The best adults are experts at feigning excitement over a toddler’s drawings. Kind, loving grown-ups know how to make a big deal about a tyke’s art so that children think they’ve made something ...

How well can your 4-year-old draw? Their ability to draw a picture of a child may be linked to their intelligence at age 14, a new study suggests. The study, which involved more than 7,700 pairs of ...

At age 4, many young children are just beginning to explore their artistic style. The kid I used to babysit in high school preferred self-portraits, undoubtedly inspired by the later works of Joan ...

Kids’ drawings are pure, innocent and sometimes absolutely hilarious. What starts as a sweet attempt to draw mommy, a fire truck, or even a friendly giraffe can quickly turn into something adults are ...

Examples of a family drawing assessment: A drawing from a child scored with minimal indicators of family dysfunction (top), and one from a child scored with elevated levels of family dysfunction ...

An award-winning app, courtesy of the folks behind Khan Academy, Draw and Tell boasts a whole bunch of digital tools—crayons, paint brushes, stencils stickers and more—that encourage kids to ...

Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to 1977, ...

A timely trend in Draw-A-Scientist studies shows children in the US are now depicting more female scientists than ever before. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

When children reach six years old, their drawings matter. Not because of those purple unicorns or pinstripe dragons but because of how kids sketch themselves and the very real people in their lives.