I cannot believe that this is my final blog post for this class, it honestly does make me a little sad. However, in a week I will be able to say with a sigh of relief "I have finished my first semester in the program!"
Before the beginning of the semester I honestly thought that the arts consisted of drawing, painting, or coloring, and that my future students will be going to a specialty class for that particular part of their learning. However now I understand that not only is it extremely important to integrate the arts into everyday curriculum but also that the students LOVE it and it makes learning fun, new, and exciting for them.
When I was in second grade I remember we had a substitute at my school that could tell the most amazing story about a little old lady and pig. I actually looked forward to the days when my school teacher would be gone (my teacher did very little with the arts in my classroom because as I mentioned above my school had an art specialty class) so that this particular substitute would be able to tell us the story. I don't want my students to feel the way I felt about my teacher about me, so I want to incorporate arts into as much of my curriculum that I can. I know that this will be time consuming for me, but it will benefit my students immensely.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Integrated Teaching
We are down to the wire now. There is one more week of classes then it is finals and depending on how that goes I will finally be able to say with a sigh of relief that I have officially completed my first semester in the Elementary Education Program (yahooooooooo!!!!!!!!)
After having the opportunity to be inside an elementary classroom I have come to understand why it is so important that we learn to integrate the arts. Learning is something that young students need to learn to love and embrace the arts allow students the opportunity to do this by giving them to opportunity to express themselves freely in a way that may not have been able to do otherwise. The major problem however, is that many times schools cannot afford or do not find it necessary to have an arts program in their facility and that is where we as future teachers need to step up our game and find ways to bring in the arts. Show students how thy can move their bodies like a tornado or how they can act out the signing of the Decleration of Independence. Students learn from these experiences and they are most likely the ones they are going to take with them.
After having the opportunity to be inside an elementary classroom I have come to understand why it is so important that we learn to integrate the arts. Learning is something that young students need to learn to love and embrace the arts allow students the opportunity to do this by giving them to opportunity to express themselves freely in a way that may not have been able to do otherwise. The major problem however, is that many times schools cannot afford or do not find it necessary to have an arts program in their facility and that is where we as future teachers need to step up our game and find ways to bring in the arts. Show students how thy can move their bodies like a tornado or how they can act out the signing of the Decleration of Independence. Students learn from these experiences and they are most likely the ones they are going to take with them.
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