by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
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,...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
It’s Jazz Appreciation Month and whether you teach music or love music, this is a great time to share this American art form with your students. As you may know about me already, I am a huge proponent of actively listening to music in the classroom (ALL...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
With April here, I can’t help but reflect on the ideas of improvisation! It’s Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month. Jazz and poetry: two art forms that emulate improv! “Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Daffodils start sprouting, Rain comes showering down, A joke, a stroke of laughter And then there’s snow, a frown. A jazzy rhythm’s happen’n And poems fill the air April’s now upon us There’s so much to do, to share! I’ve come to...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Judy DeFilippo supervised student teachers getting their MATESL degree at Simmons College and was an ESL (English as a Second Language) specialist. She authored and co-authored numerous textbooks for ESL students including So to Speak 1 and 2, Grammar Plus, and Great...
