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• Programs for Connecting Art, Schools, and Communities
• Articles
• Alphabet Books
• Benefits of the Fine and Performing Arts
• Integration with the Fine and Performing Arts
• Resources

Programs for Connecting Art, Schools, and Communities

• 100th Anniversary of Salvador Dalí's Birth
  Information about the Salvador Dali exhibition, museum, and the artist himself. There are also lesson plans for use in visual arts, language arts, and science classrooms.
  
• Exploring Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales
  This curriculum explores Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales, a unique collection of folktales telling of the diverse people, places, and events from different time periods in Florida. Teachers developed materials designed to encourage Floridians to examine some of these traditional stories and to create some stories of their own.
  
• Off the Wall and Onto the Stage (Jonathan Green)
  Twenty-two of Jonathan Green's images come to life in a project that brings together music, dance, and the visual arts in a classical ballet performed by the Columbia City Ballet of South Carolina.
  

Articles

• Learning Through the Arts
  A paper on the arts in education.
  
• Three Rs Are Essential, but Don’t Forget the A—the Arts
  An article about the importance of the arts in education.
  
• Schools `Losing Ground' in Arts
  An article about the deterioration of arts education and its affects.
  

Alphabet Books

• New and Original Alphabet Books Debut!
  A list of educational alphabet books.
  

Benefits of the Fine and Performing Arts

• Music Education Facts and Figures
  The benefits of music education to move decision-makers.
  
• Twelve Benefits of Music Education
  Twelve benefits of music education for students.
  
• The Mozart Effect Resource Center
  A resource center for exploring the profound effects of music on the brain.
  

Integration with the Fine and Performing Arts

• Arts for a Complete Organization—Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE)
  The vision of ACE/FAAE is for every child in every school to have a well-rounded education that includes a comprehensive, sequential, high-quality program of arts instruction; and for all Florida communities to have broad-based cultural programs available to support lifelong learning in and through the arts.
  
• Art Across the Curriculum: Bilingual or Mainstream Classroom
  One way of integrating art into your daily classroom teaching.
  
• Integrated Arts
  Integrated art lesson plans for teachers.
  
• Crayola.com
  Lesson plan ideas for integrating art into the curriculum.
  

Resources

• Resources and Links: Arts for a Complete Organization—Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE)
  Numerous resources and links available from FAAE including a list of statewide partners, alliance resources, at-risk youth resources, and useful telephone and address information.
  
• Centre for Education Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA)
  Fine arts education in the state of Texas.
  
• Florida Institute for Art Education
  Links to galleries, museums, resources, and partnerships.
  
• Elementary Education Resources: Art and Architecture
  A list of resource links for art education and related items.
  
• Education World: The Arts
  Links to art related articles and lessons.
  
• Kinderart
  Thousands of art lesson plans for Pre-K to Grade 12 and beyond.
  
• San Francisco Symphony Kids Site
  A rich resource for the music teacher or student. It provides kids of all ages the opportunity to learn, listen, and have fun with music.
  
• DSOKids
  This website, developed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, provides a "magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning for students, teachers and parents”.
  
• Songs for Teaching
  This website provides excellent resources for incorporating music into classroom instruction.
  
• 9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids
  Join creative forces and have children make things while playing with music.
  
• Notation Station
  Lessons about music.
  
• Creating Music
  Creating Music is a fun, interactive online environment for creating and exploring music.
  
• Scribbles Art Kids Site
  Scribbles is a place for children of all ages who love to create art.
  

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