KIDS PAGE ACTIVITIES AND LINKS
These are some suggested links to use either before or after your visit to the Leighton Centre. Copy and paste these links to enjoy lots of artistic fun!!
1. Have fun going through the National Gallery of Canada and finding out about art. Play with paint too!! Cut and paste this link on your browser:
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/kids/color/index_e.jsp
a) Go on a trip across Canada – see works by all different artists and learn about the different LANDSCAPES in Canada.
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/landscape/index_e.jsp
b) Play a Mystery Game – have fun looking at different paintings too. Use your “Artist Eyes”
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/kids/mystery/index_e.jsp
c) Here’s a chance to view art done by other children. Look at drawings, fun art projects and sculpture. How do you like them? Maybe write a story about some of the pieces. Copy their ideas. Lots of artistic fun here!
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/kids/artissimo/index_e.jsp
d) A fun and sometimes challenging art game. Warning! This is too much fun!
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/kids/eye/index_e.jsp
e) Go on an art treasure hunt!
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/kids/treasure/index_e.jsp
f) For Division Three and the older student interested in art. This link has some great ideas for art activities and investigation
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/index_e.jsp
2. Link to the Glenbow Museum’s contemporary art online workshop called Artpad Amazing fun!
http://www.glenbow.org/artpad/
3. A fun page for collage. YOU choose what you want in your artwork.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm
4. A.C. Leighton was one of the CPR painters. Go to the CPR link (Canadian Pacific Railway) and download the booklet. Lots of good information about trains and how Canada was settled. Find out what a “cowcatcher” is or what it is like to go to school on a train!
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/Children/default.htm
5. See some more paintings done by Mr. Leighton. Look for some of these when you visit the Leighton Centre:
6. Have you been to this place?
7. Choose your own art adventure and go on a journey similar to AC Leighton’s
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/gowest/a2.html
