It's research-backed! Participating in visual arts, music, drawing, and theater is linked to clear improvements in:
🧠 Mental focus
💬 Spoken and written language
🧡 Empathy
😌 Executive function and self-control
ALT Did You Know?
Participating in visual arts, music, drawing, and theater is linked to clear improvements in:
Mental focus
Spoken and written language
Empathy
Executive function and self-control
The idea that the arts are merely extracurriculars is bunk. They are, in fact, powerful tools for making sense of the world, not so terribly different from mathematics or the written word.
Sources: Bowen and Kisida, 2019; Fernandes et al., 2018; Medina and Barraza, 2019; Zhao and Kuhl, 2016