The Art Garden program meets criteria of the Visual Arts
Standards for California. Designed to encourage aesthetic
awareness, creative problem solving and skill development in a
variety of mediums (clay, painting, printing, weaving, etc.)
connections are made to science, geography, literature and
cultural influences. This information summarizes only the
courses taught by Specialist teachers. Classroom faculty at all
levels also may incorporate these subject areas in their
curriculum. Music studio classes are a synthesis of the Orff
Schulwerk, Kodaly and Dalcroze methods of music education.
Children are instructed in singing, playing of instruments,
speech, note-reading, movement and rhythm using a whole-child,
child-centered approach and drawing on literary, national and
global materials. The Library program stimulates a love of
varied books while supplementing classroom learning in
Literature, Language Arts, and Social Sciences. It develops
skills in language, listening, reading, research, analysis,
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