For the Teacher

Teacher Overview

Often, when we look at arts integration, it’s between an art form and another content area. But we can also integrate across the arts! In today’s arts integration lesson, we’re looking at the concept of rhythm in both music and visual art.

This is a perfect lesson for our early childhood students in K-1. This is the time when they are really experimenting with the elements of the arts. It’s a foundational period, so making connections on the same elements across art forms is helpful.

Assessment

Diagnostic

Look for student’s current knowledge of the following:

• Observing a piece of art and a piece of music.

• Responding to different music using different art elements (line, color, etc)