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As a general ed primary teacher, I feel beyond inspired to bring art in all of its many forms into my classroom to my little learners. On a personal level, I feel more at peace because I use art to express all of my feelings.

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Visual arts teach learners about color, layout, perspective, and balance: all techniques that are necessary in presentations (visual, digital) of academic work.

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Integrating art with other disciplines reaches students who might not otherwise be engaged in classwork.

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ARTS is in our SOULS
Let us HEAL our many wounds
And TRANSFORM the world

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ARTS is in our SOULS
Let us HEAL our many wounds
And TRANSFORM the world

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Integrating art with other disciplines reaches students who might not otherwise be engaged in classwork.

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Arts integration is the process by which we can integrate the arts into educational practices and make learning a more hands-on and artistic experience for our students.

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The arts have the power to break down boundaries throughout social interactions with students, help them find middle ground and to connect with those around them.

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Seeing how other express themselves - finding things in common and appreciating differences.

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There are amazing fine-motor benefits from integrating art in the primary grades.

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There are amazing fine-motor benefits from integrating art in the primary grades.

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Healthy, because it allows freedom of expression related to any theme.

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Healthy, because it allows freedom of expression related to any theme.

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Art can be self directed. I could see lots of art integration being part of engaging students, even the younger kids!

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Drawing, sculpting, playing musical emotions that words can't express

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unlimited because it's open to interpretation, which allows for a wide variety of responses.

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unlimited because it's open to interpretation, which allows for a wide variety of responses.

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Arts help communicate complexities that emerge not only in emotional understanding, but also interdisciplinary work. Processes, relationships, patterns, etc can all be expressed beyond language or language barriers.

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Empathy, collaboration, communication through the arts while learning core subjects.

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Allows people to connect and share how they feel about something, whether in song, dance, poetry, painting, etc.

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Allows people to connect and share how they feel about something, whether in song, dance, poetry, painting, etc.

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free spirit soaring
you are me and i am you
and justice for all
~ jenny dowd

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It allows students to explore their thinking-and how they interpret how they see what it being taught and then they can see peers thinking and maybe relate to it or see a different POV

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another way to look at science- visualize it

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another way to look at science- visualize it

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allowing students to express themselves in a different way.

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allowing students to express themselves in a different way.

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It also gives student who aren't as strong in some subjects a way to participate and feel confident doing so

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It also gives student who aren't as strong in some subjects a way to participate and feel confident doing so

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Allows students opportunities to show their feelings.

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Allows students opportunities to show their feelings.

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Students begin to see learning and showing learning by many ways.

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Students begin to see learning and showing learning by many ways.