Artful Living and Learning

Artful Living and Learning

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Artful Living and Learning believes that fine arts immersion enhances creativity, increases academic performance, and stimulates leadership characteristics

Artful Living and Learning is an early childhood preschool educational program that immerses students in fine arts through lessons in visual arts, literacy, music, drama, and dance for 25 weeks. Early exposure to fine arts stimulates creativity and leads to improved academic achievement. In addition, an important component of Artful Living and Learning is research: pre-test/post-test and longitudi

Photos from The Inn at University Village's post 11/07/2024
Photos from Danbury Senior Living Massillon's post 11/07/2024
Photos from Artful Living and Learning's post 10/03/2024

This year we are thrilled to expand our intergenerational programming to the SCCAA Head Start locations in Canton, Alliance, and Massillon.

On Wednesday preschoolers from William Hunter Head Start joined residents from Danbury Sanctuary Grande Assisted Living for some fun, interactive activities!

The classes are led by Artful Living and Learning teaching artist, Emily Gordon, and will be all about birds this year!

10/03/2024

Artful Living and Learning classes have begun all around the Stark County region this week! Many thanks to the 21 amazing arts professionals that are creatively teaching Ohio Early Learning and Development Standards to approximately 3,000 preschoolers every week! Looking forward to a great year!!

Who doesn’t love a preschooler hug? Danbury seniors pair with kids 04/29/2024

Thanks to creative collaborations with our amazing friends in Canton and Massillon, we successfully expanded our intergenerational programming this year! It is such a beautiful program and we look forward to expanding it even more next year!
Canton City Early Learning Center at Schreiber, Massillon City Schools Danbury Senior Living Canton Regency
Stark County Educational Service Center

Who doesn’t love a preschooler hug? Danbury seniors pair with kids MASSILLON – Brielle Hall twirled around.The 5-year-old took the hand

Photos from Canton City Early Learning Center at Schreiber's post 02/01/2024

We love our intergenerational classes at Canton City Early Learning Center at Schreiber with seniors from Canton Regency Senior Living Center! This week our activities focused on healthy foods and exercise. We had a great time!

Photos from Canton City Early Learning Center at Schreiber's post 10/23/2023

We are so thrilled to start an intergenerational program with Canton City Early Learning Center at Schreiber and Canton Regency Senior Living this year! The interactions between the preschoolers and the seniors were so beautiful! We are thankful for our partners and looking forward to a wonderful year of intergenerational learning!

Photos from Danbury Senior Living Massillon's post 10/20/2023

We are so excited about starting monthly intergenerational classes for preschoolers from Massillon Preschool and residents from Danbury Senior Living at the Massillon Museum!

10/05/2023

Artful Living and Learning arts integration classes started this week! In the visual arts classes, students learned about foreground and background and created their own personalized self portraits! What a wonderful project to express their individuality and creativity!

08/02/2023

We will be making summer themed foam stamps and making prints at the Massillon Fun Fest in downtown Massillon on
Saturday, August 12 from 10am-2pm.

It is a great free family event you will not want to miss!

Stark County ESC - Teaching Artist 08/01/2023

Artful Living and Learning is looking for two new dance teaching artists! Please see information below and share with any friends who have experience teaching dance and working with children.
Email Michele Waalkes, the director of Artful Living and Learning, for questions at [email protected]

Stark County ESC - Teaching Artist Title: Artful Living and Learning Teaching Artist: DANCE Supervisor: Director of Artful Living and Learning Summary/Objective: Teach prepared Artful Living and Learning arts integration lessons in preschool classes in and around Stark County. Prepared lessons and instructional materials are provided...

Photos from Little Eagles Preschool's post 03/30/2023

Students practiced fine motor skills and following directions as they created their own lily pad artwork in Artful Living and Learning this week! Thanks, Mr. Doug!

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6057 Strip Avenue NW
North Canton, OH
44720