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BEYOND PRISON: Stories Of Transformation from the Inside

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I have always known that being creative is healing and beneficial to the world. This doco shows you just what a difference a little “crafting creativness” can do to someones well being.

Beyond Prison  is a multimedia collection of documentary stories that showcases proven, vibrant models of transformative prison work.

The project is an expansion of the short documentary  Path of Freedom, released in 2012.

The stories include testimonies from leaders in corrections, cutting-edge research, and profiles of cost-effective,

Tansformative methodologies in US prisons from Sing Sing to San Quentin. Featured programs include: Insight-Out: Guiding Rage into Power, Rehabilitation Through The Arts, Mind Body Awareness Project, ArtSpring, Prison Mindfulness Institute, Insight Garden Program, and Center for Council.

 

Together, these stories offer a unique glimpse into what prison could be: a place of transformation from the inside out.

Featured stories include:

A Pledge to Give Back: Guiding Rage into Power

Taking off the Mask: Rehabilitation Through The Arts

Foundations of Change: Life Skills for At-Risk Youth

The Art of Trust: Creativity and Healing in Women’s Prison

Path of Freedom: Prison Mindfulness and Meditation

 Breaking New Ground: Gardening on the Inside

Circle of Strength: Restoring Relationship through Empathy

Kalliopeia Foundation  is a private grantmaking foundation in Northern California.

Kalliopeia works to create a future where universal spiritual values form the foundation of how we care for

our common home.

 

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Cat Themed Learning Activities

I recently shared a bunch of dog-themed learning activities in honor of National Pet Month. Now it’s time for the cats (which are actually my favorite, shoutout to Baron and Haru!).

Homemade Heather has a great set of cat activity printable sheets including the life cycle of a cat, parts of a cat, a page kids can fill out about their cat and a little reading comprehension with a cat theme.

World of Printables has a super cute cat coloring page that asks you to color cats of different shapes in different colors and then count them. Like an I Spy, but with cats!

Speaking of shapes, give kids practice tracing basic shapes and writing the words for them (square, circle, oval, triangle, diamond, etc. there are 12 shapes in all) with these cat-themed printables from Tot Schooling. These would be good to laminate so you can use over and over while kids are learning about shapes.

Royal Baloo has a great printable cat pack that includes activities for toddlers up to third grade, so this is perfect if you’re homeschooling kids of different ages. There’s literacy and math activities in this pack, including shape tracing and matching for the little ones, beginning sounds and skip counting for pre-k kiddos and addition, multiplication, writing pages and more for older kids.

Fluffy Tots has a cute printable emergent reader on a cat theme, and Sunny Day Family has a super cute cat matching memory game you can print. Build a cat with the printable from PJs and Paint, or cut and fold a stretching cat with this activity from Krokotak.

1 Plus 1 Plus 1 Equals 1 has a cat unit study and printables for kids who are learning cursive writing. There are also three part cards about cats, a printable on scientific classification of cats and more.

Your Therapy Source shared this cute motor skill idea of using pipe cleaners as cat whiskers, which makes a fun quiet time activity or something kids can use in the car.

Take your love of cats on the go with this printable cat activity placemat from The Art Kit Blog. It includes a word search, maze, word scramble and some cats to color, tic tac toe boards and more.

Older kids can learn how to build Lego cats with these instructions from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.