What: I have personally always been a huge advocate of the importance of arts in schools. Many of the positive experiences with young children have included visual arts and music. I definitely believe that by integrating the arts into daily subjects such as math or reading can encourage students and make difficult concepts easier to understand. Therefore, I think it's safe to say I'm excited to learn more about methods of art integration and how to use them in my personal classroom.
So What: My own experience with art in schools has been great. I remember how much I looked forward to art classes and projects. I can also recall certain teachers who were able to integrate arts in order to make the class's understanding more fun and enjoyable.
In fourth grade, I began to struggle with math concepts and it became an extremely difficult subject for me. My teacher began teaching several lessons about geometry and instead of using boring textbooks, he allowed us to use shapes to create designs. I remember a particular day that we created 3D shapes out of paper and built castles with them. I had no idea that math could be made into such a fun experience.
Now What: I know that my experience with the arts in schools will allow me to incorporate lessons such as this in my own classroom. The love that I have developed for teaching as well as the arts is something I hope will lead to my enjoyment of this class.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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