Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month Poem

There once was child who sat in class very jaded
He was upset at test taking and always being graded.
The teacher noticed that he was not the only one
All the students in the class did not have much fun.
So the teacher began to think about what she should do
To get her class to participate and have fun in school, too.
She woke up early one morning to start on her plan
To engage her students in class and keep their attention span.
A light bulb went off and she immediately knew
“I think incorporating the arts is the thing to do!”
So she wrote out a unit plan incorporating the arts
“These lessons should be sure to capture my students’ hearts.”

The weekend came and went and Monday morning was here.
A math lesson with music, and dance would make her students’ boredom disappear.
A history lesson with art and photography was also captivating.
Creative writing, film, science, and reading became engaging.
This teacher was ecstatic, the class was now amused.
Those annoying little worksheets have now gone unused.
Her students were happy, and enjoyed coming to school
Because the students now knew that the arts are really cool.

The kids had too much fun, and the parents were concerned.
So the students put on a play about the stuff that they learned.
This play was going to be big, the teacher was much stressed
But the students were excellent and the parents were impressed.
The school Principal was excited and Assistant Principal was delighted.
The students’ passion for learning had now been ignited.

I wrote this short poem to tell you this fact
that the arts and humanities in education can keep students on track.
Celebrating the arts and humanities is sure to imbue
Happy National Arts and Humanities day to your students and you!

Happy National Arts and Humanities Month to you!

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Quanice Floyd is the arts fellow at National PTA.