We've started a new program, here at George Peabody, that incorporates art and higher-order thinking.

Every month all of our teachers lead their classes in a Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) lesson.

VTS is a visual arts program for elementary school students that uses art to teach thinking, communications skills, and visual literacy. Students' growth is stimulated by three things: looking at art of increasing complexity, responding to developmentally-based questions, and participating in carefully facilitated group discussions.

VTS encourages

• a personal connection to art from diverse cultures, times, and places
• confidence in one's ability to construct meaning from art
• active class discussions and group problem solving
• development of thinking and communication skills
• development of writing skills
• transfer of these skills to other subject areas

For more information about VTS please visit

http://www.vue.org/whatisvts.html

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