Before the time of

letters, words, and books...

…there were

the Arts!

Storytelling Painting

Music Dancing

Then came literacy…

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This time with music...

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This time with dance...

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This time with art...

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This time with drama...

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The arts can make strong connections

to... •Phonemic Awareness

•Phonics

•Comprehension

•Vocabulary

•Fluency

We may not remember this...

•The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.

We do remember this....

We may not remember this....

We do remember this...

Our strongest connections to these

books....

May not be the words, but

•the artistic formats in which they have been presented.

•Dance

•Music

•Drama

•Art

Every time our brain is engaged with a great piece of

literature and the arts,

Something powerful happens…

•Our emotional connection is stronger

•Our recall is better

•Our learning increases

Knowing this

•I enthusiastically and passionately present

•the theme for the 59th WVRA Conference as…

Reading With The Arts:

Off The Charts

The colors shall be…

The logo…