Elise Talks at the Orleans Parish School Board Meeting
Are you curious about how the arts can shape a brighter future for our students? We invite you to watch the video of Elise's recent presentation to the Orleans Parish School Board.
BEST FEST 2023: A Back-to-School Celebration of the Arts
Over 200 of you came out to create and celebrate the arts at BEST FEST!
How to use the arts to build community in your classroom
Building Community within a learning environment is an invaluable experience that will engage, surprise, and inspire participants. Utilizing drama/theatre strategies (pantomime and improvisation) to facilitate Building Community are an excellent catalyst for demonstrating collaboration, effective communication, and joyful learning.
Arts Integration and Translanguaging
Translanguaging is defined as a fluidity of language – being able to toggle between languages at the same time.
KID smART's Fifth Arts Literacy Institute: Once Upon A Planet
At KID smART's Arts Literacy Institute, thirty-five educators from across New Orleans gathered for a transformative experience, discovering how arts integration can revolutionize literacy learning in their classrooms.
Cultivating Literacy from the Roots: KID smART's Homegrown Institute Nurtures Confident Readers
Discover how KID smART's Homegrown Institute is nurturing joyful learners and empowering educators to ensure every child reads with confidence by 4th grade.
KID smART's Partnership with Saint's Wide Receiver Kirk Merritt
KID smART is proud to join hands with Kirk Merritt, the talented Wide Receiver of the New Orleans Saints, in a transformative collaboration that merges the arts with sports
A Decade of Inspiration and Collaboration at Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom (PZC)
Delve into a decade of transformative experiences at Project Zero Classroom (PZC), where Elise, our Executive Director, shares her inspiring journey of guiding and collaborating with educators.
ReNEWing with Art
See how students at ReNEW “renewed” an old discarded bench into a show-stopping artpiece
Rhythms in CoTeaching: Storytelling, Line, and Reflection
How collaborative storytelling can create something even better together
A Movable Classroom: Observation through Field Drawing
The benefits of taking students outside
ART- Helping Us Understand Our World!
How does ART help us better understand the world around us?
Arts Integration: PERFORMANCE
Discover the captivating journey of Mr. Mike's 3rd grade class as they blend music, drama, and English Language Arts to bring 'The Tortoise and the Hare' to life at Jazz Fest 2023, showcasing their newfound knowledge of dynamics, tempo, timbre, pantomime, tableau, improvisation, dialogue, and stage performance.
The Moton Art Wall
The "Moton Art Wall" blossomed from a small section into a vibrant gallery stretching all the way down the hallway
KID smART, BeLOUD, and Being Heard- Recording a Podcast!
Elevating student voice and expression in arts integration
Joy in the Process
Step into Ms. Bates's vibrant 2nd Grade class, affectionately known as "Over the Rainbow," where dreams are brought to life.