Integrating the arts into head start classrooms produces positive impacts on kindergarten readiness

This study found that the presence and intervention of the Living Arts Detroit Wolf Trap artist residencies successfully increased preschool students’ scores on a variety of indicators as compared with 3–5 year old students who do not have this program in their schools.

This is strong evidence that the arts-infused education has a significant impact on cognition and social-emotional development in pre-school children.

The arts-infused residencies show statistically significant impact on social and emotional regulation and growth in preschool children.