With, About, In and Through the Arts

Being a teacher is no only a important carrier but a privilege. A privilege because children by nature are excited to discover new things and are willing to do whatever you ask them to do (in most cases) and we, teachers are the one who bring the world into their lives.

Children are like a sponge ready to absorb as much knowledge as we can give them.  But that knowledge of the world (numbers, letters, history, ad science) its been taught, through the years and around the world,  in a straight, direct instruction... That is they way I was taught in my earlier years. I knew that something was missing in my learning process. 

 

From  the beginning, a child starts to express (communicate) t

hemselves through movements, sounds, and color. Their cognitive development needs the support of "Magic" element of Arts.

Creative Arts is the missing link between lecture and understanding. I have learned that "Arts-based learning is built on values for diversity, creative inquiry, active learning and students independence and their ethos." Children need freedom to move and themselves.

I never thought that I could have the opportunity to learn so many and incredible ideas to integrate and enrich my futures students education. To make their learning journey meaningful. It is a must because visual arts promotes reflection; dance uses the body to communicate feelings and ideas; drama conveys decision making and critical thinking "what if"; and most of all their are a fun way to learn and to assess what is the world about. 

I did not know that creative arts integration teach CPS (creative problem solving).  Actively construct new meanings, new ways, many solutions  to solve a problem. It really train our brains to process information, concentration, visualize, empathize, SCAMPER, transform, proceed and evaluate. CPS is like a scientific method or writing process, or even reading process. This is an incredible tool, a must to know knowledge that we, as teacher must teach o

ur students and why not....through Creative arts.

I am so excited about this class!!!! Every class period is new fun experience. It really brights up my day. Energizers and/or warm-ups activity are so fun to do. Not to mention the activities that follows lesson. They really relax and boost my concentration. This is just a scoop of what is in store for us to learn and put in practice in our classrooms. 

We will spend about 7 hours with our students, we need all the tools possible to make our classrooms a place of discovery, of love, of learning, and a excited place where they want to be and learn. Creative Arts integration will make all those goals possible.

  

 I know that it will be somehow difficult to do because I am not gifted or talented, but I am willing to learn how to implement all the techniques that I am learning in this class. Because of the joy that I feel when I dance, or listen to music, or see beautiful painting; I will work harder everyday to learn how integrat

e drama, dance, visual arts to the core curriculum lesson plans so that my students will be happy to discover the world in our classroom.