For parents, teachers & art studio owners.
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Welcome to KinderArt.com, created in 1997 by Andrea Mulder-Slater and her mom, Jantje Blokhuis-Mulder. It’s here where creativity meets simplicity. Inside you’ll find free art lessons, creative ideas, and helpful resources for kids from preschool through high school. Whether you need a fun one-day project, a bit of teaching guidance, or a full year of art lesson plans, you’re in the right place because our mission is to make art time joyful and easy. If you are a parent, homeschooler, art teacher, classroom teacher or art studio owner, this is the perfect place for you to be. And, if you are looking for more direction, you will love the premium art lessons inside The KinderArt Club.
Our Black Capped Chickadees lesson is great fun for a variety of ages and teachers and parents love it how it can be used for any season. Have a look at some student examples and find out how to download our lesson plan pack, which includes introductory materials, a how-to guide, and more.
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Wherever you are on your art-teaching journey, we are here to help you bring creativity to life, one project at a time.
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The Art Book features a series of both directed, and open-ended art lessons that introduce lower elementary students to color, texture, pattern and more.
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Here you can browse through our art lesson plans by age or grade, from Preschool through High School.
The KinderArt Club
Amazing, ready-to-use art projects created by artists and teachers, for kids ages 5–12 (and beyond).
I’m Andrea Mulder-Slater, an artist, art studio owner, part time art teacher, former homeschooling mom, business owner and author of several books including “What Can I Draw Today” and “Awesome Architecture Activities for Kids.“
This site you are visiting (KinderArt.com) was created by my mom Jantje (you can call her Jan), waaaay back in 1997 when we were were leading children’s workshops at a local art gallery.
One day we decided to look online see if there were any resources for art teachers and found that there were very few (hello Ken Rohrer and The Incredible Art Department!).
Not long before, we had made the move into “the new cyberspace” by placing our Art Studio business online. So, along with that, we created what was at that time a modest resource for art teachers, with about 20 art lessons. That’s when things got interesting…
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KinderArt® and The KinderArt® Club are for classroom teachers, art educators, homeschoolers, after-school program directors, future teachers, college students, artists and parents who want to enrich their children’s artistic lives at home.
The goal of KinderArt® has been and always will be, to make art lessons accessible to everyone. We’ve been doing it for more than 25 years and we’ll continue to do it for many more. We’ve had more than 80 million visitors make use of our collection of lessons and we can help you too. The KinderArt Club is our art lesson plan membership where everything is laid out for you!
The KinderArt Club is a premium, time-saving, art lesson plan membership portal for teachers, parents, homeschoolers, art studio owners, librarians and anyone else who teaches art to children ages 5 to 12yrs. ALL of our Art Lesson Bundles are unlocked and ready for you to access as soon as you become a member. Relax, you’ve got this. Join us today.
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You are currently on the KinderArt.com site which features lots of free art activity ideas for kids (I hope you are enjoying them!) HOWEVER, if you are looking for more detailed art lesson plans, drawing lessons, printables, sketchbook starters (and more) provided monthly, you will LOVE The KinderArt Club – a membership portal designed for parents, homeschoolers, classroom art teachers and studio instructors.
Inside the club you will find hundreds of printable PDF art lessons designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages (from 5 to 12 years). Get creative teaching kids at home, instructing students in a classroom, leading workshops in a studio, or sharing online, as you explore artists, art periods, science, nature, history, cultures and themes, with creativity and flexibility in mind.
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