First of all my concentration is music, it was theater, as I have always been invovled with music or theater one way or another all throughout my school years. But if youve never had Dr Rose in the music department I highly recommend her. She alone convinced me to switch over to a music concentration.
One day she came to class telling us this touching story of how she noticed that a group of kids would always run from the buses to the classroom while the rest of the school would drag their feet. When we asked why? She said this certain kindergarten teacher would sit down on the floor every morning with her guitar and sing out weather, the time, the day, whatever the kids wanted to.
There are alot of ways you can integrate the arts, into your normal classroom curriculum. In this one history class I took, we drew sidewalk pictures, make new lyrics to Christmas songs about the Constitution or a certain president. In a health class I recently took in college, we acted out certain scenarios. This not only helps with putting the child in the actual situation and gaining practice in how to react, but it also gets them interested in drama.
These are just a few ideas....enjoy!