Ages 2–6 · Brooklyn, NY

Where do little hands go when they're ready to make something?

A studio where teaching artists sit beside your child — not over them — and discover what they've been trying to say all along.

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The Call to Adventure

"She just tears the paper and throws the crayons. Is she even ready for this?"

A parent's first question

every single time

Tearing paper is the lesson.

When a teaching artist sits beside your child and tears paper with them — intentionally, curiously, asking "what does this sound like?" — a scribble becomes a conversation. Throwing crayons becomes sorting by color. The mess was never the problem.

🌱Ages 2–6, grouped by developmental stage

👐Max 8 children per teaching artist

🎨12-session arcs with real project progression

Young child painting with a brush, focused and happy at an art table

Teaching artist crouching beside a toddler at a small wooden table, both looking at finger paint

94%

of parents say their child<br/>asks to come back

Mentorship

They crouch. Always.

Every Daub instructor is trained to meet children at eye level — literally and figuratively. You will never see one of our teaching artists standing over a child's work.

Female teaching artist crouching at child height beside an art table, smiling warmly

Clay & sculpture, process-led watercolor

Miriam Osei-Bonsu

Lead Teaching Artist

8 years at Daub

"I never ask "what is it?" I ask "tell me about it." Those are very different questions."

Male teaching artist kneeling beside a child who is pressing their hands into clay

Printmaking, collage, found materials

Rafael Teixeira

Studio Artist & Educator

5 years at Daub

"The best art supply for a three-year-old is a cardboard tube and a little bit of time."

Female teaching artist sitting cross-legged on the floor at eye level with a small child, both looking at a painting

Sensory exploration, mixed media

Priya Chandrasekaran

Early Childhood Art Specialist

3 years at Daub

"A child who tears paper has a theory about paper. My job is to find out what it is."

All instructors hold BFA/MFA degrees in fine arts + ECE certifications. Background-checked. First-aid trained.

Transformation

What twelve sessions builds.

Every piece below was made by a child between 2 and 6 years old. Ages and session numbers are listed because the progression is the point.

Child's finger painting with bold orange and red strokes on white paper

Age 3Session 1

First day with tempera — all about the feel of it

Colorful mixed media collage with torn paper pieces and painted marks by a young child

Age 4Session 4

Discovering that torn edges are a choice

Watercolor painting with visible brushstrokes showing a house and sun, buckled paper edges

Age 5Session 8

Watercolor: "the paper drinks it"

Clay handprint sculpture painted in bright colors by a toddler, still wet and textured

Age 3Session 6

Clay: the session where everything clicked

Child holding up a completed painting with pride, smiling at the camera in a bright studio

Age 5Session 12

"I made this for you, but also for me"

Abstract painting with layered colors and textures made by a 6 year old in final session

Age 6Session 12

Twelve sessions later — a painter's eye

After session four, my daughter started narrating her drawings to me. Not "it's a dog" — she'd say "this is the part where the dog decides to be brave." I didn't teach her that. Daub did.

Camille Fontaine

Parent of Zoé, age 4 · 3 sessions completed

Find Their First Class

Let's find the right fit for your child.

Five questions. No wrong answers. We'll match them to the class that fits where they are right now.

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How old is your child?

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