Art integration is a teaching method that incorporates artistic and performing arts into all subject areas. Learners participate in a creative process that connects one art form to another while meeting evolving goals in each.

The value of art integration in the foundation phase

- Through participating in an authentic learning activities, learners in the foundation phase  will develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

- It gives teachers the chance to promote and support their learners developmental needs.

- learners develop self-confidence in their capacity to acquire new information.

- Math score have improved and disciplinary concerns have decreased in schools that encourage teachers to adopt art integration in their classroom and  learners are more engaged since learning is more fun to them.

What did you find art integration challenging?

Music educators often find arts integration to be challenging because it requires a great deal of time, necessitates collaboration with other teachers and can unfortunately promotes collaboration with other teachers and can unfortunately be bias of one subject over another. Learners find it difficult to interact with art hence there must be a seamless integration of two or more subjects and that both subject must be experienced and engaged with the same time within an activity.