DREAM A WORLD EDUCATION, INC.

Since 2008, Dream A World Education has offered Secrets of the Heart™ programs in Los Angeles County to provide arts, social-emotional learning, diversity, culture and language arts to children attending inner-city schools. Now it’s available wherever children are learning. Introduced in May, 2020, Secrets of the Heart™ TV standards-based virtual programming takes children on journey of self-discovery where they learn more about who they are and how we’re all connected. It is our goal to help parents and children “Dream A World” where the human family can live in harmony and peace.

In a new world of remote learning, Secrets of the Heart™ TV wrap-around program engages young students by inviting them into a learning environment that is interactive and fun and reminds them that they hold within them the power to navigate in a changing world.

This arts-based social emotional-learning (SEL) program is for children in their most formative learning years (ages 4 – 8). As they experience the richness of art forms that include music, dance, theatre, visual arts and puppetry, children learn about the universal values that join us as a human family. Year One workshops introduce kindness, courage, compassion, creativity and 20 other overarching themes we call “secrets.” In interactive video workshops, our Teaching Artists encourage children to appreciate the innate gifts with which they were born. The gifts, when used skillfully, give them the keys to live a full and happy life. Programming in Year Two focuses on Community and Family by introducing secrets such as determination, curiosity, awareness and identity.

The Secrets of the Heart™ TV curriculum is aligned with the California Arts Standards, National Core Arts Standards, Common Core Standards for language, CASEL Core Competencies and Social Justice Anti-Bias Standards. Our resources, the Young Masters Little Wisdom® books and music, on which the program is built, are used in Los Angeles County Public Schools and in Montessori Schools around the world.

Our Teaching Artists inspire children to learn at a critical time in their early years. As they learn how to work together, play together, respect each other and solve problems, they also learn about the diverse world in which they live. We inspire learners of all levels to become academically, socially and personally successful by exploring their aspirations and dreams for the future. Programs are designed to have a positive impact on the entire school community and maximize learning whether children are on or off campus. purpose.

PROGRAM ELEMENTS:

Orientation for teachers — to bring teachers together as active and supportive participants beginning with an arts experience and an orientation explaining how the program works.

Orientation for parents/guardians — to learn what children will experience in Secrets of the Heart™ TV and about the opportunities for family involvement during the workshops. Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in a family art project—creating a vision-board collage that reflects the family’s future hopes and dreams. It’s a good reminder for everyone to acknowledge that we all have gifts to share, and when we use our gifts, we make the world a better place.

Six to twenty-four weekly programs (depending on program length selected) --- to blend the arts and academics and engage teachers and students in all of the activities. The curriculum guide and weekly lesson plans (available in English and Spanish) link the arts experience to critical thinking skills in Language Arts, Listening/Speaking, History, Social Studies, and the development of interpersonal skills. Each lesson introduces American Sign Language and includes an enduring understanding, i.e. Being Thankful, Kindness, Courage and Imagination, among others.

Final culmination — a culminating event for students, families, teachers and all participating classrooms as everyone joins together to share their dreams and celebrate what children have learned.

Materials — Curriculum guide, downloadable worksheets each week for students and parents in English and Spanish, and six award-winning Young Master Little Wisdom® audio e-books with MP3s for each student. Teachers also receive individual Visual Arts supply kits, one for each student per classroom.