
The Power of Words: Turning Children's Art into Poems and Stories
Inside the HeARTscribe volunteer process: how our young writers listen to a drawing and give it back to the child as a poem.
Reflections on art, healing and the creative journey.

Inside the HeARTscribe volunteer process: how our young writers listen to a drawing and give it back to the child as a poem.

Bullying tells a child a false story about themselves. Creative expression — art, poems and comics — helps them write a truer one.

Five classroom-tested creative exercises — from weather reports to worry monsters — that help children name, hold and release big feelings.

HeARTscribe started with one crumpled drawing and a simple idea: pair children's art with young writers, and every sketch becomes a story of hope.

Art therapy uses drawing, painting and making as a way to express and process feelings. Here's what it is, what it isn't, and why it works so well for children.