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Fresh Minds - Kids and Digital Art

The things that kids come up with are amazing when it comes to digital art. Show them the way, and they’ll become masters at manipulating the tools of a graphic art program designed just for people their age. I do a part-time gig teaching computer lessons to children ages 5-11.

One of my focuses for ages 5-7 is graphic art. At this age, children are still developing dexterity so it’s a little difficult for them to control the mouse. However, with patience on my part as well as theirs, they come up with crazy creative stuff. I really wish I could post some of my students work here but it is against school policy to do so.

Anyway, I wanted to share with you all some programs I’m using in my classes right now.

A Suitable Tool to Teach Kids Digital Art

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