Arts Integration
Bringing the arts into core curricula raises student achievement and improves student engagement. Discover and share strategies for integrating the arts throughout core subject areas.
Bringing Abstract Concepts to Life in Science Classes
Acting out skits that provide real-world contexts can help students engage with and understand complicated science content.Using Theater Games to Build Students’ Working Memory
By holding onto the information necessary to play certain games, students develop skills that lead to academic success.Your content has been saved!
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Using moviemaking as a form of engagement and assessment centers students’ voices.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How Edtech Tools Can Enhance Creativity in the Elementary Grades
Teachers can guide students to explore versatile tools like Flip and Seesaw in a range of assignments across the curriculum.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Podcast: The Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to Learn
In Selim Tlili’s high school classroom, sketching isn’t about artistic ability. It’s a simple—but powerful—tactic for boosting student recall and comprehension.
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Go to My Saved Content.The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts.1.8MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Watercolors to Teach Mood and Tone
When students approach abstract concepts through hands-on activities like painting, their literary analysis skills improve—and their writing does, too.Exploring Narrative Elements Through a Drama Game
Using an improv exercise to practice the parts of a story gets ideas flowing for students—and helps them add structure to their writing.Learning to Name Feelings at the Emotional Ice Cream Shop
When pre-K students identify and act out emotions in an improv game, they develop essential self-regulation skills through play.71.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.New Studies Link the Arts to Crucial Cognitive Skills
What happens to our brains ‘on art’? New studies—often backed by brain imaging technology—are beginning to dial in on the answers.399.8kYour content has been saved!
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When students play a theater game where they name and act out emotions, they become more skilled at articulating their feelings.Arts-Integrated Outdoor Lessons for Elementary Students
A pumpkin can become an entire unit if you let it: These engaging fall activities encourage students to slow down and learn from what’s around them.Art as Text: Bridging Literacy and the Arts
Young students can apply language skills to learn to 'read art,' including their own work.300.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Setting the Tone With a Get-to-Know-You Game
Morning meeting becomes a place for kindness and gratitude with a simple but powerful community-building game.Transforming a School Through Arts Integration
Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.270.6kYour content has been saved!
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