The Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTS Arts) provides arts-integrated instruction to elementary students, effectively increasing student performance in every subject—from language arts and social studies to math and science. The program is currently in 400 Utah elementary schools in 36 districts, including over 30 charter schools, and is serving over 300,000 students. Though there are no preschool-specific lesson plans, many of the kindergarten lesson plans could be adapted for preschool.

Find strategies and activities that you can use in the classroom that tie directly to the Early learning Preschool core standards.

Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh. You may not think preschoolers would be familiar with these names, but the children at the LSU Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool used these artists’ pieces in their study of art. In this Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool the children’s interest in art grew, so they decided to open a classroom art museum.

This article includes a download to a handout that shows why making music matters.