Simile Theater Exploration Another great example of ARTS
INTEGRATED EDUCATION is what is called Simile Theater
Exploration. It has been demonstrated in the Human Body School
and Math-a-magic performing arts programs with profound, eye-
opening, inspiring results. It’s also really enjoyable. After
all the word simile anagrams to I smile! That’s the 3D
Blackboard. The idea of Simile Theater Enactment Exploration
goes a step further. Here’s a description of what we did in the
Human Body School to ‘teach’ the circulatory and respiratory
systems: Imagine a group of forty children moving in a large
figure 8 pattern in a large space. At the center of the 8 are
eight children forming the heart. One lateral half of the figure
8 represents the RED arterial blood receiving oxygen from the
lungs. The other lateral half of the figure 8 represents BLUE
venal blood releasing carbon dioxide through the lungs. There’s
more to it. The red blood people are marching with the red side
of a reversible cap showing. The blue blood pe