As a parent, you want to ensure that when your kids start school they are confident and prepared. You may be surprised to learn that some specific kindergarten and first grade readiness skill are often lacking. Mary Rogers, MA.Ed, has spent her career developing educational programs for kids and began noticing that children are entering…
Why Abrakadoodle? That’s one of the important questions we asked more than 3000 parents in our 2014 survey. You might be surprised to learn that the number one parent response was that they want their kids to be CREATIVE! This marked a change from our previous surveys in which parents have cited that the number…
Abrakadoodle has for more than a decade reached over one-million children with its creative art education programs thanks in large part to our uniquely fabulous franchisee partners, who deliver our high quality art programming to kids in communities throughout the United States and in growing international locations. Our franchise system recently had the pleasure of…
By Leonor Alvim Brazao, Abrakadoodle Artist in Residence Visiting a museum or an art space that is not specifically designed for kids can be a challenge to most parents of young children. When my children were small, we used to enjoy visiting galleries and museums, and the secret to my success was making the experience feel…
Abrakadoodle-Metro Detroit hosted its first annual art show in June to celebrate a year of creativity and learning. Fourteen charter schools took part in the event held at TechTown, a facility located at Wayne State University’s Research & Technology Park. “We had great parent/student participation,” remarked Dawna Kelly, Educational Director of Abrakadoodle-Metro Detroit. Invitations were…
By Leonor Alvim Brazao, Abrakadoodle Artist in Residence. I have such fond memories of time spent with my mom during my childhood, because we incorporated art into our lives. We used to spend hours on the beach collecting shells. At home, we transformed our sunny days collections into collages. For her it was the beginning of…
“Look what I made!” Gleeful kids exclaim their pride in artistic accomplishments every day in Abrakadoodle art programs. That’s why Abrakadoodle is committed to Arts for All – to make sure that all kids, regardless of ability or economic situation, can enjoy the many benefits of art education. Kicking off its 2014 annual conference at…
