by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Today I presented at the Education Closet Connectivity Conference on how listening to music, passively, responsively and actively can assist your students’ learning. Click the document for a copy of the full handout complete with information, articles and...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
Listening to music has so many benefits and it can be a wonderful way to integrate music into your classroom. Whether you Soundtrack your Classroom or use Active Listening (Listen with a purpose) strategies, you can teach music standards that will also connect to...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
What better way to teach students about Social Emotional Learning than through the ARTS? A colleague of mine said it best: “Art IS SEL!” And if music is an expression of humanity, then music is a way we can learn about our abilities to love and be...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
In my last post, Music Sets the Tone, I described my intention of using music more in my classroom as a backdrop to all our activities. It’s been over a week that I have been faithfully soundtracking my classroom! I have committed to teaching while some sort of...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
In recent weeks, I’ve been researching out how to use music as a tool for focusing and working in preparation for one of the focuses of this year’s Winter Teacher Art Retreat. We probably have all experienced music (or the lack of it) in a variety of...
