Six Good Reasons for Using the Arts to Teach Curriculum

 

 There are six powerful reasons for integrating the arts into daily curriculum:

1. The arts make content more accessible.
2. The arts encourage joyful, active learning.
3. The arts help students make and express personal connections to content.
4.  The arts help children understand and express abstract concepts.
5. The arts stimulate higher-level thinking.
6. The arts build community and help children develop collaborative work skills.