The links below all contain ideas for specials extensions. Some are content specific and others are general specials enrichment. Please don't be overwhelmed by the choices. Start with one and go from there. If you would like assistance finding ways to integrate specials enrichment in your daily plans, set up a CLC with Mel Harlan! Also, if any of the links are no longer working or we don't have district access or you want to suggest a resource, send Mel an email.
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PBS - The Arts - Bring dance, music, theater, and visual art into your classroom with these standards-aligned resources.
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Join Jaime on a yoga adventure with Biggles the Friendly Monster and learn all about kindness and respecting differences.
Go Noodle! - Videos to get kids moving to be their strongest, bravest, silliest, smartest, bestest selves.
Google Arts & Culture - Virtually tour almost every art gallery and museum around the world.
Theatre Educator Pro - From the Educational Theatre Association comes a variety of teacher PD and lesson ideas to use with your most advanced theatre students.
TED Talks on Music - Extensive list of TED talks with short descriptions.
IncrediBox - Music app that lets students create their own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers. Choose a musical style among 8 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.
Paper Toys - A paper toy is a little toy 3D model that can be built by cutting and folding paper. Use tape or glue to hold the edges together. Simply choose a template, print it out, and get to work!
A. Pintura - Art Detective - A. Pintura: Art Detective is an online game about art history and art composition. In the game, you play a 1940's noir detective with a degree in art history. A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Each example highlights an art concept such as composition, style, or subject. The story concludes with an appropriate noirish twist, as the woman's true identity and motives become apparent.
Art Educator Toolkit - Strategies, approaches, lessons, units, and tools that are curated by representatives from every NAEA division and our membership at large to support you
Kennedy Center Artist-in-Residence Virtual Workshop Join beloved children’s book writer and illustrator Mo Willems virtually in his studio for a free live, bite-sized lunch doodle session each weekday at 1 p.m. EDT, focused on doodling, drawing, and writing.
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Digital Stage Watch extraordinary performances from the Kennedy Center's stages and beyond, featuring original works, new clips, and access to vast archives for self-exploration. Includes ballet, hip hop, comedy, jazz, theater, and performances by the Washington National Opera and National Symphony Orchestra.
Metropolitan Opera: Free Nightly Opera Stream Each day, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EDT (next day). Includes complete performances from the past 14 years of cinema transmissions, starring all of opera’s greatest singers. Streams also available through the Met Opera on Demand apps.
Free Drawing Classes from Famous Illustrators Ten famous illustrators have stepped up to create virtual ongoing free art classes and/or read-alongs during the midst of this pandemic.
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