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.
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.2.2kUsing 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.Teaching Students How to Make Movies to Document Their Learning
Using moviemaking as a form of engagement and assessment centers students’ voices.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.The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts.69.5kUsing Comic Strips as an Assessment Tool
Unorthodox assessments can bring out students’ creativity and improve their engagement in class.37360-Second Strategy: The ‘What Are You Doing?’ Game
When middle school students play an improvisation game that encourages a bit of silliness, they get more comfortable with each other and themselves.4 Theater Games That Create Calm
The same exercises that help actors stay in the moment can help young students improve their executive function skills.513New 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.16.5k7 Ways to Help Young Students Speak With Confidence and Poise
As early as preschool, students can learn how to improve their speaking skills using techniques borrowed from actors.712Transforming a School Through Arts Integration
Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.13.7k6 Museums With Exceptional Teacher Resources
From full-fledged lesson plans and virtual field trips to expansive digital archives and opportunities for professional learning, museums have so much to offer beyond the in-person experience.6.3kReinforcing Elementary Math Lessons With Movement
Combining simple exercises with math instruction can help ensure that elementary school students remember these lessons.5.7kHow—and Why—to Introduce Visual Note-Taking to Your Students
Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.7.5kArt as Text: Bridging Literacy and the Arts
Young students can apply language skills to learn to 'read art,' including their own work.11.4k
