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Painted and Personal Values
Presenter: Bruce Hucko
An art-based lesson that leads students to writing about their personal values. Through the presentation of a featured artist, you will learn how to express your personal values and create a unique individual piece of art that reflects those. You will learn how to paint using color values–primary, secondary, and tertiary colors plus white and black. You will learn how to present this lesson to your students and engage them in this lesson about their own personal values.
Bruce is the BTS Visual Art Educator at HMK Elementary School in Moab. He received the 2016 Elementary Educator of the Year Award from the Utah Art Education Association and the Beverley Taylor Sorenson 2018 Legacy Award as the Outstanding Elementary Visual Art Educator.
Folk Dance for Every'body'
Presenter: Lyndsey Wulfenstein
Teaching children folk dance helps them learn respect for other people, uplifts and educates them, and fulfills physical education requirements as they move and dance to the music.
Lyndsey Wulfenstein has a deep love and respect for all folk and cultural dance styles. While attending Brigham Young University, she performed in eleven countries across Europe with the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble from 2005-2008.
Let’s ‘Drum Up’ Some Learning!
Presenter: Jeri Crosby
Want your students to enjoy learning things and remember them too? Use the power of rhythm and rhyme to make learning feel ‘play’-ful. Come and explore do-able strategies and materials that will engage students
in simple classroom music making while integrating with other content and building community.
Drama Integrations for Elementary Classrooms
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Bean
Come see and learn integrated drama activities that energize and deepen learning for K-5 students. We will also explore easy-to-use drama strategies and puppet applications.
Lisa Kirkwood Bean, PhD, has been a BTS Drama Integration Coach with the Nebo School District since 2008. Prior to, and concurrent with her Nebo work, Lisa was theatre adjunct at BYU for thirty years
Clay Connections for the K-6 Classroom
Presenter: Aurora Hughes Villa
Students just love working with clay! Come and explore simple hand-building techniques to create 3D sculptures that connect to stories, characters, cultures and more! In this workshop, we will use air dry clay as a medium to make connections to the core content areas. Come away with lesson plan ideas and resources for your classroom.
Aurora Hughes Villa is the Arts Are Core, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Program Director for Elementary Education and Associate Professor Professional Practice at Utah State University. Aurora’s teaching and research interests are in arts integration and the impact of the arts on students learning.