Art Exploration
This interactive artmaker helps promote development through art.
Children can learn so much about themselves and the world around them when they create art. Share these activities and ask children to tell you about what they’ve made. There are different “canvases” to choose from; for each, you might use these conversation starters:
- Make Your Mark: Explore the tools and colors. Can you match the marks on the canvas? Tell me about some ideas you have.
- Shape and Symmetry: Use the shapes to complete the heart. What else is symmetrical (the same on both sides)? What else can you create using shapes?
- Art All Around Us: Art is everywhere! What materials do you like to use? Paint, crayons, clay, glue?
- Draw What You See: Create these pictures in your own style, or look closely and draw what you see.
Playing With Colors
An interactive game to build the basic skill of color recognition.
Make a Pinch Pot!
Simple craft instructions to help your family make pinch pots from homemade dough together.
Sharing Amazing
An adult-child coloring page to spark ideas and connection.
Amazing to Me
When Julia and her family do a special art activity together, Julia finds a way to add her own amazing touch!
Exploring the Amazing in Autistic Children: A Conversation with Camille Proctor, Founder of The Color of Autism Foundation
An article to help parents discover and support their autistic child’s unique perspective and personality
Creative, Talented, Amazing: A Conversation with Anna Wang, Co-founder of FCSN, about fostering autistic children’s talents
An article to help parents foster creative exploration and expression in their autistic child.
A Conversation About Art Therapy
In this webinar, Sesame Workshop’s Tara Wright, and Art Therapist Natasha Westrich Wood talk together about how young children (and grown-ups) can communicate and express themselves through art.
