About Honu Kids
Connect, create and learn through art therapy
Join Us
Honu Kids is a free, 6 session pilot program that uses art therapy strategies to empower 5-7 year old children and their parents in the form of education, connection and support strategies through creative means.
If your 5-7 year old child struggles with emotional regulation and/or on a clinical assessment waitlist, this program may offer tools to help both at home and at school.
What to Expect
This parent participation program combines fun, art-based activities and education where children and their parents connect, create and play together!
Participation in all sessions is required by both children and parents (this is NOT a drop off class) as well as completing a feedback survey/questionnaire*.
Where to Find Us
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Each weekly session lasts 90 minutes and will be facilitated by counselling art therapy practicum students and their supervisors from Adler University at the Music Box in West Vancouver (near John Lawson Park).
Sundays - 10:00AM to 11:30AM
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Sessions will take place on:
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April 6th, 13th, & 27th
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May 4th, 11th, & 25th
*Information collected will be used confidentially and solely for the purpose of research and/or program improvement.
Mission Statement
Our charity is dedicated to providing creative arts therapies-based programming designed to educate and empower children and their caregivers.
Through early proactive, therapeutic interventions in art, music, dance, and drama, we aim to foster emotional resilience, enhance cognitive development, and promote healthy relationships.
By integrating creative therapies, we support children in navigating challenges and help caregivers build supportive environments that encourage learning, self-expression, and well-being.
Apply for Honu Kids
We require both schools and parents to fill out the following form to apply!
Schools
To ensure a good fit for the program, please have your school counsellor OR classroom teacher fill out the form below.
Parents
To ensure that we get a most fulsome picture of who your child is as well as your understanding of the parent/caregiver participation, please fill out the form below.
Please email the forms to hello@honucreative.org
About Our Founder
Hi there! My name is Eve Chang and I am the founder of Honu Creative Pathways, a non-profit society (charitable status in progress) that culminates my experiences as a mother, elementary classroom and music teacher, piano teacher, parent volunteer and now an elementary school counsellor. My diverse lived experiences have consistently confirmed my belief that creative expression can be a powerful form of healing, connection and learning.
Through Honu (Hawaiian for “sea turtle” and symbol for wisdom, guidance and resilience), we provide support for young families facing challenges as well as providing creative experiences to empower families to grow in resilience and emotional well-being, both as individuals and within the family unit.
I am passionate about giving back in a meaningful and authentic way so that families can thrive together - and what better way than creating, expressing and learning together!