Making the Connection CHA believes that imaginative project-based activities, particularly crafting activities, directly tied to the school curriculum can help children build basic learning skills and self-esteem. Through the Making the Connection initiative, CHA has explored how craft & hobby retailers can support local educators by becoming a creative resource for the teachers in their communities. The Making the Connection initiative gives educators and retailers strategies that will open lines of communication and build working relationships. Through these partnerships, CHA hopes to inspire a generation of children that graduate from elementary and middle school with craft and hobby skills that keep them actively engaged in learning throughout their lives. As part of this initiative, CHA has developed a series of brochures that offer both retailers and educators ways to develop mutually beneficial relationships.  Making the Connection to the Education Marketplace teaches retailers the most effective ways to reach out to teachers and help them bring crafts into the classroom.  Making the Connection to Education is a guide for teachers on making contact with local craft retailers who can help them incorporate hands-on learning in the classroom.  To view the booklets, click on the links below. Making the Connection to the Education Marketplace (Guide for Retailers) Making the Connection to Education (Guide for Educators)		"As a part of my students IEPs (I work with students with moderate to severe disabilities), we are mandated to look at rec/leisure programming. For 5 years we have done some sort of craft or leisure activity once a 7 day cycle. The kids love it. They like being able to create something themselves. All activies are modified to their ability." Terri Hess, Apollo High School St. Cloud, MN
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