1. Take a look at the benefits of pottery for students

3. You take a mound of moist clay, place it on the potter’s wheel and form it to your heart’s content. As the wheels turn and the clay takes shape, your body and mind works harmoniously with each other, using the environment along with the universe. Therein lays the therapeutic value of pottery.

4. Wedge the clay

5. Research studies point to strong relationships between learning in the arts and fundamental cognitive skills and capacities used to master other core subjects, including reading, writing, and mathematics.

6. Center the clay

7. No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act , which is a guide for state and local arts and education leaders to learn more about the federal No Child Left Behind Act and the multiple opportunities for arts education. It provides a brief overview of the legislation, including where to find specific references to the arts, descriptions of individual programs with arts-specific examples that have received funding, and links to Web sites for additional information. No Subject Left Behind is available at www.aep-arts.org/resources/advocacy.htm .*

8. Open the Clay and Form the Bottom

10. Throwing the mug

12. Compress the rim

14. Trim the Pot

15. There is no wrong and right method to create art, the benefits are practically magical. You may see thoughts of inferiority and insecurity melt away to be swapped out by self-worth, self-esteem and self-confidence. Add in the reality that working with clay causes your thoughts to concentrate and you will notice that the individuals report reduced occurrences of anxiety attacks.

16. Cut the Pot Off the Wheel

18. Alter and decorate to desired results are achieved