Today’s Guest Blogger is Jan Pierce from Elementary Education Degree. With the end of the year around the corner, it seems like a great time to try a new arts integration idea. She provides you with 10! Let us know if you try something out. ~EMP With all the studies out that show how arts [...]
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I hear this a lot and have often found myself saying it as well. But after years of dabbling in this and that, I’ve stopped. After trying things out, failing and still enjoying myself, I’ve stopped. All it took was the right people allowing me to explore my own creative side, teaching me a few [...]
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I am so excited to announce The Inspired Classroom’s first ever Teacher Art Retreat summer event! Join teachers from the area who are ready to treat themselves to three days of art making and idea sharing. Whether you are interested in ARTS INTEGRATION, ART EDUCATION, or just need some time for YOURSELF, this retreat, built [...]
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Arts education and arts integration are two different things. I find that some people don’t quite understand this and therefore may feel unqualified or disinterested in learning about what they have to offer their students. Here, I am setting out to clarify a few things. Let’s get a couple of critical questions out of the [...]
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Recently, I was honored to be invited to visit an arts integration school here in New Hampshire. The Seacoast Charter School in Kingston, NH is devoted to providing their students with both arts education and integration as a means to a well rounded education. During my visit, I was welcomed into all classrooms to see [...]
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Here’s an exciting opportunity for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas: An Arts Integration graduate level course! If you are in the Maine/Massachusetts/New Hampshire area this summer, you may want to invest some time into this! Read on for details: I am excited to announce that I will be conducting a graduate level [...]
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This month my focus has been on the parallels between music and literacy. However, music is not the only art that can be integrated with literacy. Drama, movement and visual art can as well. Think about the elements of a story. Each of these art forms tells a story. In theatre, a story comes alive, [...]
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Some people may be wondering… why the arts? Why when we are so knee deep in preparing for standardized tests do we need the arts? Why when we are being pushed into using more and more technology do we need the arts? Why? Because we do! The arts mold our culture. They extend who we [...]
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What is it about the arts that bring so much joy to so many people during the holidays? The music on the radio, concerts, ballets, decorating a tree, creating a wreath,dancing, cooking, singing, telling stories… these are all natural ways to celebrate the season and they are all embedded in the arts. It’s the creation [...]
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