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Free Play & the Arts
This is about how arts integration and STEAM offer similar benefits as free play to the creativity of children.
Rob Levit
Rob Levit, an acclaimed musician and artist and 2013 Innovator of the Year from the Maryland Daily Record, has created award-winning innovative "Life-Skills Through The Arts" programs for adults with mental illness, the homeless, adults in drug and alcohol recovery, youth in domestic/sexual abuse counseling, foster children, hospital patients, veterans and many more. He is currently Executive Director of Creating Communities and was the first Artist-In-Residence at Hospice of the Chesapeake, where he created and infused healing activities for the well-being of staff, families and patients. Email Rob.
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The Importance of Process
In the arts, the process is many times overshadowed by the product.
Resources
Microscopic: Science and the Elements of Art
Microscopic art integrates the Elements of Art with scientific observation.
Curriculum
Your Guide to STEAM Design Challenges
STEAM Design Challenges offer so many opportunities for hands-on learning and experimentation.
Curriculum
The Ultimate PBL Resource Guide
We all know that Project Based Learning can provide a deep and meaningful learning experience for students by allows the them to really drive their own learning.
Strategies
Visuals and the Classroom: A Winning Combination
Using visuals in the classroom is an easy way to get your students' minds going.
Strategies
Build A Classroom Community Through Singing
One of the best ways to build classroom community is by singing together.
Classroom Management
Back to School: The Infamous Phrase We Will Always Remember
What to do about the stress and anxiety of a new school year?
Strategies
The Art of Writing
When a nearby art museum's program proved too cost prohibitive for one teacher's school, she took matters into her own hands and recreated the program with the help of the local high school.
Classroom Management
Changing Classroom Culture for the Better
Though we have curriculum to barrel through, nothing can get authentically accomplished if students are feeling insecure and preyed upon.
Strategies
Doodling into the School Year
While doodling has carried negative connotations in the past, more and more research is showing the benefits of doodling.
Educator PD
Back to School with International Dot Day
Dot Day was started in 2009 as an effort to promote creativity, bravery, and self-expression.
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