Graphic design for children
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- duhsign0
I would give them a short overview of what design is ( a cool process flow chart would be fun) and maybe present adobe cs to them to show them what PS, AI and IN are for.
If you have more time and multiple sessions teach them the elements and principles of design.
A cool exercise would be to premake elements, a headline, body copy, images and graphic shapes and what not, have them choose a mood or message and pick the elements they will use to make it. Have the kids keep the mood/message/theme they pick secret and have the kids comment on what the outcomes communicated to them.
in case you need more help...my one-liner on what design is...
"Design is a framework for purposeful creation." - duhsign
also I would guess there are students in 6th grade who already do some simple desktop publishing/design on their parents computers...