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.
Musical Show & Share
A video about coming together to create something beautiful.
The Best Friends Band
Elmo, Abby, Tamir, and their new friend Ji-Young sing about how we all belong to one another.
See Us Coming Together Song
Join Elmo, Abby, and Tamir in welcoming a new friend, Ji-Young, to their Best Friends Band!
The Friends in Your Neighborhood
A song celebrating the diverse people and friends in a community.
Upcycling Crafts
An article about upcycling projects.
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.
