Mandy’s Favorite Online Creative Resources

Mandy Goodwin is Paint Love’s Program Director and a full-time school social worker in Title 1 schools in Cobb County. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Georgia

1. Explore Museums Online — Google Arts & Culture 

Features content from over 2,000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

Check out the High Museum in Atlanta or venture a little farther from home and visit the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.

MAKESHAPECHANGE is a project to get young people thinking about how the world is made around them and where design fits in. At its heart, is a short film that shows changes happening before our eyes that we might not normally notice, and how these affect us. 

Watch the short film (6 and a half minutes).

Lots of activities! Example: Think about design in your own home: http://www.makeshapechange.com/think-design/homes

3. Chrome Music Lab - Song Maker

Make your own music and even share it with others digitally through a link. Great for creating something special and sharing it with friends and loved ones near or far. 

4. My favorite crafting site : Babble Dabble Do- Connecting through Creativity 

Check out their art project archive (including projects just for preschoolers) or start with this guide to Cheap and Easy At-Home Crafts made just for at-home learning while school is out of session. The super helpful guide has themed days with 3 different projects and related YouTube videos! 

They also have archived guides for at-home Science projects, Engineering projects, and design projects for kids! 

5. Comic book starter prompts from Jarrett Lerner

These are super fun writing and drawing prompts to get kids creating. Just download and print out the “finish this comic” prompts and activity sheets.

*Great for kids that can read and write independently, but ask them to share their creations with you when they’re done! 

6. Mo Willems Lunch Doodles

If you haven’t yet, check out this daily series of drawing tutorials by the wonderful author and illustrator of kid’s books (Elephant and Piggie series, Knuffle Bunny, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and more!) 

Short video from John Spencer about the importance of Project Based Learning 

More resources from Spencer.