Themes, Cross-Curricular Connections and Daily Drawing

Benefits of having integrated art forms taught in the classroom are that children are able to learn and experience concepts such as math and science, which as often viewed as dull by children, through more exciting forms such as art. Limitations of the integrated arts however, is that art is often viewed as not as important as core subjects and learning through art may be looked down on from the parents if the objectives of the art projects are not fully understood. For me, it is more difficult to come up with art projects that incorporate different kinds of learning than a simple art project. I find that integrating art and other subjects can have limitations in creativity. These issues may present themselves in the classroom, but through more experience teaching and being used to being in a classroom environment, I am confident that inspiration for integrated art ideas will be plentiful. It is just significant that I explain to doubtful parents how art can be extremely useful in the process of learning other subjects. I am addressing these issues now by learning about the benefits of art and integrated art. I came up with a project that teaches geometry though art using tessellations which I am teaching to my group tomorrow and I am hoping it will be successful, but as mentioned before, I am not as confident that my art project will be as fun as the previous projects taught in art and painting, sculpture and media arts.