While an education in the arts has the power to do and be many things, there is strong research to demonstrate that achievement in academic subjects improves when the arts are used to assist learning in mathematics, creative writing and communications skills. Language, music, drama and dance evoke or reflect children's feelings and enable them to express themselves as individuals, members of a family, members of a community and members of a culture. Art activities have a powerful effect on language as they encourage students to observe. This attention to detail acts as a springboard for greater definition and elaboration in both oral and written work. As children dance, act, sing, paint, write or play an instrument, they are developing their imagination.
Art nurtures their ideas.
Art gives it a place to grow. Children who are comfortable out there on the edge of their own imagination will have the confidence to take risks, make errors, break through barriers and keep on growing. It helps lay the groundwork students need to be successful in a world where the ability to produce knowledge is at a greater premium that ever before. His work demonstrated that by making use of all seven areas, learning can be deeply enriched. The arts are the best way to engage all seven forms of intelligence.