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Rebecca Penerosa, BTS Endowed Position at Westminster University and her colleague Andrea Pischnotte conducted a study on Arts Integration Programming, specifically the BTS Arts Program. They took a deep look at the successes and challenges. They interviewed educators, administrators and parents.
One parent commented on the meaningful connection of curriculum through the BTSALP classroom, describing how her child had come home excited to show her art work, and indicating that her daughter had said, “Mom, look at what we learned about: the life cycle of a frog, and I made this art project that shows the life cycle of a frog.”
Another parent commented on the importance of art to connect curriculum: They remember things better with music and they can’t always memorize something, but they can always learn a song and so being able to incorporate . . . the rhythm, the rhyme, the beat, the counting: all of those things developmentally help them progress in reading and writing and math and science. Kids Love Art!
