The Arts in Sixth Grade Vito Perrone Experience with the arts is important throughout elementary school.
Children often have specialist art teachers, especially in the intermediate grades.
Parents should therefore be vigilant, insisting that strong, balanced arts programs are essential and must be made available to their children. Ideally, the classroom time devoted to the arts program is supplemented by after-school enrichment programs and small group lessons, particularly in music and the visual arts. The intermediate years are an especially fertile time for children who are interested in string instruments. Throughout the intermediate grades, children are readily drawn to painting as a means of self-expression, and they are also attracted to group choral singing. Visits to art museums and attendance at musical performances are a regular part of the curriculum.