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About 365 for Kids
Inspiring Children to Read, Create, Reflect, and Share
Stories, knowledge, creativity, and meaningful opportunities for children throughout the year
365 for Kids is a program of 365 Mosaic Foundation, Inc., EIN 39-3822650, a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to educational and creative opportunities for children. Certain administrative and operational services are provided by Snowlike Studio, LLC.
365 for Kids is a creative and educational platform designed to help children discover meaningful stories and ideas, express themselves in different ways, and share their voices and original work.
Through audio collections, books, creative resources, guided activities, and annual children’s programs, we connect reading and listening with imagination, curiosity, reflection, and public participation.
Our online resources support families, libraries, schools, homeschool communities, and community organizations. Our annual programs welcome eligible children and teens from across the United States.
What Is 365 for Kids?
A World of Stories, Discovery, and Children’s Expression
365 for Kids brings together several forms of learning and creative participation in one growing educational environment.
Children can:
- listen to fairy tales, myths, legends, and classic stories;
- discover science, nature, technology, and the world around them;
- explore virtues, emotions, life skills, and meaningful choices;
- respond through drawing, writing, expressive reading, discussion, and creative projects;
- share their ideas, voices, and original work with others.
The goal is not to replace school instruction or provide a rigid curriculum. It is to create accessible opportunities that encourage curiosity, imagination, personal expression, and meaningful connection.
One story, one discovery, and one creative response can become the beginning of a much larger journey.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create accessible cultural and educational opportunities that encourage Our Mission
Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading, Learning, and Creative Discovery
The mission of 365 for Kids is to expand access to meaningful educational and cultural opportunities that inspire children and teenagers to read, explore, think critically, create, and share their ideas with confidence.
Through our READ — CREATE — REFLECT — SHARE learning model, we connect literature, storytelling, science, creative expression, and personal reflection in ways that encourage children to become active participants in their own learning.
We believe that developing a lasting relationship with reading and knowledge requires more than access to information. Children benefit from opportunities to discover stories, ask questions, explore different perspectives, express their understanding creatively, and reflect on what they have learned.
Our mission is guided by five interconnected goals:
1. Encourage Reading Engagement and Lifelong Learning
We seek to nurture children’s interest in books, stories, language, and knowledge through accessible audio collections, literary resources, educational activities, and meaningful encounters with literature. Our programs are designed to complement formal education and encourage reading and learning beyond the classroom.
2. Foster Curiosity, Creativity, and Critical Thinking
We encourage children to explore literature, science, nature, history, and cultural traditions through creative and inquiry-based activities. By connecting knowledge with drawing, writing, discussion, and artistic expression, we aim to support imagination, independent thinking, and active engagement with ideas.
3. Promote Reflection, Emotional Awareness, and Positive Character Development
Through stories, discussions, and creative activities, children are encouraged to explore emotions, virtues, relationships, responsibility, and real-life choices. Our approach invites children to reflect on meaning, consider different perspectives, and develop a thoughtful understanding of themselves and the world around them.
4. Expand Educational Access Through Libraries and Community Partnerships
We work to make educational resources and creative opportunities more accessible to families and children across the United States, including communities with limited access to enrichment activities.
By collaborating with public libraries, schools, homeschool communities, nonprofit organizations, and other educational partners, we seek to support locally delivered learning experiences through adaptable resources, activity guides, and digital educational collections.
5. Give Children’s Ideas and Creative Work a Meaningful Audience
We believe children benefit when their effort, imagination, and original ideas are recognized and valued.
Through noncompetitive exhibitions, expressive reading programs, creative writing initiatives, and community showcases, we provide opportunities for children to share their work with families, communities, and wider audiences, with appropriate safeguards and parental permission.
Our Long-Term Vision
Our vision is to develop 365 for Kids into a sustainable, accessible educational resource and collaborative network that helps libraries, schools, families, and community organizations connect reading with creativity, reflection, and meaningful participation.
By developing adaptable resources, expanding partnerships, and evaluating how our programs are used, we aim to contribute to broader efforts that encourage reading engagement, educational enrichment, curiosity, and lifelong learning among children throughout the United States.
One story can spark curiosity. One creative response can deepen understanding. One opportunity to share can inspire a child’s confidence to grow.
READ — CREATE — REFLECT — SHARE
How Our Program Works
The READ — CREATE — REFLECT — SHARE Learning Model
The 365 for Kids learning model connects stories and knowledge with creativity, reflection, and authentic opportunities for sharing.
READ
Read, listen, explore, and discover
Children begin with a story, literary passage, scientific idea, virtue, emotion, or meaningful question.
CREATE
Respond in a personal and creative way
They may draw, write, make, discuss, read aloud, record their voice, or express an idea through another creative form
REFLECT
Think about meaning and connection
Children consider what they learned, felt, noticed, or understood and how it connects with a virtue, a choice, a question, or real life.
