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Kids In South Jersey Art Class Drawing A "Kindness Quilt"
"We are drawing pictures for kids and people who are homeless. We're doing it so they can feel safe and secure," says second-grader Carson.
April 21, 2023
DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- "I just think kindness is so important, such an important quality. And I hate to say it, but there just doesn't seem to be very much of it these days," South Jersey art teacher Sheila McCloy says.
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But step inside her second-grade art class at Dennis Township Primary School, and you'll see young minds learning there's more to art than just drawing.
"Two plus two is always going to be four. But in art, you can have an affective experience that's going to help you to grow as a human being and that has to start now," McCloy said.
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Second-grade art student Brene draws CBS News Philadelphia reporter Wakisha Bailey as part of the "kindness quilt" in her art class/CBS News Philadelphia
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