ART AND MUSIC

Creaste your own Picasso head.

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to help identify the culprit, using their new PDArtist tool. Learn how your left and right brain work and the best ways to use your brain as an artist. Can you create composite portraits that help identify the culprit?

Someone has changed history! You must travel back in time to the Renaissance and explore Leonardo da Vinci's workshop in search of clues. Examine Leonardo's art and inventions and discover the spirit of the Renaissance while solving this interactive mystery.

It's 1870, and explorers and artists are discovering the wonders of the American West. Travel westward and meet six landscape artists to learn the basics of landscape composition.

The evil Dr. Gray and his Dechromatizer have set out to drain the color from fine art everywhere. It's up to you and Carmine Chameleon to stop them!

Design a house with Carmine!  Learn about site, form, function, and materials as you draw the floor plan and elevation for your house. (Sixth grade and up.)

Aliens are coming to earth—and its up to you to redesign common objects so they can use them! Learn about industrial design while exploring new designs for familiar objects.

Games and online activities from Crayola.

Be sure to put your headphones on to hear the narrator.

Activities for students at the National Gallery of Art for Kids.

Read the screen and follow directions to learn about some famous works of art.

Learn how to draw simple cartoon characters with Uncle Fred.  You will need a paper and pencil as you follow the directions.

Click on the drawing sheet to learn how to draw your favorite animal or watch a lesson on how to draw a face.  You will need paper and pencil.

Use this site with your own paper and pencil to learn to draw.

Scroll down to choose a category.   The digital version of Paint by Number. You'll want to use the Zoom tool button offered for a better view as you work.  Presidents, Curious George, Monet, and many other categories offered.

Make your own cartoon adventure.

Do you know your music symbols?  Play an online game of concentration.

Boom Thang is a game that allows you to record your own jivin' tunes.  So, go ahead.  Groove to the beats that will make your feet move!

Kazounds is a musical memory game that gets you to copy the sounds you hear. It's Ka-razy! It's Ka-rafty! It's Kazounds!

Does the drum go "plinka, plinka" and a harp go "boom, boom"? With Match 'Em, you have to match the instrument with the sound it should really make.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to play "Name That Woodwind."  Click on the different clues help you identify the instrument.

Click "Start" to start making your own music or choose from a list of songs to listen to.  Click "Maybe Later" on the registration page.

Excellent - A great music site for students.

San Francisco Symphony for Kids - Fantastic site.  Be sure to try the Composerizer, the Radio, and the Music Lab to learn about tempo, harmony, and much more.

Dallas Symphony for Kids - a great site for students and teachers.

Inside the castle, find and click the Music Hall.


Creatingmusic.com is a children's online creative music environment for children of all ages.  It's a place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games, and music puzzles.

Play four different music games.

Myoats is a community where people create designs using an online drawing application. These designs can be rated, downloaded, and archived. The most liked designs are rewarded by being featured on the home page.