Reading, writing, and arithmetic are certainly essential components of a child's education, but too often the importance of the arts to a child's development gets lost in the shuffle of all of those other subjects. Recognizing the need for kids to be immersed in all kinds of aesthetic endeavors, the inspiring minds at Boston's Thomas Edison Middle School thought it would be a good idea to have an Art Day. The after school center, one of thirty seven Citizen School programs that focus on hands-on learning as a means to foster academic leadership and strong study habits for kids in underserved communities, will host the program from 3pm to 5pm on March 27th with the express purpose of increasing students' enthusiasm for a wide variety of the arts. The previous year's event had everything from puppet making to balloon design and this year, who knows? If you have any artistic talent (note: armpit farts are not artistic talent) that you'd like to share with the kids at Thomas Edison Middle in Boston, the event is looking for a few good volunteers, who are willing to make their enthusiasm for the arts contagious. Get involved.


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I am a true believer now more than ever that kids need to be introduced to the world of arts at an early age. Not every kid will have an interest but there is so many different avenues one could find in the world of art that allot of kids will find something of interest and anything they can do possitive with their time eliminates the ability to do something negative with that same amount of time. Great post.




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