This is what I believe— for children of all ages:

"When we teach a child to draw, we teach him how to see.

When we teach a child to play a musical instrument, we teach her how to listen.

When we teach a child to dance, we teach him how to move through life with grace.

When we teach a child to read or write, we teach her how to think.

When we nurture imagination, we create a better world, one child at a time."

--Jane Alexander, actress and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts