Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program

Tag: Dia de Muertos

  • The Importance of Music, Dance and Drama

    Music, Dance and Drama integrated instruction are essential for elementary school aged students. These art forms help children learn the following:

    • establish a positive learning state
    • create a desired atmosphere
    • build a sense of anticipation
    • energize learning activities
    • change brain wave states
    • focus concentration
    • increase attention
    • improve memory
    • facilitate a multisensory learning experience
    • release tension
    • enhance imagination
    • align groups
    • develop rapport
    • provide inspiration and motivation
    • add an element of fun
    • accentuate theme-oriented units

    Read our latest newsletter for information about Music, Dance and Drama in some of our BTSALP schools. Click here to read.

  • El dia de los Muertos

    Third grade Dual Immersion students at South Summit Elementary School in Kamas, Utah, under the direction of Visual Art Specialist Kathleen Briley, celebrated their diverse community through food, music and art. Their dia de los Muertos celebration created memories that will take a long time to fade. Read all about this unique and inspiring celebration as well as other ongoing art projects in this week’s newsletter. Click here to view.

  • The Haunting of South Summit Elementary School

    Third graders at South Summit Elementary School, under the guidance of BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist, Kathleen Briley and grade level teachers, spent a day exploring their Kamas, Utah community.  The day started with a community walk  that took students past interesting architectural landmarks. The third graders also visited businesses in the area and heard stories about the history of both the business and the buildings. Photos of the “famous landmarks of Kamas” were taken along the way. Final stop was a local real estate firm where students learned the story of the Kamas Valley Monster!

     

     

    Back in the classroom, students started with wet on wet watercolor backgrounds in warm or cool colors and sketched these architectural images. But these sketches had a spooky twist!  A “famous landmark of Kamas” now became . . .  Haunted!

     

     

     

    Third Grade Dual Immersion students created cooperative, larger than life skeletons for South Summit’s Dia de Muertos celebration.  Each group worked on a plan incorporating ideas from each member.

     

     

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    South Summit Elementary School is an outstanding example of an arts integration school. The entire school radiates color, warmth and a sense of community anchored by the arts. Learn more about South Summit’s visual arts program in the next BTSALP newsletter posting on Thursday, November 5th.