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= = This Wiki was created by Lisa Krebs, Frank Nussbaum, Anna Conley & Elizabeth Parsons. Inside our Wiki you will find information about both Art and Music... The need to integrate art across the curriculum is not a new idea: Click here for a YouTube video based on the Harry Chapin song FLOWERS ARE RED

There is meaning behind the name we created....

This Wiki is about integrating art and music content with literacy. The books described on the pages of this Wiki have been selected because they use visual art and music content to teach literacy to P-5 school age students.

The Lit of Lit-EAR-tacy is a reference to the fact that the primary purpose of this collaborative effort to share information among school professionals is to teach and promote literacy.

The EAR is for the fact that the books emphasize the creative and auditory tools found in music.

 The AR-t emphasizes the visual arts and humanities content and the types of learning can are facilitated by Art in all areas of learning.

The -acy at the end is intended to resemble the infamous bumper sticker associated with the ear-X-tacy music store located in Louisville Kentucky, not as an advertisement but because of the cultural significance that this phrase, or bumper sticker represents; which is a passion and appreciation for music.

And as an added note; acy also was considered, by the creator of this phrase, to be associated with the words ace, or acing, in acing literacy through picture books about art and music.