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We have created this site with parents, educators, preschoolers, and elementary school students in mind. We have posted some of our successful courses, such as the free ABC Signs Program (ASL), and expanded the original, free Mathlibs.org® content, empowering students to build and solve their own math problems. We’re also regularly posting more fun free stuff in our Fun Feed.

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Series of blog posts have been grouped into mini-courses. All free for you, here online.

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Art for Kids:

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Art for Kids: Principles of Desgn

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Make Silly Math Questions: MathLibs™

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Founded in the 1990s, kidCourses started as a New York-based initiative offering live courses exclusively within the state. Our standout program, the ABC Signs Program, brought the joys of sign language to preschoolers on Long Island at no cost. Interestingly, when we sought to volunteer our services at a local library, we were told "We don't accept volunteers, we need to pay you."

For Jessika, the experience was doubly rewarding. As a mom, she could earn while involving her young children in a positive educational setting. Our core mission has been consistent—to motivate children toward lifelong learning, cultivate creativity, and emphasize the importance of positivity and enjoyment in the education process.

In the intervening years, life happened. The kids grew up, and a move to the West Coast initiated a hiatus from live courses. However, we've adapted by digitizing our content and are pleased to introduce the new kidCourses.com. Here, we continue to offer quality resources like MathLibs.org®, which has gained recognition from esteemed organizations such as PBSTeachers and the NCTM.

We invite your feedback and are open to suggestions for future offerings.

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What is Rhetoric? An Explanation and Examples

Rhetoric is the art of influence, friendship and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic. And it harnesses the most powerful of social forces, argument. - Jay Heinrichs The above quote is from Jay's book Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About The Art […]

Aristotle & Rhetoric

In Aristotle's world, rhetoric was the art of discovering all available means of persuasion, and he heavily emphasized the logical aspect of this process. He considered rhetoric a counterpart of both logic and politics, and called it "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion." […]

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Elements of Design: Space

Space is an element of design that occurs around and in between the forms, shapes, colors and lines. It provides perspective, dimension and volume to a flat page. The techniques an artist uses to create space include: • Sizing • Overlapping • Composition • Linear Perspective • Color and value […]

Arguments & Argument Maps for Kids

In day-to-day life "arguing" is usually understood to mean a disagreement or fight, and something that most try to avoid. But, in truth, arguments are part of critical thinking processes - part of how we use logical reasoning. The general structure for a logical argument is: This is my […]

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Elements of Design: Texture

Texture is an element of design that defines the surfaces of shapes and forms. Texture that you feel with your fingers is called tactile while texture that the artist recreates on a flat surface is called visual texture. Tactile texture is three-dimensional because it has height, width and depth. Visual […]

Elements of Design: Form

Form adds another dimension to shape. A circle is a flat, two-dimensional shape. When you add the shading that transforms the circle into a sphere, it takes on three-dimensional form, like a ball you could throw or bounce. Basic forms are three-dimensional figures, including spheres, cubes, cylinders, pyramids and cones. […]

Elements of Design: Color

Color Wheel (Goethe 1809) A color wheel is a conventional way to classify colors and their relationships to each other. In traditional painting, red, yellow and blue are the primary colors that form the basis of the artist’s palette. They are located at equal distances from each other on the […]

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Shape: An Element of Design

A shape is a closed form that consists of straight lines, curved lines or angles. Drawing a shape is the first step to creating an object; by adding shading, color, background and other shapes, an artist transforms a simple outline into a more complex design. A circle and a square […]

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Key Concepts in Biological Systems – Crossword

Relating the Small to the Big: The Human Biological System Structures whole organism (big) organ systems organs tissues cells organelles (small) Terms to Know Metabolism: all of the chemical reactions which maintain life, which can be subcategorized as catabolism (breaking down molecules to get energy) and anabolism (synthesizing, or […]

Spread Some Hugs – Coloring Page

Today's coloring page goes along with our song, Spread Some Hugs. You can listen to the song below. Additionally, we include the ASL Sign for H in the corner. Watch below to learn the ASL sign for H and for Hug. Spread Some Hugs Coloring Page What's Your "Good Wish"? […]

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ABC Signs O

Have you ever wanted to sign the letter 'O'? The full ABC Signs program incorporates over 120 real American Sign Language signs into fun and catchy rhymes; learn 4 in this free sign language video for kids: The ASL sign for O The ASL sign for octopus The ASL sign […]

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