Brief overview with links to encourage student involvement in the Arts.

1. WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR
CHILD’S ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE?
Hint: It’s not hiring a tutor; spending more time in the classroom,;or limiting
computer time

2. TO HELP YOUR CHILD
ACADEMICALLY -
• Just add the Arts!

3. A STUDENT STUDYING ART, MUSIC,
THEATRE, AND DANCE LEARNS -
• Math
• Science
• History
• Foreign Languages
• Physical Education

4. AND, THAT’S NOT ALL -
• Art students learn to set long-term goals.
• They learn that wonderful things can happen with hard work.
• Students of the Arts learn to work as a team.
• They learn how to be poised in front of an audience.
• All those skills needed to succeed -

5. MOST IMPORTANTLY,
• Students who study the Arts learn to appreciate the beauty in the world.
• They make life-long friends.
• And, give something back to the world around them.

6. WANT TO LEARN MORE?
• http://www.musicforall.org/who-we-are/advocacy/quick-facts
• http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/why_should_children_study_the_arts
• http://www.edutopia.org/arts-music-curriculum-child-development