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.

PLN Collaboration

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 16, 2010 at 9:54 am {no comments}

For the past couple of months, I have had the great opportunity to collaborate with some amazing people in my PLN (personal learning network).  People a few blocks away to ones 3000 miles away – it doesn’t matter.  When someone is in your PLN, you become connected by an interest, no, a passion and great [...]

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Collaborate to Integrate

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 14, 2010 at 5:54 am {no comments}

Another post on this site, “What is True Arts Integration” sparked a little bit of dialogue and last night I was replying to the comments that had been made.  While doing so, I found an important key concept in arts integration ringing through – Collaboration. Collaboration has been discussed here and on other blogs (and [...]

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TRICing Kids

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 12, 2010 at 6:20 am {2 comments}

We are here to TRIC kids.  At least I know I am.  I’m a teacher and I do it all the time.  Yes, I TRIC them and I’m proud of it! A few years ago I was talking with one of the (many) administrators I have worked with in my 12 years and he was [...]

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Artsed in 5

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 9, 2010 at 6:13 am {no comments}

The other night, during the #artsed chat led by Joan Weber (@creativityassoc), she tweeted: You have 5 words. Why is #artsed important for children to have in schools? Can you narrow to 5 words? A few people in our wonderful (and powerful) PLN replied.  Here are some of their tweets (including mine): RT @elephantsgerald: Complex, [...]

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mistakes

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 7, 2010 at 6:10 am {12 comments}

I had to “go”, so I put down my paintbrush, excused myself from the table and found the bathroom.   It was small, but cute, and of course it was all painted.  We were, after all on a Teacher Field Trip in a pottery shop, painting pottery to be fired and brought home.  The mural amused [...]

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Feed Your Flame

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on October 2, 2010 at 7:57 am {no comments}

Years ago when I was finishing up my master’s program from Endicot College (Beverly, MA) in Arts and Learning, I had to present my final project to my cohort.  As part of our finals, we were encouraged to express our journey through an artistic form. During my journey, I discovered that I was an artist.  [...]

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Playtime!

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on September 30, 2010 at 6:02 am {no comments}

Usually when there is talk about the importance of play, it is usually focused on children who are preschool or kindergarten age.  There are countless studies about how playing dress up or grocery store helps children’s social, physical, language and cognitive growth.   Play is used to help assess children’s development and help them to process [...]

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What is True Arts Integration?

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on September 25, 2010 at 7:01 am {14 comments}

When I hear that teachers are integrating the arts into their teaching, I am excited for them and their students. What a wonderful opportunity they have to learn the required curriculum AND learn more about an art form. However, this is not always the case. I must warn you now that I’m going to be [...]

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Studio Days

Filed under Arts Education and Integration by Elizabeth Peterson on September 16, 2010 at 5:34 am {16 comments}

It is quite an honor to host the featured edBlog of the week this week!  Thank you to all who voted for the Inspired Classroom. Enjoy your time on the website and blog!  EMP Last year I tried a new idea with my fourth graders – Studio Day and it was a hit!  Please, let [...]

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