“All the children are excited that it’s time for dance — and for math. The teacher is amazed at how much the children love math.” (Wolf Trap Education Institute) What made the difference? Using the arts to teach STEM made the difference! Quality arts learning is vital to young children’s language and social development and their ability and motivation to learn. Arts integrated learning improves early childhood education: • Develop skills, language, concepts, and vocabulary in many different subject areas; • Acquire such 21st-century skills as critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration, which are key to their future success; • Achieve learning outcomes that are aligned with national, state, and local curriculum standards. Most importantly, the arts serve as a method of reaching ALL children within a classroom regardless of their individual abilities. Unfortunately 80% of San Antonio schools are comprised of economically disadvantaged students. These at risk and low-income youth often miss out on opportunities for meaningful exposure to the arts. theArts Fund has always supported partnerships to facilitate the use of the arts to engage children and enrich their learning environment in public school. Your donation is 100% tax deductible and if you utilize the discounts available will pay for it times over in savings and enjoyment. payment.thefundsa.org/en/donations/add.asp
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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