Integrating the Arts Across the Elementary School Curriculum

This book is designed to assist pre-service and in-service classroom teachers in weaving music, visual arts, drama, and movement into the elementary school curriculum—thereby stimulating the learning process, enriching other subject areas, and providing opportunities for creative expression and self-fulfillment. Featuring content informed by the National Standards for the Arts, the book provides the basic tools and activities that teachers need to gain confidence in using the arts in their elementary classrooms.

Gelineau (Southern Connecticut State University) describes a rationale, based on recent research and educators' experiences, for integrating the arts into the elementary curriculum, and provides basic background, strategies, and activities for weaving the arts into content areas, along with lists of materials, directions, musical notations, and short plays, as well as lists of national standards. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Phyllis Gelineau is a gifted teacher-educator and a successful author in music education. She is the author of EXPERIENCES IN MUSIC, Third Edition (Prentice Hall), and two other music textbooks. She has been awarded U.S. Office of Education and State of Connecticut grants for various projects, including interdisciplinary arts education, using the arts as therapeutic tools, and improving multi-cultural understanding through the arts.