This study is based on the premise that children learn a great deal about the arts and their own abilities innately. Involvement and immersion, it argues, are the ways in which children may feel welcome to write, move, create, draw, and otherwise express ideas about art and music directly.

Part 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Why Should I Have Arts in My Classroom? Chapter 3 What Is Arts Integration? Chapter 4 How Can the Arts Be Infused into Reading and Language Arts Instruction in My Classroom? Chapter 5 How Can Poetry Be Made Exciting for My Students? Chapter 6 But What about the Other Subjects (Math, Science, and Social Studies)? Chapter 7 How Do We Teach about Artists and Their Craft? Chapter 8 But, I Really Don't Sing, Draw, Paint, Act, or Dance and There's Just No Time, Space, Supplies, Budget, Support, Interest... Chapter 9 This Won't Work with My Class... Chapter 10 How Can I Assess Student Learning within Integrated Arts Lessons? Chapter 11 What Happens When They Go Home? Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 About the Authors