Wreck This App is somewhat more directed, and doesn’t have a tie-in blog. Art Start has an associated blog where kids can share their creations.
If you’re ambivalent about teaching your preschooler digital art before they learn the real-world basics, the charmingly clever Drawnimal helps preschoolers create animal pictures by drawing shapes around an iPhone set on a piece of paper. (Stay tuned we'll soon have a collection of great music apps.)Įvery parent of a small child needs a finger painting app to end the stress of standing in a long line or sitting in a waiting room.ģ. We’ve collected some of our favorites here to help you get started.
There are so many arts apps and digital enrichment programs that finding the right one can quickly become overwhelming. While it may seem counter-intuitive at first, some parents are turning to technology to help make art everyday parts of family life. Private lessons are nice, but not everyone can afford them, and hardly anyone has time to cart kids to yet another scheduled activity. In an era when arts education is being cut from schools, many parents are looking for ways to fill in the gaps.