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When Arianna Ross founded Story Tapestries 13 years ago, schools and community centers in the Washington, DC, area were looking for ways to give kids access to programming so they would be free to their public, she tells WTOP.
So the nonprofit created art and literacy kits for families that can't afford to buy art supplies, but actually do it all year long.
In the beginning of the school year, it also provides professional development workshops for teachers in the region.
The kits are "for parents and caregivers seeking extracurricular activities, enjoyable homework, or even home schooling opportunities," Ross says.
"A lot of young children have anxiety, so part of our art-and-mindfulness kit, on page one, we have a one-page lesson plan that [is] a breathing exercise, how you can draw a squiggle line and breathe at the same time, how you can draw faces and write stories to express yourself and let go of your anxiety, your stress, and your worries."
One of her favorite kits is " masking tape, a drawing pad of paper, crayons, and oil pastels," she says.
"They learn how they can take all these designs to create images of the changing sky from morning to night using the tape to show the washes
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