About Elizabeth Peterson

Elizabeth Peterson has devoted her life to education and to reaching out to other teachers who want to remain inspired. Mrs. Peterson teaches fourth grade in Amesbury, Massachusetts and is the host of www.theinspiredclassroom.com. She holds an M.Ed. in Education, “Arts and Learning” and is currently enrolled in a C.A.G.S. program through Plymouth State University with a focus in “Arts Leadership and Learning.” Elizabeth is author of Inspired by Listening, a teacher resource book that includes a method of music integration she has developed and implemented into her own teaching. She teaches workshops and courses on the integration of the arts into the curriculum, leads an arts integration PLC (PLaiC) and is adjunct faculty for PSU. Mrs. Peterson believes there is a love of active, integrated learning in all children and from their enthusiasm, teachers can shape great opportunities to learn.
Website: http://www.theinspiredclassroom.com
Elizabeth Peterson has written 288 articles so far, you can find them below.

The Poetry Project eResource is Here!

Filed under Arts Education and Integration, General, General Education Topics by Elizabeth Peterson on March 28, 2012 at 9:48 pm {no comments}

Just in time for April (Poetry Month) and as a send out to March (Literacy Month), I’ve finally epublished my latest eresource – The Poetry Project as the first in a series I will continue to add to in the months ahead. The series of books is The Independent Project Series.  The purpose of these [...]

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Pre-Game Excitement (and reading)

Filed under General Education Topics by Elizabeth Peterson on March 27, 2012 at 10:56 am {no comments}

Pre-Game excitement – You know what I mean.  You get dressed up, read up on stats, pump yourself up, maybe put on a little rock and roll and get excited about what’s about to happen on the field or court or ring.  So what does this have to do with reading?  Plenty.  Our students need [...]

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The Story in the Backwater Blues

Filed under Arts Education and Integration, Uncategorized by Elizabeth Peterson on March 15, 2012 at 6:19 am {2 comments}

Music tells the tale.   That is the title of a book sitting in my bookshelf at home.  It contains some of the great music from history and the stories that are told through the instrumented notes.  Well, today I want to reintroduce you to a song that contains a story not only in its instrumentation, [...]

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The Blues, Storytelling and Science

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on March 13, 2012 at 6:04 am {no comments}

For the past few weeks, my students have been learning about “Land and Water.”  They’ve been conducting experiments, learning about the water cycle, making it rain, observing erosion, carving out riverbeds and watching the power of water. This week, we started listening to the blues and to kick things off, I chose Backwater Blues sung [...]

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Music and Literacy ALL Month

Filed under Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics by Elizabeth Peterson on March 6, 2012 at 5:32 am {2 comments}

This month we celebrate literacy!  So, I wanted to share some resources with you that may help to keep you inspired as the month moves on.  First, for a listing of all the resources on this website, please check out the literacy tag.  We have numerous posts by a variety of authors on the topic [...]

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Working with Arts Standards for Arts Integration

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on March 1, 2012 at 5:45 am {2 comments}

In my last post, I described the 4 Steps to Creating an Arts Integrated Lesson.  The major thing to remember is that when you are teaching with arts integration, your students are learning as much about the art form as they are about the other content area.  Because of this, the 3rd step is very [...]

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4 Steps to Creating an Arts Integrated Lesson

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on February 28, 2012 at 5:23 am {one comment}

The other day, while presenting to a group of teachers in Michigan via Skype, I was asked, “How can a teacher get started on creating an arts integrated lesson?”  My presentation was on this topic, but there seemed to be a need for more of a step by step approach.  So, for those of you [...]

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Reigniting Your Love of Teaching through Arts Integration

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on February 24, 2012 at 5:40 am {2 comments}

I so very much believe in the power of the arts in education, but not just for the students who are learning.  It’s also very much for the teachers who are teaching!  I have seen first hand how arts integration has reignited teachers’ love of teaching, rekindled a flame that was starting to die.  In [...]

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The Arts and Curriculum

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on February 21, 2012 at 5:24 am {no comments}

My journey learning about the arts and their valuable uses in my classroom and in our schools is ongoing.  Just as with great learning in the classroom, this professional learning never ends.  Instead, my understanding of things is deepened the more I read, discuss, write, and teach both children and adults. Just yesterday, one of [...]

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