Six Everyday Materials for Real Art at Home (No Special Kit Required)
You do not need a craft kit to do real art with your child. Six ordinary materials, already in your home, and the open-ended work each one invites.
Journal
Slow looking, art literacy, and the Montessori way.
Seven Artists Every Child Should Meet (and Why)
Seven artists who reward a child's curiosity — chosen for the questions they provoke and the permission they give, not just for their fame.
Five Paintings to Put on Your Child's Wall
Five paintings worth living with — chosen not for fame but for how richly they reward a child's slow, repeated looking. With what to notice in each.
How to Take Young Children to an Art Gallery (and Actually Enjoy It)
A calm, practical guide to visiting an art gallery with young children — what to bring, how long to stay, and the questions that turn a visit into real looking.
The Painting on the Wall: A One-Week Practice for Families
The simplest way to build art literacy at home: tape one painting to the wall for a week and let slow looking happen on its own. No lesson required.
Three Questions to Ask in Front of Any Painting
Three simple questions, used by museum educators worldwide, that help any child look closely at any painting — no art knowledge required.