy this musical tribute to suburbanite dad’s. Get ready for to see how they use playful rap to share their thoughts on raising kids, Disney movies, barbequing and landscaping.
Teaching Kids to Draw Video: How to Draw a Cartoon Dad
This Father’s Day weekend why not draw a funny cartoon of Dad? On today’s how to video we are going to learn how to draw a cartoon dad. 
You can add details that make it look like your dear ole Dad.
Want more how to draw videos? Click here to view the full playlist on YouTube.
Art and Academics: Creativity
Are you creative? Can you draw? Paint a picture? Do you hold a patent for a new invention that will change the way we live?
Creativity is often defined in relation to artistic ability but creative thought reaches far beyond the arts and has profound implications in all parts of our lives. Creativity is about thinking outside the box, bringing fresh insight to established patterns of thought, rules and relationships. Creativity is a process of personal expression and playful pursuit, but creativity is also a highly sought after commodity, in business as well as the arts. Creative ideas may produce a work of art or music, it can lead to breakthroughs in science and engineering, increased personal satisfaction and career success, even solutions to highly complex social issues.
We are all capable of creative thought, but like other skills, it requires development. Countries all around the world have made the development of creativity a priority. However, while the United States has been a world leader of innovation in the past, increased emphasis on standardization, testing and cuts in arts programs, means we are no longer developing creativity and innovation in our students. Yong Zhao, author of
Inspire Your Child: 10 Summer Activities for Kids
Summer is a great time of year — the sun shines, days get longer and our schedules loosen. This is a list of our favorite activities for kids and 
families to do this summer.
Rain or shine, keep your family busy with these 10 activities:
Teaching Kids How to Draw: How to Draw a Monster
At Young Rembrandts, an after school enrichment program that teaches kids how to draw. The more kids we teach, the more parents ask – when are we going to teach them. So we’ve recorded a few, 2 minute, easy to follow, step by step “How To Draw” videos. Get out your pencil and paper and learn to draw a monster.
Insights From Children’s Art Expert Bette Fetter: Top Blog Posts for May 2013
- Have you run out to the store and bought your child new pencils and a drawing pad for these fun “How to Draw” videos yet? We kicked off May with a new video in our Teaching Kids How to Draw Video series with learning to draw a puppy.
- I was inspired after watching the Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team on Dancing with the Stars. A powerful example of the
impact the arts has made on the lives of kids. - I welcomed the springtime weather with 13 Spring Creative Activities for Kids.
- Diagnosing ADD or ADHD is highly subjective and comes with a multitude of negative connotations. But what if it’s not a negative? What if your child is a visual learner….ADD and ADHD: Has Your Child Been Labeled.
Early Years: Learning to Write
For Mother’s Day I sat with my grandson and together we made a present for mom. Knowing mom loves his art, I taught Brayden how to draw a pot of flowers. After drawing we talked about colors and coloring until ‘all the white parts of the paper were covered’. Four-year-old Brayden sat still, used his fine motor skills, was quiet, intentional and focused for at least forty minutes. His satisfaction and finished drawing was a reminder of how much impact forty minutes of focused activity means to a developing preschooler.
Imagine being a kindergarten teacher, tasked with teaching 25 sweet young students how to write. It’s a pretty daunting task and not for the faint of heart. Now imagine how much harder it is if these young ones can’t sit still, use a pencil, follow directions or spend much time in any focused task. Now imagine the enormity of the task for your kindergartener. There’s a lot riding on being able to write – and write legibly. From now on school is going to be about writing. The physical act of writing, even the speed of one’s writing,
