Music and Art

TECH TIP: Many websites for children are very graphic intense. To save instructional time, you can download the website into your cache prior to using the site with the students. Many sites also require plugins such as Shockwave, RealOnePlayer, or Quicktime, as well as needing JavaScript and ActiveX. Previewing a site before using it with students is always a good idea.

Art and Artists: You will find biographical information on artists at this site from Enchanted Learning.
Coloring.com: Pictures can be colored and printed out or emailed without registering. There are pictures on many themes.
Learn to Draw with Billy Bear: Instructions for drawing animals using basic shapes
NGA Kids: The National Gallery of Art provides this activity section just for kids.
Paint.Net: This is a free image and photo editing application that can replace MS Paint that comes with the Windows operating system. To run it, you must have Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Server 2003. It has a great advantage over the original Paint because it gives the user the ability to use layers.
Sing Along Midis and Lyrics: Children's songs, patriotic songs, songs from movies and musicals are part of this National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences site. Midi files provide the music for most of the songs.