Art & Play at Home
Resources for raising confident, creative thinkers.
Home is a natural, safe place for creative minds to grow. In this nurturing environment, children have all the time they need to explore materials, leave and come back, iterate, build on their ideas, and get into a flow state. This is how real artists work! Our at-home resources are designed to help you create more of these opportunities. Whether you want guided video “art playdates” for your child to watch independently, ready-to-use printable guides, or a deeper understanding of how to choose, organize, and offer materials through our self-paced course, we can help you build the conditions for creativity. You don’t have to be an art teacher or have a perfectly stocked art space to make any of this happen. You just need an open, flexible mindset and the capacity to see children as capable and full of good ideas.
Art Playdates
Meet Harrison Smith, an expert early childhood educator and the warm, welcoming guide behind our Art Playdates. This year-long collection of 40 recorded classes pairs thoughtfully chosen books with open-ended art and play using everyday materials from around your home. Children can create alongside Harrison, then follow their own ideas, building skills and creative confidence along the way.
Art & Play Guides
Our Art & Play Guides make it easy to bring more creativity into your days at home. Each themed guide offers a month’s worth of open-ended art and play invitations, thoughtfully curated picture books, and ideas that can grow and change with your child. Use the time, space, and materials you already have to create your own hub for making, exploring, and connecting, while giving children room to follow their ideas and trust their own creative process. Designed for preschool through the primary years, use them as inspiration, enrichment, or a creative thread throughout your month.
The Toddler Playbook
A 30-page digital guide for toddlers ages 12 to 36 months offering approachable ways to support their learning and creativity in any setting, including favorite tools, materials, and over 80 simple invitations to explore. Invitations are categorized by 12 different materials, complementing our Materials Matter course. Supply links and video inspiration included.
Materials Matter Course
Our signature self-paced course.
Are you ready to build your entire year around open-ended materials? Imagine a home where children can find and know how to use materials, follow their ideas with confidence, and develop lifelong creative skills. At the same time, you have become a confident curator of these experiences. You know how to find, organize, and offer materials in ways that spark curiosity, without planning “projects” or telling your child what to do. Materials Matter will help you build this kind of creative practice and rhythm at home, where children become independent makers, trust their own ideas, and build the creative confidence and flexible thinking they’ll need for the future.
