I picked integrating the arts in an elementary school classroom for my created blog post directions and my created blog post because I am an elementary education major and I love the arts. Below are my blog post directions:
1.Watch the following video:
2. Write a post in which you discuss Mrs. Melanie Skankey's thoughts on art integration. After you have done this, give your own thoughts on art integration in the elementary school classroom.
My Blog Post on Art Integration
Melanie Skankey is a teacher at a STEAM school in Utah. She teaches art at a Science, Math, and technology school. She works as a specialist for the BTSAP ( Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Program .) Melanie says that art integration is not only hand printed turkeys and pictures. Art integration means that you teach a subject like Math using art. Students must actually understand Math through art. Melanie got her students to to create a dance to learn the stages of the water cycle. Doing this activity actually integrated art into the water cycle. Three things Melanie thinks we can all agree on are:
1. Children are important
2. Children need knowledge
3. Arts for children are good.
How are we going to prepare students for the future? Melanie tells us that the Common Core Standard help a lot with this. The standards really incorporate different subject matters. Art is learning through play. A quote by Fred Rogers says: "Play gives children the opportunity to practice what they are learning." This is so true. Art integration is all about playing while learning.
I feel like art integration is a very good idea for elementary school teachers as well as middle and high school teachers. It encourages students to have fun while still learning. I will definitely be using art in all of the subjects I will teach in the future as an elementary school teacher.
Blog Post By: Malary Booker
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