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Family MathWays Team
• Why Math in Art? • Warm-up (Explore and Play) • Gallery Art Walk (Talk) Age genda • Group Activity Brainstorm (Connect) • Share Out Activities (Build) • Questions and Closing
Why Combine Math and Art?
A two-year study in 2016 revealed that students who participated in art programs witnessed an overall 22.5 percent increase in math scores and 12.6 percent improvement in reading scores. A study done in Pittsburg found that teaching math through art was a way to engage the whole child.
Warm U rm Up Self-portraits
Sel Self-Portr trai ait t Shar are Out What were some of the attributes you wanted to capture in your self-portrait? How did you capture those attributes? What materials or crayon colors allowed you to (or not to) represent yourself? What part(s) of making the portrait were easy? What part(s) were difficult?
Gal allery Ar Art W t Wal alk • No more than 5 people to an art piece. • When the music plays, walk to a new station. • When the music stops converse with peers about art piece
Gal allery Ar Art W t Wal alk •Reflections • What artists were you familiar with? • How did the art make you feel? • Any overall themes that you noticed?
Art materials at each table Work as a group to: Brai ainsto torm rm • Create your own art activity you can take back to your early learners in G n Group oups • Connect your activity to at least one math concept • List materials needed for your activity • List math vocabulary that you can introduce children to through the activity 20 minutes to create your activity
Sha hare Out Out Loud Loud • Pleas ease s shar are: • The name of your activity • The math concept(s) it includes • The materials needed to do the activity • Ideas for math vocabulary to introduce
Questi estions? s? Hmm…?
Math and nd Mus usic Reso sources ces • Rockabye Baby makes rock music baby-friendly and kids music adult-friendly. • https://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/ • Scholastic Music and Math activities • https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/math-music- movement/ • Cardboard instruments • http://www.minieco.co.uk/cardboard-instruments/ • Balloon Bongo Rice Shaker Guiro • http://www.minieco.co.uk/balloon-bongo-rice-shaker-guiro/ • American Mathematical Society • http://www.ams.org/publicoutreach/math-and-music
Math th in Art R Reso sources ces • PBS Math Art • https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/matharts/#.W1EgXNJKjic • Kandinsky • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4m-k7Oyu14&t=9s • Symmetry • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ5TzlTdsmY • Water Marbling • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J410yQ7PI1E
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