Can you believe we are almost done with our 2^nd year! What an exciting year it was! Much better than last year.

1. I enjoyed this module thoroughly and it grew my knowledge for music education, I have learnt so much and how important it is to implement music into the foundation phase curriculum. In the beginning of the semester, I knew that music played a role within the foundation phase, but it was only towards the end when I discovered how important music really is and the positive impact is has on the learners.
2. I had a really good experience with the individual blog posts we had to do, it helped me to reflect on each study unit and to think further, I learnt a lot with the individual post, it had mad doing more research about the work also helping me learn more and get a better understanding of the study unit. What I found most challenging in LSKM 221 was thinking of new ways using music concept into games and making it fun for the learners, but our lecture Ms Rina Francis helped us and guided us so much, it really helped a lot. I found the individual blog posts very meaningful because it helped me to reflect on the study unit as well as do more research about the unit making me learn so much more.
3. I found most of the study units meaningful and fun, I enjoyed the assignments very much as they were so much fun to do, I enjoyed most learning about what music does to help with holistic development as well as how we as teachers can teach music using games and the music concepts. I did not struggle with any study units or not understand them, the lecture did a great job in communicating with us and guiding us through each study unit.

   Can you believe we are almost done with our 2^nd year! What an exciting year it was! Much better than last year.

4. I enjoyed this module thoroughly and it grew my knowledge for music education, I have learnt so much and how important it is to implement music into the foundation phase curriculum. In the beginning of the semester, I knew that music played a role within the foundation phase, but it was only towards the end when I discovered how important music really is and the positive impact is has on the learners.
5. I had a really good experience with the individual blog posts we had to do, it helped me to reflect on each study unit and to think further, I learnt a lot with the individual post, it had mad doing more research about the work also helping me learn more and get a better understanding of the study unit. What I found most challenging in LSKM 221 was thinking of new ways using music concept into games and making it fun for the learners, but our lecture Ms Rina Francis helped us and guided us so much, it really helped a lot. I found the individual blog posts very meaningful because it helped me to reflect on the study unit as well as do more research about the unit making me learn so much more.
6. I found most of the study units meaningful and fun, I enjoyed the assignments very much as they were so much fun to do, I enjoyed most learning about what music does to help with holistic development as well as how we as teachers can teach music using games and the music concepts. I did not struggle with any study units or not understand them, the lecture did a great job in communicating with us and guiding us through each study unit.

Until next time!! Keep Safe!!

Good evening fellow bloggers.

So we have made it to the last stretch of this module and semester. I have learnt so much in the module and enjoyed it thoroughly, so lets gets started with our Study unit 5 blog post.

Assessing the creative outcomes of student learning has always been a dilemma for educators and will continue to be so for as long as we continue to value imagination as one of the most important underlying virtues of engagement in the arts. Assessment, of course, is a continuous process in arts education. The day to day formative judgments made by teachers to assist students’ progress towards their learning goals play a central role in any successful art education program.

 However summative assessment is the force that gives impetus to the direction of the program and defines what is most important to learn. Formative assessment tends to be a private matter between the student and teacher while summative assessments are often a much more public affair.

Performing Arts in the Foundation Phase allows children the opportunity to creatively communicate, dramatize, sing, make music, dance and explore movement.

Through the performing arts, learners develop their physical skills and creativity. Music and Performing Arts contribute to a broad and balanced arts provision for all pupils and are taught as part of the National Curriculum. This policy will form the basis upon which we map out the guidance for Music across the school. It will outline the purpose, nature and management of how music is taught and learned in our school and will inform new teachers of expectations. The aims of music teaching are to enable children to:

• Develop proficiency as musicians, actors and dancers.

 • Know and understand how sounds are made and then organised into musical structures.

• Know how music is made through a variety of instruments.

• Know how music is composed and written down.

• Know how music is influenced by the time, place and purpose for which it was written.

 • Develop the interrelated skills of performing, composing and appreciating music.

• Acquire audience skills such as listening and viewing responsibly.

 • Interpret and present their own or others’ work to a range of audiences.

 • Express feelings, ideas, experiences and beliefs in a variety of ways.

 • Improve coordination, flexibility, agility, strength and fine motor skills.