SHARE
Give the child’s work an authentic audience
Sharing may take place with a family member, a small group, a local community, or—through the annual 365 for Kids programs—with audiences across the United States.
Children’s work created through partner-hosted activities may also be shared throughout the year through dedicated Community Showcase pages.
Every activity includes an opportunity to share. Public participation and online publication are optional and require parent or guardian permission.
What 365 for Kids Offers
Educational Library
A growing collection of audio stories, science content, virtue-based resources, emotional learning materials, life-skills topics, and creative inspiration for children.
The collections can be used during bedtime, quiet time, travel, creative activities, family conversations, and partner-led children’s programs.
Books and Creative Resources
Story collections, science books, coloring books, activity books, and other resources designed to extend children’s learning beyond the screen.
Whenever appropriate, books are connected with audio, visual, or creative materials.
Nationwide Children’s Programs
Annual programs invite children and teens to transform reading, creativity, and reflection into publicly shared cultural work.
Children can participate through:
- visual art;
- expressive reading and recorded voice;
- original written reflection
Three Annual Programs
Children Can Be Seen, Heard, and Published
The annual 365 for Kids programs provide noncompetitive opportunities for children to receive visibility and recognition for their effort, ideas, voices, and original work.
Children’s Stories & Art Exhibition
Children create original visual art inspired by books, fairy tales, myths, legends, family stories, and other storytelling sources.
Accepted artwork is presented through a virtual exhibition and an annual exhibition catalog.
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Voices from the Heart
Children select a meaningful literary passage, read it aloud, and explain why the page, idea, or virtue matters to them.
Accepted recordings become part of a publicly accessible online audio collection.
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Pages of Virtue
Children write original reflections about virtues, real moments, meaningful choices, and the good they notice or experience.
Accepted writings are published in the annual Pages of Virtue catalog.
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Working with Libraries, Schools, and Community Organizations
365 for Kids collaborates with libraries, schools, homeschool communities, afterschool programs, nonprofit organizations, cultural centers, and other organizations serving children and families.
These partnerships are built on shared contribution. Organizations bring trusted relationships, local knowledge, facilitators, and places where activities can happen. 365 for Kids provides educational collections, ready-to-use Activity Guides, annual opportunities, and a public platform for celebrating children’s work.
Together, we can:
- organize flexible local children’s activities;
- connect families with educational resources;
- share free annual opportunities;
- create year-round Community Showcases;
- give children’s ideas and original work a meaningful audience.
Complimentary Educational Library access is verified separately so that protected resources are provided to eligible educational and community users.
Founder and Program Developer
Snejana Stoyanova — Artist, Educator, Author, and Entrepreneur
365 for Kids was founded and developed by Snejana Stoyanova, an artist and educator with more than three decades of experience working with children, families, teachers, and aspiring young artists.
She holds a master’s degree from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, with professional preparation in art and pedagogy.
In the early 1990s, she founded Studio S – educational center in Sofia, where she developed and managed art and educational programs for children and young people. Her professional work has included:
- art education and creative development;
- children’s and family programs;
- preparation of educational materials;
- books and storytelling projects;
- exhibitions and public presentations of children’s work;
- development and management of educational organizations.
After establishing Snowlike Studio in Illinois, she began developing 365 for Kids as an English-language platform connecting stories, science, virtues, creative expression, and opportunities for children to share their work with wider audiences.
365 for Kids is the continuation of a lifelong commitment to helping children learn, create, and believe that their ideas matter.
From a Local Creative Practice to a Growing Online Community
365 for Kids grew from a simple but lasting belief: children benefit when stories, knowledge, creativity, and human connection become part of everyday life.
The project began with digital stories, books, audio collections, and creative resources. It later expanded to include partnerships, activity guides, and annual programs that allow children to share their artwork, voices, and writing.
Developed in the Chicagoland area and accessible online, 365 for Kids now welcomes participation from children, families, libraries, schools, and community organizations in different parts of the United States.
The project continues to grow through new collections, partner relationships, children’s programs, and public cultural resources.
What Guides Our Work
Children’s Authentic Voices
We value children’s own ideas, interpretations, and forms of expression.
Creativity Without Unnecessary Competition
Our annual programs focus on participation, expression, visibility, and recognition rather than winners and losers.
Meaningful and Age-Appropriate Content
Resources and programs are designed with children’s ages, privacy, emotional well-being, and developmental needs in mind.
Access Through Community Partnerships
Libraries, schools, and community organizations help educational opportunities reach more children and families.
Responsible Public Sharing
Children’s work is shared only under applicable participation rules and with parent or guardian permission.
Explore, Create, and Grow with 365 for Kids
Whether you are a parent, educator, librarian, community organization, or someone who believes in the value of children’s voices, we invite you to explore the growing 365 for Kids world.
Begin with a story.
Discover a new idea.
Create something meaningful.
Reflect on what it means.
Share it with others.
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