Do you have a creative area for your child?

An easy way to have creativity in your child's daily life is to provide an art center designed for them.  Your center should include construction paper, watercolor paints, washable paints, paint brushes, glue, markers, playdough and cookie cutters and art smocks.  Scissors would be available according to your child's age.  Buy a plastic chest with drawers available at any discount store.  Fill the drawers!  Your child now has a creative corner that imagination, fun and fantasy is all theirs .

NEED A NEW IDEA FOR A SUMMER  DAY?

An art project using a recipe with a different medium

MILK PAINT:

Supplies:  Can of evaporated milk, food coloring, small containers, paint brushes, white paper plate

Set up:  Mix milk and food coloring in the containers, one color per container.  Set out the containers, paint brushes, and the paper plate.

Create:  Paint the paper plate with the milk paint.

Use your imagination and create your own masterpiece!

"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them."  Richard L. Evans

Spending quality time with your children is the best way to show them that they are cherished. A fun way to enjoy each other is through creative art and activities.

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 14th, Nancy and Kathi will be at abaTina at 1713 South 8th Street from 10:30-12:30.  Come on over and have cookies and  lemonade while your children do art projects from our book, Art Based Curriculum.

EXPLORE ART WITH YOUR CHILDREN

For those of you who live in Colorado Springs we are having a special kids event on Saturday, July 14th.  Children can come and create art with Nancy and Kathi at abaTina's, 1713 South 8th Street in the Cheyenne Center from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.  The projects are from our book Art Based Curriculum.  We hope to see you and your children there!

Age Appropriate

Have you ever done a project with children 2 to 7 years old and realized while doing the project that you were doing all the art and the children were watching?  That is why we wrote Art Based Curriculum.  After looking at websites for projects and activities we found very few for young children from ages 2 and up.  All of our art projects and activities are kid tested and age appropriate for the young child.

UNPLUG

                        

Has your child watched TV or played computer games today and now wants to play outside?  But it is spring- it is cold, windy and thinking of raining!

 Did you know that art drains tension, builds self-esteem and enhances self expression?  Why not do an art project with your child?  You want to stimulate your child with hands on learning using art, activities, books and songs.  Art Based Curriculum has 129 pages of fun, educational and creative ideas for you and your child to help get "unplugged" for an afternoon!  

Art made easy is what "Art Based Curriculum" is all about

In our book each art project is divided in to three sections:
  Supplies: supplies are listed for each project and the follow- up activity
  Set Up:    preparation done by an adult, unless otherwise stated
  Create:     where you step back and let the child's imagination emerge.
Each alphabet letter has art projects, follow-up activities, books and songs.  We've added a section for tips, basic art supplies, recipes and patterns.  "Art Based Curriculum" is a  great foundation for ideas that are developmentally appropriate for the young child and we have made it is easy and fun for adults and teachers to use our book. 

GIFT IDEAS!

"Art Based Curriculum" is a great gift for different occasions like Mother's Day, baby showers, graduation gifts for a new teacher and end of the year teacher gifts.  How about a birthday present for a young child, give the book with paints, paint brushes and construction paper!  Do you know a mom who is overwhelmed right now?  Summer is coming, every mom needs ideas for a creative afternooon.  Grandma's love to babysit, this book has easy and fun ideas for everyone.  Tell us if you have any other ideas for gift giving!

THEY ARE HERE!

We have both a color edition and a black and white book available NOW!
"Art Based Curriculum" with the green cover is a black and white book.  This book contains the pictures of the art projects in black and white.  The blue cover book "Art Based Curriculum Color Edition" has the pictures of the art projects in color.  The two books are the same in content.

I Have a Computer, Why Do I Need This Book?

You can go to the library or use your computer to look for art projects.  This can be time consuming.   Instead of searching websites for ideas, you can find a complete curriculum located in one place.  "Art Based Curriculum" incorporates art projects, follow-up activities, books and songs to learn the alphabet. This book presents a solid foundation for learning using art and imagination.