Strategies
10 Ways to Inspire Creativity with Everyday Things
When we are given constraints or a limited set of rules, it can actually help make us more productive and help inspire creativity.
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Pat Klos taught middle school foreign languages and served as an arts integration specialist in MD. She shares how to connect literacy and the arts through visual thinking strategies.
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Curriculum
Arts Integrated Math Sample Curriculum Map
Download this FREE arts integrated math sample curriculum map aligning 3rd grade Common Core math to Core Arts standards in visual art, music, dance.
Strategies
When Learning is the Dance, Share the Lead
Well thought-out lesson plans leads my students through a fun and educational experience.
Strategies
Core Music Anchor Standard 4
Through the performance strand of core music anchor standards, students learn to select, analyze, interpret, rehearse, refine, and present musical work.
Strategies
Hacking Technology for the Classroom
There's a wide range of awesome ways we can use hacking technology in the classroom.
Educator PD
Summer of Surprises Part 1: NEW Conference Presenters Announced!
We are proud to announce our Conference presenters for our summer online arts integration and STEAM conference event happening in July.
Resources
Listening: A Lost Art?
Being an active and effective listener is an art and is such a key component to not only our learning but our humanity.
Strategies
Unpacking the National Standards: Anchor Standard 11
This month we will be exploring Anchor Standard 11.
Assessment
Assessing Creativity
If we value creativity its process in the classroom, we have to assess it.
Curriculum
Mandala: a Centerpiece for Arts Integration
Need a fun art-integrated activity to teach the difference between cultures?
Advocacy
The Informance: A Celebration of Learning
While still giving the students an opportunity to perform.
Strategies
History of Dance: Part III
In this 3-part series dubbed History Of Dance, I will be sharing full lesson plans with interactive assessments for the history of Ballet, Jazz, & Modern.
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