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February 4, 2024

Amplifying Native Voices & Building Bridges

Amplifying Native Voices in the classroom and building bridges between Native and educational communities are the goals of the BYU ARTS Partnership’s Native American Curriculum Initiative (NACI).

Laura Giles
January 31, 2024
Charlotte Hawkins explains how you can turn your classroom into a laboratory. Not to conduct science experiments, but to allow students to experiment in learning and discover new things. Allowing creativity to be messy will allow your students to learn richly.
Charlotte Hawkins
January 18, 2024
Using this blog as a guide, invite your students to explore beat and rhythm to practice fluency, coordination, and build unity in the classroom.
BYU ARTS Partnership
January 18, 2024
Teach students the important manners when watching a live performance through this unique mnemonic device!
BYU ARTS Partnership
January 18, 2024
This article describes many ways to easily integrate folk songs into your teaching practice using the basic elements and concepts of music.
BYU ARTS Partnership
January 10, 2024

Packed with over 64 drama, dance, music, and visual arts activities, this valuable resource is a must-have for every classroom. Explore the power of arts integration to deepen learning and inspire students. Get your free copy now and elevate your teaching!

BYU ARTS Partnership
January 8, 2024

Knowing Where to Look for Native American Resources

Finding authentic, Native American-themed learning materials for the classroom can be difficult, but is critical to encouraging cultural responsibility in students.

Tori Stone
December 28, 2023
This blog discusses the essential tools actors use in their performances, emphasizing the body, voice, and imagination. Highlighting how actors use these tools to convey emotions, create atmospheres, and effectively engage audiences in live performances.
BYU ARTS Partnership
December 28, 2023
In drama, students practice warm-up exercises to develop their social, communicative, and imaginative skills, essential for quality performance. Teachers guide students to become an ensemble, engage creative choices, and provide side coaching to focus on effective communication and performance.
BYU ARTS Partnership
December 28, 2023
This article presents several ways to integrate drama in your classroom through emphasizing the story element with dramatic conflict, strong structure, and memorable characters.
BYU ARTS Partnership
December 9, 2023
In this blog post, we've compiled our favorite lesson plans that combine science subjects with dance and movement.
BYU ARTS Partnership
December 9, 2023
This article contains seven grade-level specific dance-integrated lesson plans.
BYU ARTS Partnership
December 9, 2023
This article explores the benefits of engaging in activities without shoes and practical ways to plan for smell, safety, and sanitizing.
Cortni Giles
December 5, 2023
Children's fine motor skills are declining, most likely due to increased screen time. In this blog, learn strategies to get students practicing fine motor skills and encourage hands-on learning in your classroom.
Laura Giles
December 5, 2023
This blog post delves into the impact of immersive arts experiences, focusing on Karilee Park's experience with "Deep Love" as a prime example. Audience participation transforms an experience from passive to immersive. Teachers can adopt similar techniques to create immersive learning environments in classrooms, as demonstrated across subjects like math, reading, and science.
Karilee Park
November 8, 2023
The BYU ARTS Partnership aims to enrich education by integrating the arts into the curriculum, promoting academic excellence, self-expression, and social confidence in students. We prioritize collaboration among teachers, parents, schools, districts, and universities. Our approach focuses on improving teacher and student well-being, enhancing literacy skills across all subjects, and streamlining teaching methods. By using the arts, they aim to reduce stress and create a more effective learning environment.
Cally Flox
November 8, 2023
According to the book "Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education" most of classtime should be spent on "Students-at-work". This involves students creating works of art while teachers provide side coaching. Teachers guide students individually, fostering creativity through questions rather than direct instruction. This approach inspires problem solving, personal expression, reflection and more. The 4 studio structures can be applied to various art forms, including dance, theater, film, music, and the visual arts studio.
BYU ARTS Partnership
October 26, 2023

In the world of education, the importance of fostering holistic development in students and educating the whole child is critical. Implementing the arts across the curriculum allows the classroom to become a space where students' minds and bodies are nurtured to grow and thrive.

BYU ARTS Partnership
October 6, 2023
Learn how to help students incorporate dance with literacy learning.
BYU ARTS Partnership
September 20, 2023
Learn about the importance of Orange Shirt day and how you can participate this year!
Brenda Beyal
September 6, 2023
Dance can be integrated into various subjects, from math to literature, social studies to health, sparking creativity and enhancing student learning experiences. This article presents a list of connections between movement and core content to inspire your next dance learning experience in the classroom.
Heather Francis
August 25, 2023
This article demonstrates how to create an integrated dance lesson plan by outlining a lesson plan for teaching sixth-grade science standards related to the solar system through movement and dance.
BYU ARTS Partnership
August 25, 2023
Are you looking for easy, fun ways to integrate dance into your classroom rituals? This article includes six great dance warm-ups that prepare the body for additional movement and ready the brain for deep learning and better cognitive function.  
BYU ARTS Partnership
August 24, 2023
In this article, we show you how to create a dance lesson plan using a 5-part lesson plan framework. Once you have this down you will find integrating dance into your classroom to be a breeze!
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