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4 Ways Art Can Help You Get Better at Math
Studies prove that a student’s involvement in art education can directly improve their math achievement scores. When it comes to building foundational skills in math, art can provide opportunities for younger children to develop a strong base to build on. These drawing prompt workbooks can help!
Integrating Beautiful Art And Symmetry Into Your Math Classroom
In math classrooms across the globe, there's a familiar scene: a student raises their hand, curiosity gleaming in their eyes, and poses the timeless question, "Why does learning about symmetry even matter?" While as educators, we inherently understand the importance of math concepts, bridging that understanding for students requires a touch of real-world magic. Enter the world of art and symmetry, where abstract concepts find tangible connections.
Boost Creativity with these 7 Center Activities: Arts Integration Ideas Inside
Ever found yourself wondering about how arts integration can boost creativity in the classroom? This post is crafted for every creative teacher out there – whether you're an art teacher weaving connections into general ed classrooms or a gen ed teacher on the lookout for fresh ways to teach your content through art. Get ready to explore these 7 Center Activities, and for each resource, I'll share a practical arts-integrated tip to spice up your teaching game.
Can Arts Integration Be a Powerful Advantage for Art Teachers?
Arts integration is a teaching strategy that blends the arts equitably with other subjects to create a more engaging and meaningful learning experience for students. As an art teacher, you can use arts integration to improve your instruction and highlight the importance of the arts in education.
The Artistic Guide to Fact Fluency for Every Math Teacher
Math fact fluency is always a challenge for students, but art can give them each what they need to be a math fact pro!
One Surefire Way to Turn Fractions into Percentages Using Beautiful Quilts
Want to teach students how to turn fractions to percentages…while also engaging them? In this blog, I’ll show you how you can use an art quilt lesson to help your students with fractions and converting to percentages.
How to Use the Grid Drawing Method Like Chuck Close
Want to teach your students about the grid drawing method? Chuck Close is known for using grids to draw. We will look at some examples, and talk about how he used grids - and how your students can, too!
Art is at the Core : Wassily Kandinsky
Are you looking for an arts integrated lesson using visual art to teach math and writing? These lessons is inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky (Squares with Concentric Circles). This post stems from a column called Art is at the Core published in Arts and Activities Magazine by Amanda Koonlaba, Ed. S. Make sure you get the freebie pdf of the entire article!