The document contains several quotes highlighting the importance of using art, music, and creativity in education. The quotes discuss how music and lyrics can relax students' brains and promote new thinking. They also note that while civilizations have survived without technology, none have survived without art. Additionally, the quotes advocate for using real-life contexts and meaningful integration to encourage students to make new connections and expand their understanding.

1. Quotable Quotes

2. “Using art and music is
not an option; it’s a
necessity. If I tackle an
abstract concept, unit,
or chapter and neglect
to look through the
lens of art and music, I
am sure to leave some
students behind.”
Pg. 7

3. “And while a hundred
civilizations have
prospered (sometimes
for centuries) without
computers or
windmills or even the
wheel, none have
survived even a few
generations without
art.”
David Bayles & Ted
Orland

4. “…how can we provide a few
moments of relaxed creativity
in our often overscheduled,
fragmented instructional
schedules? Our students’
brains need some space so
they can generate new
thinking. Music is what’s
needed here! Music can be the
backdrop for creation and
imagination in our classrooms.
It can relax and disengage our
brains so new ideas can
grow.” Pg. 31

5. “Music influences the way you
feel, which influences the way
you think. Advertisers know this,
movie-makers know this, church
leaders know this, and dentists
know this. Music has an effect on
learning, memory, productivity,
and mood. While listening to
music, the release of enzymes in
our brain can cause us to “see”
images clearly, images that are
original to our own thinking.”
Pg. 70-71

6. “Experiencing songs
with students is one of
my favourite parts of
teaching. No
accompanying graphic
organizers, no sticky
notes, no list of
questions to be
answered. Just the
music and lyrics and
everyone together.”
Pg. 44

7. “Lyrics are underutilized in our
classrooms. We have thousands
of crafted, meaningful sets of
lyrics at our fingertips, lyrics that
cross generations and genres.
Lyrics are super-powered, with
several advantages when it comes
to text choice: brevity, meaning,
and music. Often the text fits on
one page. The songwriter crafts
the text so that the words are
saturated with meaning. The
music supports the reader, stirring
emotion and prompting the brain
to make connections to prior
knowledge. When it comes to text
selection, song lyrics are the
perfect storm.” Pg. 98

8. “Think of opera as
musical drama.
Together, the vocalists
and instrumentalists
dramatize a story. Opera
is, as K.F.E.Trahndorff
coined it, a
Gesamtkunstwerk: a
fusion of music, poetry,
visual art, and
movement or dance.”
Pg.57

9. Erik Satie (1866-1925)
“surrealistic and/or
impressionistic” his
music lets the thinker
think and the dreamer
dream…an ideal
soundtrack for creativity
and imagination”
“furniture music” –
ambient music to fill a
room, making it easier to
relax

10. “Using real-life contexts
can lead to more
effective integration of
learning throughout the
Full-Day Early Learning-
Kindergarten program.
Integration can provide
opportunities for children
to explore concepts and
to develop and apply
skills. “

11. “Through meaningful
integration, children
can be encouraged
to generate new
connections and to
expand their
existing
understanding.”
FDELK Document,
2010, p. 17

12. “To transform experience into new
knowledge, students need to derive
meaning from that experience. They do
so by reflecting upon its connection to
their own current understandings.
Conscious engagement with direct
experience is precisely where
Experiential Learning and Inquiry-based
Learning converge”
~Kolb’s 1984 Experiential Learning Cycle
identifies a cyclical learning path of
experiencing, reflecting, thinking and
acting
Natural Curiosity: Building Children’s
Understanding of the World through
Environmental Inquiry, 2011, p. 35