The benefits of our youth programs

The TASGM curriculum encourages youth to develop their own creative voice, help to build emotional intelligence and improving cognitive and motor skills.

The true basis of our curriculum is for participants to have fun. As they are having fun they are improving cognitive and motor skills, while having a positive impact on cognitive and motor development. For example, practicing music can improve memory, attention, and coordination, while painting and drawing can help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Boosting self-esteem and confidence is vital at a young age. The arts and science can provide youth with opportunities to succeed and develop a sense of accomplishment, while satiating curiousity, which can help to boost their self-esteem and confidence. By expressing themselves creatively, youth can feel valued and appreciated, which can have a positive impact on their overall well-being.

Our program encourages cultural awareness and appreciation. It provides an opportunity for youth to learn about and appreciate different cultures and artistic traditions. This exposure can help to promote cultural awareness and understanding, and foster a more diverse and inclusive society.

Through the arts and science curriculum, youth can explore their emotions, thoughts and experiences while continuing to expand on learning.

Our Mindful Curriculum

Our curriculum is comprised of themed workshops that include a variety of meditation exercises.

Self-Love

Part of the mindfulness series, in this workshop curriculum, we will discuss the importance of self-love and learning how important it is to use positive thoughts and compliments, for ourselves. What is self-love? And what does it mean to love oneself. Participants will work and complete a project centered around self-love. The participants will be able to take their work home and use it as a reminder of how important they are.

Self- Care

This workshop is to bring awareness to oneself. How often do we care for oneself? What are ways we can practice self care? If you don’t care for yourself what are some things that can happen? Can not caring for ourselves add to our stress? The participants will work on a project related to one of the many self care tools that will be discussed during the session. Caring for oneself allows us to be present in the moment and to also listen to our health.

Self Compassion

Self-compassion is essential for emotional well-being, and the arts and music can be powerful tools for developing this skill. Engaging in creative activities like painting, drawing, writing, or playing an instrument can help you express and process difficult emotions, thoughts, and experiences in a non-judgmental way, leading to greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, and a sense of connection with others

Gracious Gratitude

According to Harvard Health and psychology research, giving thanks can make us happier. For this workshop, participants will work on a curriculum to use as a daily reminder to practice gratitude. What is gratitude? With practicing gratitude it serves participants as a reminder that will enable them to acknowledge the good people, and the positive things in their lives. Gratitude can be given and received.

Grounding

We hear about grounding but what really is grounding? And no, in this case it does not mean you are in trouble :). Grounding and learning how to ground has been a popular topic in health articles, as it is said that it has many health benefits. Some examples of health benefits are: better sleep, improved brain activity, regulated breathing and healthier circulation. Participants will work on grounding exercises and/or activities, to share with family and friends.

Joyful Positive Affirmation

One of the best ways to help quiet the negative chatter is to counter chatter them with positive affirmations. Whether you listen to them daily, ready inspirational posts or write them in notes, positive affirmations are crucial to helping increase confidence and lessen self doubt. In this curriculum, participants will list happy, positive and uplifting things, colors to invoke happiness and create a project to centralize all the favorites into an art project

Power of Positivity

Within the workshop, we focus on a positive mindset. The curriculum entails positive mindset exercises as well as a project centered around practicing and sharing the positive mindset with others. Some of the projects include positive affirmations, positive language and positive ideas. We wrap of the workshop by reminding the usage of positive communication and reflection.

Hear Me Now

Being heard is a fundamental human need. We all have thoughts, feelings, and experiences that we want to share with others, and being heard can help us feel validated and understood. Unfortunately, not everyone feels heard, and this can lead to feelings of isolation and frustration. Using the right mediums provide a powerful tool for communication, as they allow us to convey complex emotions and ideas in a way that is both accessible and engaging.

About our workshops:

  • Workshops can be blocked into a series of 5 workshops that are scheduled consecutively.

  • Workshops are designed to be stand alone and scheduled individually or as part of a series.

  • Workshops are also designed to have a smaller class scale to focus on quality and not quantity.

  • Workshop subject matter can be alternated and/or rotated with each scheduled series.