For example, students attending a poetry performance can become directly involved in the dramatization and context of the poem. Artists can demonstrate how to express a wide range of emotions with the poem, increasing students' sensitivity to rhythm, language and imagery. A poem has the physicality and rhythm of music, and unless you've had the experience of creating language like that, you don't necessarily know how to read it off the page. If you are with someone who is able to embody that experience, the students can inherit it. Opportunities for learning beyond the classroom can also benefit those students who do not learn as well through traditional modes of teaching.
Field trips can enable students to practice observation skills and hands-on inquiry.
Visitors to the Children's Museum at Holyoke can climb a playground in the shape of a human body, gaining an experiential understanding of health and anatomy by playfully exploring space rather than studying illustrations in a book. This exhibit gives children an opportunity to deal much more kinesthetically with the process of learning. The kids combine their imaginations with their gross motor skills. Addressing the Arts Framework Cultural field trips can also assist teachers in using the arts to teach other disciplines. The arts play an integral role in fostering this kind of interdisciplinary thinking.