Enchanted Circle Annual Report FY18_19

ARTS INTEGRATION
IN THE CLASSROOM
ENCHANTED CIRCLE works directly in the classroom with students and
teachers, integrating the arts into all aspects of learning. Programs range
from eight days to year-long residencies, where students create original
works linked to math, science, social studies, and English language arts.
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SPOTLIGHT: ARTS INTEGRATED MATH
In 2019, we worked with Kindergarten, 1 st and 2 nd grade classrooms in
three Holyoke schools, focusing on Arts Integrated Math. AIM is designed
to enhance a student’s ability to understand, conceptualize, explain, and
retain mathematical concepts and standard practices while developing
creative thinking skills. Students learned through theater, dance, and
visual arts to act out stories to define sequential order, form geometric
shapes with their bodies to demonstrate the attributes of the shape,
and produce art to represent repetition and reflection.
“I didn’t just learn about what a triangle was… I was the triangle!”
– student
© Thinking With A Line (TWAL) – Cathy Weisman Topal
ARTS INTEGRATED CURRICULUM
1850
STUDENTS
20
SCHOOLS
66
CLASSROOMS K–8
14
TOWNS
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