Kids Art

I have had such a ball looking at all the kid's artwork hanging in the walls of Audrey's preschool. I have especially enjoyed looking at the self-portraits of the 4-5 year olds and some of drawings they did inspired by Paul Klee. To be honest, I'm not thrilled with the art curriculum of the younger kids, which seems to consist of a lot of gluing and assembling. But in all fairness, they have about 20 minutes with nine three-year-olds. Plus, I do my darnedest to give her plenty of artistic freedoms and stimulation at home. Here are some random "art for kids" observations:

• My friend Rebecca owns and runs a creativity camp for kids in Alameda, California. Her ArtYowza blog chronicles some of the fantastic activities they do and has links to a lot of other great art education resources. She's inspirational on about a dozen different levels.
• Some of the older kids at Audrey's preschool made snakes similar to these from men's ties. I hadn't seen them before and thought they were so great.
• I always love watching the retro and lovely, How Crayons Are Made, from Sesame Street.
• The kid's art on Weemade always makes me happy.