Strategies
Groovin’ the Rules: Movement in the Classroom
Setting classroom rules to movement can be a fun, effective way of focusing student energy, helping with transitions, and reinforcing classroom rules.
Social Emotional Learning
In a time when schools are facing issues with bullying, poverty, and intense expectations, social emotional learning is more important than ever. As a tool for making meaning and communication, the arts can have a profound impact on the social emotional health of our students. In this section, you'll find resources and tips for integrating SEL with the Arts in your own classroom. Want more? Explore our online SEL and the Arts course for 25 PD hours.
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Strategies
Documenting Arts Integration Lessons
It's important for educators to show parents the activities of their students.
Advocacy
Using QR Codes in AI Classrooms
QR codes have such incredible possibilities for STEAM classrooms.
Curriculum
Math and Photography Arts Integration Lesson Plan
This math and photography lesson is written for grades 5-8.
Strategies
The Math and Language of Photography
A natural way to integrate the arts is with math and photography.
Approaches
PYP and Arts Integration
What has struck me most about PYP, however, is its intense relationship with the strategies that are presented using Arts Integration.
Strategies
15 Ways to Integrate Art and Math in an Elementary Classroom
One of the best ways to engage our elementary students is connecting math and art together.
Strategies
Engagement Fortune Tellers
The paper fortune teller technique helps keep students engaged and connects directly back to arts integration.
Curriculum
Red Dot Details – Free Arts Integration Lesson Plan
This arts integration lesson helps students to extend and enhance main ideas and details through visual art in grades 3-5
Strategies
Stepping into the Painting Technique
Sometimes, a painting is just begging to come to life.
Curriculum
Drama and Math Lesson
This math lesson incorporates Drama to teach interpreting remainders in 4th-6th grade math.
Strategies
Dance to the Story Lesson
When K-1 students have difficulty with reading, there could be many factors.
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