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The Arts for Learning Literacy Lessons is a set of five instructional units that integrate a specific literacy skill with an art form, using cutting-edge theory on how children learn to dramatically impact literacy scores. Twenty-four teachers in Hillsboro recently were trained by Young Audiences to bring two of these units - Words in Motion and Graphic Story Adventures - into their grades 3-5 classrooms. Four of the classes are taking part in a national study of the effect of the lessons on student achievement. The Literacy Lessons were developed by National Young Audiences and a design team from the University of Washington.
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Welcome
our mission:To enhance children's learning with creative resources from the arts community.
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington connects classroom teachers with over 200 skilled residency & performing artists who provide programs in multiple artistic disciplines and cultures. Together they use the arts to make learning come alive for their students. Through Young Audiences' Run For The Arts, schools raise the funds to bring artists into their classrooms, pay for field trips to see performances and exhibitions and purchase art supplies.
We are helping to inspire the artists, audiences, patrons and creative citizens of the future.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington: - Served 223 schools in 39 districts
- Provided arts experiences to nearly 90,000 children
- Helped 93 area schools raise over $675,000 through Run For The Arts
- Presented 241 residencies and 319 performances by professional teaching artists
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