Inspired Child

Inspired Child Improving the quality of early childhood education for children ages 0 to 5 living in DC’s most economically disadvantaged communities.

Inspiring a life-long love of learning through arts-based literacy programs for children, families, and teachers.

04/20/2026

✨🎶 Family Arts Series is coming! 🎶✨

Join us for a magical musical storytelling journey where imagination leads the way and even a simple piece of paper can become part of an unfolding adventure 📄🌊

In “The Magic Paper”, young children (up to 6 years old) and their families will explore creativity, movement, and music as we travel from city streets all the way to the sea 🚢🌆🌊

What sea creature will your child discover in their story?

📅 April 25th, 2026
🕙 10am – 11am
📍 Georgetown Location – Dumbarton United Methodist Church

🎵 Music & Storytelling with

Come play, imagine, and create together 💛








✨ Spanish Storytelling Workshop ✨On March 17th, we had a joyful Spanish storytelling workshop at the Hirshhorn Museum! ...
04/14/2026

✨ Spanish Storytelling Workshop ✨

On March 17th, we had a joyful Spanish storytelling workshop at the Hirshhorn Museum!

Children created dance costumes inspired by The Changes by Rashid Johnson, exploring art through stories, movement, and imagination. 🎨💃🏽

The workshop was beautifully led by Ms. Meli , and we are so grateful to the Hirshhorn team for this wonderful collaboration! 🤝

📅 Join us for the next Spanish storytelling workshop on May 19th — we’d love to see you there! 🌿📚.

03/19/2026

🌈 Let’s sing, move, and dance together!

Rainbowdance is a fun family program where little ones and their grown-ups explore music and movement in a joyful and creative space led by our teaching artist

🗓 Saturday the 21st

⏰ 10 AM






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03/16/2026

Discover what makes you unique at the !

Teaching artist Melissa Strova-Valencia () from Inspired Child will be at the Hirshhorn Art School on Tuesday, March 17, for Estudio de Cuentos: ¿Quién soy yo? (Storytime Studio: Who Am I?), a free program in Spanish for kids. Estudio de Cuentos is a one-hour program, with sessions that begin at 10 AM and again at 11 AM. Facilitation is entirely in Spanish. We recommend that at least one person in your group (child or caregiver) speaks Spanish.

Join Meli and Hirshhorn educators for hands-on activities inspired by artist Rashid Johnson, whose installation artwork The Changes (2025) is on view in the Hirshhorn’s newest exhibition, “Big Things for Big Rooms.” Stay tuned for more Inspired Child and Art School partnership programs later this year.

🎨 Estudio de Cuentos is a free, drop-in program held on the third Tuesday of every month, once at 10 and again at 11 AM. It is designed for kids from birth to age 6 and their caregiver. The program takes place inside Art School on the Hirshhorn Museum’s Lower Level.

Learning in Art School. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo: Rick Coulby

03/01/2026

Color, hands, textures, and time together. 🎨

In our Inspired Child family program, children and caregivers explored side by side, touching, mixing, noticing, and playing.

Through color and texture, children and families shared discoveries, followed each other’s curiosity, and built connection in the simplest and most powerful way: being present together.

These moments of play become moments of bonding. 💛.


02/26/2026

Inspired Child was a partner in this amazing project with and , helping to amplify unheard voices 📚✨

Join us on March 8, 4pm–5:30pm at Busboys & Poets Brookland for a special book launch event celebrating nine teen parents who authored board books as part of the 2026 Mini Mirrors Series 💛👶🏽

The event will feature read-alouds of the stories 📖 and a conversation highlighting the journey these writers took to become published authors and create diverse books for young readers and families 🌱

This event is free, but please RSVP at the link in our bio to attend! 🎉

02/20/2026

🎨 Ready to get painty with us?

Join us for a joyful morning of movement, exploration, and art making alongside your little one.

This is a space where children and caregivers create side by side, discovering, playing, and embracing the beauty of process over product.

Come ready to move, connect, and leave with paint on your hands and memories in your heart 💛

Register through the link in our bio.

02/17/2026

Art is more than creating — it’s connecting. 🎨

When caregivers and children engage in visual arts together, they build trust, strengthen emotional bonds, and create space for expression and belonging.

Join us this Saturday the 21st for our next Inspired Child Family Program, where we’ll explore visual arts through play, creativity, and connection with amazing

No art experience needed — just come ready to explore together.

✨ Limited spots available

🔗 Register through the link in our bio
We can’t wait to create with you.





🎨📚 As we close the year, we thank everyone who supported our work in arts and education.✨ Looking ahead, we remain commi...
12/29/2025

🎨📚 As we close the year, we thank everyone who supported our work in arts and education.
✨ Looking ahead, we remain committed to delivering high-quality, accessible programs with lasting impact.
➡️ Stay connected as we move into the new year.

12/24/2025

✨🎒📚 Two schools. Two learning celebrations. Endless wonder.

This month we closed the year with joyful learning celebrations at and alongside their incredible children and teachers 💛

Laughter, movement, color, and curiosity filled the rooms as we celebrated everything these young learners explored through art. And to carry that magic forward, each child took home a backpack filled with books — stories to open, imagine, and grow with ✨📖

What unfolds when teachers are given the tools to teach through art?
-Moments like these.
-Curiosity sparked.
-Confidence blooming.

Learning that feels like joy. 🌱🎨

To our donors: thank you for believing in young learners, in teachers, and in the power of art to transform classrooms. We’re closing the year full of gratitude and wonder ✨






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