Here's a picture of something my family did Sunday:
I share this photo not because those are the ages Kids Cartoon Academy is for.
(KCA is for ages 7-14, and my kids are younger.)
I share this pi...
I attended a foraging class last night.
It felt good, but challenging, to be a beginner at something.
What I wanted to walk away with was to be able to identify berries, nuts, and mushrooms I could ...
Unfortunately we praise kids for being fast.
Fast reader. Quick learner. Got it on the first try.
Then we wonder why they come apart the first time something takes a while.
The Gap Between Not Know...
Parents ask me this one a lot.
"There are five live classes now. Which one is my kid supposed to be in?"
Fair question. Here is the short answer, and then the longer one.
The short answer
It is th...
I hear this a lot from worried parents:
“I don’t know if my kid is the artistic type anymore.”
Their kid tries something new, struggles at first, and gives up before trying again.
The kid might...
Here’s something most parents never hear from a teacher:
The best students struggle more than anyone else.
See, for most of my time in classrooms, I was actually an English teacher, not an art teach...
That transition from summer to school can hit hard.
One week it’s ice cream, swimming pools, and lazy mornings—
The next, it’s packed lunches, full schedules, piles of homework, and rising pressure....
As we head into August, you’re either in the height of summer holidays or diving into the back-to-school busyness. Where I live, the school supplies are stacked in store aisles, schedules are filling ...
They frowned at my farting booger monsters
When I was a kid, my sketchbook was filled with goofy creatures.
Farting booger monsters.
Zombies with missing eyeballs.
Scary supervillains with backsto...
“This Looks So Bad.”
At some point, every creative kid gets stuck in the same cycle.
🚨 They erase constantly.
🚨 They rip up their drawings.
🚨 They say, “Ugh, I can’t draw.”
And when they finally ...
If your child seems “over it” when it comes to drawing lately, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve lost interest in art.
In fact, it might mean they’re growing as an artist in ways that are harder to...
I make this mistake with my kids all the time—do you?
Many well-intentioned parents think that if we can just be encouraging enough, our kids will be more confident.
We say “Good job!” or “I love it...
