Arts Integration

Here are seven ways teachers can use works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and other artists to teach elementary and middle school math.

By holding onto the information necessary to play certain games, students develop skills that lead to academic success.

Using moviemaking as a form of engagement and assessment centers students’ voices.

Teachers can guide students to explore versatile tools like Flip and Seesaw in a range of assignments across the curriculum.

As early as preschool, students can learn how to improve their speaking skills using techniques borrowed from actors.

Games that ask young students to express various feelings can improve their social and emotional learning.

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.

Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.

Combining simple exercises with math instruction can help ensure that elementary school students remember these lessons.

Teachers can incorporate music in their classrooms in a variety of ways to enhance the cognitive processes that are essential to learning.

Young students are more likely to remember school routines around things such as lining up if guided play is involved.

Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.

Young students can apply language skills to learn to 'read art,' including their own work.