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Integrating arts at an early stage.


Even though my inquiry is looking at dance in primary school ages and how dance is incorporated in to the classroom and teaches experiences with this. The Washington Post wrote an article about a kindergarten teacher "using theater and dance to teach math and it's working..." very interesting.

Melissa Richardson a drama teacher was sent from the wolf trap institute to collaborate with kindergarten teacher, Carol Hunt to encourage students in her class using arts integration. The article talks and gives an  about how they incorporated arts into the classroom and the statistics of doing so compare to other students not having the experience from the wolf trap program. 


I wanted to find out more about Wolf Trap and its purpose, so after researching i found it's a program to help teachers to integrate arts and academic subjects together for pre-school and kindergarten ages. It doesn't just benefit the children but also their families and teachers to. The institute helps train teachers through residencies as well as option for workshops.

For more information about wolf trap visit the website at http://www.wolftrap.org/education/institute-for-early-learning-through-the-arts.aspx

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