Ms Kotcher Art Educator
  • Welcome
    • About Ms. Kotcher
  • Photography 1
  • Photography 2
  • Darkroom Photography
  • AP 2D Studio: Photography
    • AP Breadth Units
    • AP 2D Student Portfolios
    • Student Websites
  • Ceramics
  • AP Art History
    • Art History Videos
  • Curriculums and Prior Student Work
    • IB Diploma Program >
      • Y12: IBDP 2 ART >
        • IBDP Art Exhibition 2015 >
          • Han's (HL) Exhibition
          • Huy's (SL) Exhibition
        • Y13 Artwork Gallery
        • Class Blog
        • DP2 Art Discussion Board
        • Student Websites
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
        • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
      • Y11: IBDP1 Art >
        • DP1 Y12 Art Discussion Board
        • Y12 Artwork Gallery
        • Padlet Links and Resources
        • Process Portfolio Resources
        • Comparative Study
        • Padlets - Work to be marked
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
    • Y10 IGCSE Art and Design
    • Y9 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Y10 Discussion Board
      • Art Elements Photography: Padlet Links
      • Padlet links - Resources
      • Art Rubric
      • Year 10 Art Scope 2015-2016
      • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
    • Y8 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Art Element Photos - Padlet links
      • Y9 Padlet Resources and Inspiration
      • Year 9 Art Scope 2014
      • Art Rubric
  • Middle School Art
    • MS Grade 8
    • MS Grade 7
  • PYP/Elementary School Art
    • PYP/Elementary Art >
      • Kindergarten - PYP ART >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Color: Primary, Secondary, Warm and Cool
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - Transportation Shapes
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculptures
      • Year 1 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Lines and Shapes
        • Unit 2 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 3 - Collage
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6
      • Year 2 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 - Drawing/Painting from Observation
      • Year 3 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Observational Drawing and Painting
        • Unit 2 - Where We are in Place and TIme
        • Unit 3 - Mixed Media Collage
        • Unit 4 - Portrait Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 -
      • Year 4 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value and Forms
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Printmaking
        • Unit 4: Observational Drawing
        • Unit 5 - How the World Works
        • Unit 6 - Where We are in Place and Time
      • Year 5 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Painting Color Schemes
        • Unit 3 - Design
        • Unit 4 - Folk Art Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - PYP Exhibition
        • Unit 6 - Clay Sculpture
      • Student Led Conferences 2014
      • Student Representative Committee
      • Campus Art Exhibits
      • ART WEEK - An Evening of Art
  • Art Videos
  • Art Educator Online Communities, Blogs, PD
  • Welcome
    • About Ms. Kotcher
  • Photography 1
  • Photography 2
  • Darkroom Photography
  • AP 2D Studio: Photography
    • AP Breadth Units
    • AP 2D Student Portfolios
    • Student Websites
  • Ceramics
  • AP Art History
    • Art History Videos
  • Curriculums and Prior Student Work
    • IB Diploma Program >
      • Y12: IBDP 2 ART >
        • IBDP Art Exhibition 2015 >
          • Han's (HL) Exhibition
          • Huy's (SL) Exhibition
        • Y13 Artwork Gallery
        • Class Blog
        • DP2 Art Discussion Board
        • Student Websites
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
        • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
      • Y11: IBDP1 Art >
        • DP1 Y12 Art Discussion Board
        • Y12 Artwork Gallery
        • Padlet Links and Resources
        • Process Portfolio Resources
        • Comparative Study
        • Padlets - Work to be marked
        • Art Gallery Visit and Instagram Posts
    • Y10 IGCSE Art and Design
    • Y9 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Y10 Discussion Board
      • Art Elements Photography: Padlet Links
      • Padlet links - Resources
      • Art Rubric
      • Year 10 Art Scope 2015-2016
      • Expectations of Art and Design Students at AIS
    • Y8 Art >
      • Sketchbook Assignments
      • Art Element Photos - Padlet links
      • Y9 Padlet Resources and Inspiration
      • Year 9 Art Scope 2014
      • Art Rubric
  • Middle School Art
    • MS Grade 8
    • MS Grade 7
  • PYP/Elementary School Art
    • PYP/Elementary Art >
      • Kindergarten - PYP ART >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Color: Primary, Secondary, Warm and Cool
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - Transportation Shapes
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculptures
      • Year 1 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Lines and Shapes
        • Unit 2 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 3 - Collage
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6
      • Year 2 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Sharing the Planet
        • Unit 4 - How We Express Ourselves
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 - Drawing/Painting from Observation
      • Year 3 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Observational Drawing and Painting
        • Unit 2 - Where We are in Place and TIme
        • Unit 3 - Mixed Media Collage
        • Unit 4 - Portrait Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - Clay Sculpture
        • Unit 6 -
      • Year 4 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Painting Value and Forms
        • Unit 2 - Collage
        • Unit 3 - Printmaking
        • Unit 4: Observational Drawing
        • Unit 5 - How the World Works
        • Unit 6 - Where We are in Place and Time
      • Year 5 - PYP Art >
        • Unit 1 - Where We are in Place and Time
        • Unit 2 - Painting Color Schemes
        • Unit 3 - Design
        • Unit 4 - Folk Art Sculpture
        • Unit 5 - PYP Exhibition
        • Unit 6 - Clay Sculpture
      • Student Led Conferences 2014
      • Student Representative Committee
      • Campus Art Exhibits
      • ART WEEK - An Evening of Art
  • Art Videos
  • Art Educator Online Communities, Blogs, PD
  Ms Kotcher Art Educator

Online Art games and Apps for kids

Mr.PicassoHead - online design and drawing, includes gallery
National Gallery of Art:  
NGA Kids ArtZone - interactive art activities
Haring Kids - from Keith Haring- fun online activities for kids and great lesson plan database for teachers
MOMA Kids Wing - fun activities from the Museum of Web Art
Destination: Modern Art - from the Museum of Modern Art
ArtEdventures - for primary and intermediate grades
SmART Kids - from the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago; for students ages 7-12 to discover ways to look at, think about, and respond creatively to art
National Gallery of Art:  
NGA Kids ArtZone - lots of interactive art activities
The Artist's Toolkit (Minneapolis Institute of Art)- visual elements and principles
Online Etch-a-Sketch - includes gallery
A. Pintura: Art Detective - solve "The Case of Grandpa's Painting"; great art history lesson
Virtual Legos - (click "Launch Blockmeister" in lower left corner of screen)
Mondrimat   - create a non-objective desing a' la Mondrian
Art-iculation - focusing on elements and principles.examples,print and online activities
Inside Art -go on an adventure in art history- fun site!
Metropolitan Museum Of Art for Kids - includes family guides, museum hunts and art games
Learning to Look at Art

Crayola Kids Zone
Smithsonian Museum 
Meet Me at Midnight
National Gallery of Art's NGAkids Art Zone
Learning Games for Kids- Art and Music
Color with Leo Art Studio and Art Games
Albright-Knox Artgames
Tate Gallery's Tate Kids

naea- the USA "go to" art education association
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Student artwork used with permission. Students retain all rights to their images, please do not copy student work.