Strategies
6 Ideas: Student Independence in the Art Studio
Stumped on fostering student independence? Managing materials and supplies in an elementary school art room can be difficult so check out these 6 ideas!
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Jaime Patterson is the Director of Content for The Institute. She understands educators need practical, time-saving ideas for bringing creativity into their classroom. These articles offer resources on the top issues facing educators today.
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SEL and the Arts: Social Awareness
Social Awareness is the ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others.
Classroom Management
5 Classroom Management Hacks for the New Year
Try these 5 classroom management hacks you can use in the new year to stop stressing and get back to teaching with arts integration and STEAM.
Educator PD
Teachers Deserve Professional Development that Matters
Meaningful professional development for teachers isn't just a buzzword.
Strategies
Surprise Scientific Drawings for Arts Integration
Surprise drawings not only make scientific drawings more interactive, but they can be used to bring Arts Integration into your classroom and content area.
Educator PD
Are Your STEAM Lessons Authentic Enough?
STEAM and STEM challenges are all the rage right now.
Strategies
One Fail-Safe Strategy to Elevate Movement and Performance
Video and other forms of visual image are the one of the strongest ways to inspire and elevate the quality of movement in students.
Strategies
Picture Books and Music: A Beautiful Partnership
Picture books help develop story sense, pattern, rhythm, and rhyme (among others).
Strategies
Process Drama Ideas to Try
Process drama is an integrated theater technique that allows students to experience events and topics from the curriculum in an authentic way.
Resources
Arts Integration Student Placemats
Help students refer to arts elements, literacy strategies, math practices and the engineering design process with these student placemats.
Student Groups
Find Your WHY for the New Year
A new year is a great time to develop new behavior habits.
Educator PD
Junk Art: Project Based Learning Lesson
This early childhood project based learning lesson connects science and art through recycled materials.
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