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Come witness the creative process of hospitalized children and teens. Explore with us how creativity is its own form of healing that is every bit as important as the medicine children receive.
Holiday Sing-Along
On December 20th, Kaleidoscope Studios hosted the 2nd annual Holiday Sing-Along. Happy Holidays from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco!
Pinkie and Squeaks
Move Over Muppets - Camila is a master-puppeteer! She designs and crafts her own unique puppets.
Kaleidoscope Variety Show
Just hours before this Variety Show, an impromptu "chain" story began. The sequence started with one patient and progressed with many other kids adding their creativity.
Variety Show
This week’s Variety Show features a kid who produced a video about how to make slime. Halloween will be here soon, so watch this video to get kinda ready.
Variety Show
Today's Variety Show was so much fun. The Painted Turtle, an organization that brings camp actives to the hospital, visited and demonstrated how to make slime.
Our New Music Therapist!
We are so excited to have Jenny Goldhammer part of our music therapy team here at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital!
The Creative Arts Showcase
On Thursday, May 18, 2017, the creative arts team held a public presentation in Mission Bay’s Oberndorf Auditorium.
DINOCAR
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined an animal with an inanimate object? The students at the Marie Wattis School have!
Kaleidoscope Variety Show
Inspired by our friends at The Painted Turtle Outpost, this Variety Show features a zany Barnyard Blastoff theme. It's a mix of exciting space exploration and the cutest farm animals!
Music Therapy at UCSF
We are excited about a new video showing some of the work we do in music therapy. As of July 18th, it's been shared nearly 1,000 times and viewed almost 100,000 times! Amazing!
Kaleidoscope Variety Show
This show is a landmark as we had our first live "on camera" participant from their isolation room. Oops, I mean Hawaii. It was so much fun!
Kaleidoscope Variety Show
Today's show was all about being silly and telling jokes.
Sofia's Fight Song
Fight Song inspires Sofia, and she reminds us: “Make sure you keep on fighting!”
Why to Sing to Your Baby
When I work with infants and their parents, I always try to encourage parents to sing to their children. Here are 5 reasons why you should sing to your child instead of putting on a CD