Organizations team up with Baltimore City Public Schools to offer arts and learning snacks

Two organizations, Young Audiences and FutureMakers, have teamed up with Baltimore City Public Schools to distribute creative coursework to families free at school food distribution sites.

COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDEBALTIMORE CITY FAMILIES WITHALTERNATIVE LEARNING MATERIALSDURING COVI━19.

AS WMAR 2NEWS' DAVE DETLING REPORTSTHESE EDUCATIONAL KITS AREBEING DISTRIBUTED IN AT RISCOMMUNITIES.22:3━46 Today this fooddistribution site served twopurposes.

One to give out foodto those in need.

It alsoinspired learning for studentswho are at home during thCOVI━19 crisis.

00:1━ It'sextremely difficult because Ithink mostly I have technicalissues.

They were doing theclassroom up on Google andthen they switched it tosomething else and I have notbeen able to get the pictureand the sound and everythingto connect like I need to.BEING A MOM TURNED INTO ATEACHING ASSISTANT FOR HERSECOND GRADE DAUGHTERGABRIELLE HASNT BEEN EASY FORSHASHA WHITE SINCE REMOTELEARNING KICKED IN.

BUT TODAYAT PIMLICO ELEMENTARY THEYPICKED UP A MORE CREATIVEASSIGNMENT.

4:0━13 Of coursewe need color, glue andstickers and glitter and allthat stuff to make it realpretty.

THEY GOT THEIR HANDSON A PACKAGED ARTS ANDLEARNING SNACKS WHICH ARE DOIT YOURSELF KINETICSCULPTURES.

FAMILIES PICKEDTHEM UP FREE OF CHARGE ATVARIOUS FOOD DISTRIBUTIONSITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.8:15 Some of our kids don'thave access to online learningand this is resources that wecan put in their hands andthey can do either on theirown, without a device and withtheir families.

STACIE EVANSIS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OFYOUNG AUDIENCES.

TOGETHER WITHTHE ORGANIZATION FUTUREMAKERS,ARTISTS ARE HELPING INFUSETRADITIONAL ACADEMIC CONTENTWITH CREATIVITY.EVANS SAYSIT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SHAPING ASTUDENT'S MIND.

8:0━12 Ithink a lot of online learningfocuses on English languagearts and math and we need tobe thinking about creativity,artistic development animagination.

16:0━11 There isa TV show that we have artsand learning where itincorporates arts and math andreading.

PARENTS WEREINTRODUCED TO THE ART SNACKCONCEPT SOME FOR THE FIRSTTIME.

PARENTS SAY ITS ANADDITIONAL TOOL TO HELP THEIRCHILDREN LEARN.

17:2━26 Inaddition to they are learningI really want to see themdevelop in other areas.

Ithink it's a really good ideanow that they have a lot oftime at home.

AS FOR SASHAWHITE AND GABRIELLE THIS ARTSNACK WILL HELP WITH FINEMOTOR COORDINATION MOM SAYSIT'LL BE FUN TO CREATSOMETHING WITH GABRIELLE4:4━54 Also just to becreative because you neverknow what you're going tolearn just out of beingcreative so I think these aregreat 23:2━32 AND thisprogram hands out 9000 ofthese kits each week at at all18 food distribution sitesacross Baltimore City.

InBaltimore City, Dave Detling,WMAR 2 News.EVERY CHILD SHOULD HA