Dream A World Education, Inc.
Our Mission
Supporting children’s social and emotional well-being through the arts.
Dream A World Education provides social-emotional learning and an understanding of cultural diversity through an early childhood, arts-based education.
Our Vision
We envision a world where every child discovers the power of their own creativity, and understands how we are connected as a human family.
About Secrets of the Heart®
Through Secrets of the Heart® (SOTH) evidence-based curriculum, children learn multidisciplinary arts, self-acceptance, kindness and compassion, and an appreciation for cultures and people from around the world.
Areas of Critical Development
- Literacy and Language skills
- Social Emotional Growth
- Cultural Understanding
- Appreciation of Individuality
- Creative Intelligence
- American Sign Language
- Collaboration & Family Connection
- Job Skill Preparation
Explore Our Programs
On-Campus
27, 15 and 12 week residencies delivered by professional artists. Includes family arts projects and culminating student performances. Available to Los Angeles County Schools only.
Web-Based
27, 15, or 8 week lesson plans that include 15-minute weekly videos by professional artists, supplemental reading, worksheets, and discussion prompts.
Testimonials
“Results from parents and student evaluations from Dream A World Education’s programs clearly show that Secrets of the Heart® arts-based education increases student’s social-emotional development and as a result creates a firm foundation for later academic achievement and development of community citizenship.”
Director of Research at Child Care Resource Center
"As a teacher, principal, and now as superintendent I have seen many enrichment programs through the years. I have to give Secrets of the Heart the highest praise for the professionalism of their staff, the quality of the curriculum and the impact on our students. Not only does this program build confidence, it builds character all the while the students are genuinely having fun. I look forward to a long relationship between the Hawthorne School District and Secrets of the Heart."
Superintendent 2010 - 2022– Hawthorne School District
"I can honestly say that Secrets of the Heart is the best performing arts program for our kindergarten students that I have ever seen in my 37 years in public education. The programs have been so successful that we are trying to expand into grades 2 and 3. Dream A World Education is changing lives in Wiseburn and helping to establish an "Arts Renaissance" in our community that is universally embraced."
Dr. Tom Johnstone, Superintendent 2008 -2018, Wiseburn Unified School District
Through her Secrets of the Heart and Dream A World artist-in-residency series, Bunny has designed programs that are focused on authentic arts experiences for students that are tied to overarching enduring understandings. This is a powerful way to frame learning for children through themes such as Friendship, Courage, Truth and Kindness that connect across curriculum areas and into a student's personal life experiences. [Dream A World Education]... provides programs that bring the arts to life and makes it relevant for all learners and the inherent joy in her programs is tangible to students.
Former Director, School Programs, Music Center, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County
"Secrets of the Heart" has been a game-changer at both schools I've served as principal. By engaging all of a school's Kindergarten students in sequential arts education which nurtures their self-identity, the program's impact actually influences school culture. In moving from one inner-city public school to another, I ensured that "Secrets of the Heart" be part of the first semester of curricular instruction for our Kindergarten students because I saw its potential to help me turn around a struggling school. As I'd seen in my previous school, I observed the Kindergarten students becoming more confident and connected to one another and to their new school as they worked through the sequential lessons and activities of "Secrets of the Heart."
Esperanza Elementary, Los Angeles, California
Dream A World Education has led the way for Hawthorne Schools to bring music, dance, visual and performing art into classrooms; in a way that we haven't experienced in my 17 years in the Hawthorne School District...They provided us with what we were missing; a meaningful, structured, parent and community friendly program involving all of the arts; that our students and teachers absolutely love. The highly trained staff from Dream A World Education bring vision, quality and experience to the program that allow students to excel and perform like professionals!
Principal, Eucalyptus Elementary, Hawthorne School District
Children and staff love Secrets of the Heart TV, and we have found it to be a useful supplemental teaching strategy.
Executive Director, The Children’s Collective
97%
Children we serve, live below the poverty line
60K
Children and families served
96 %
Of parents agree programs have had a positive impact on their child.
You can help educate the heart of a child through the arts.
Dream A World Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Tax ID 27-0686657
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