The reason why assessment in performing arts is being neglected could be a few reasons such as teachers are not fully aware of what should be thought, the workload is to much in all of the other subjects that arts and music are being put aside. If I had to come up with a plan in how to bring performing arts back in full swing in the school is to firstly come up with a plan of action and to educate the teachers of what should be expected from them when teaching performing arts. Performing arts and music is so beneficial towards children and have a positive impact in their daily life.

Goodbye! Until next time. Keep safe.

Good evening fellow bloggers.

So we have made it to the last stretch of this module and semester. I have learnt so much in the module and enjoyed it thoroughly, so lets gets started with our Study unit 5 blog post.

Assessing the creative outcomes of student learning has always been a dilemma for educators and will continue to be so for as long as we continue to value imagination as one of the most important underlying virtues of engagement in the arts. Assessment, of course, is a continuous process in arts education. The day to day formative judgments made by teachers to assist students’ progress towards their learning goals play a central role in any successful art education program.

 However summative assessment is the force that gives impetus to the direction of the program and defines what is most important to learn. Formative assessment tends to be a private matter between the student and teacher while summative assessments are often a much more public affair.

Performing Arts in the Foundation Phase allows children the opportunity to creatively communicate, dramatize, sing, make music, dance and explore movement.

Through the performing arts, learners develop their physical skills and creativity. Music and Performing Arts contribute to a broad and balanced arts provision for all pupils and are taught as part of the National Curriculum. This policy will form the basis upon which we map out the guidance for Music across the school. It will outline the purpose, nature and management of how music is taught and learned in our school and will inform new teachers of expectations. The aims of music teaching are to enable children to:

• Develop proficiency as musicians, actors and dancers.

 • Know and understand how sounds are made and then organised into musical structures.

• Know how music is made through a variety of instruments.

• Know how music is composed and written down.

• Know how music is influenced by the time, place and purpose for which it was written.

 • Develop the interrelated skills of performing, composing and appreciating music.

• Acquire audience skills such as listening and viewing responsibly.

 • Interpret and present their own or others’ work to a range of audiences.

 • Express feelings, ideas, experiences and beliefs in a variety of ways.

 • Improve coordination, flexibility, agility, strength and fine motor skills.

The reason why assessment in performing arts is being neglected could be a few reasons such as teachers are not fully aware of what should be thought, the workload is to much in all of the other subjects that arts and music are being put aside. If I had to come up with a plan in how to bring performing arts back in full swing in the school is to firstly come up with a plan of action and to educate the teachers of what should be expected from them when teaching performing arts. Performing arts and music is so beneficial towards children and have a positive impact in their daily life.

Goodbye! Until next time. Keep safe.

Good day everyone!! Cant believe we are already in October , only a few months left in this year, time really flies. I believe that integrating arts in the foundation phase is very important. Arts integration engages students and allows them to construct and display understanding in a variety of ways. Teachers can use arts integration to rethink their responsibilities and connections with pupils. Teachers can use arts integration to rethink their responsibilities and connections with pupils.

Why is it important to integrate art in the classroom?

1. Working in the arts helps learners to develop creative problem-solving skills.
2. Teaching through the arts can present difficult concepts visually, making them more easy to understand.
3. Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness.
4. Arts experiences boost critical thinking, teaching students to take the time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world.
5. The arts provide challenges for learners at all levels.
6. Art education connects students with their own culture as well as with the wider world.

Arts integration supports holistic development in the following way:

1. Reading and language development
2. Mathematics
3. Fundamental cognitive skills and capacities
4. Motivation to learn
5. Effective social behaviour
6. School environment

How can a foundation teacher integrate art in the classroom?

1. Student can learn through songs
2. Integrate art in other subjects
3. Allow students to show their feelings through drawings
4. Allow students to role play

Integrating art in the classroom has such an important and positive impact on the classroom. Through the integration of perception into cognition, and expression into reflection, students perform at a significally higher level.

What did you find interesting?

I found the whole Study unit 4 interesting, especially how important it is to integrate art in the foundation phase and the holistic development it promotes, I also found the study of Champions of Change very interesting it is also an eye opener in why art in the curriculum is so important.

What did I find challenging?

I did not find anything challenging in this unit although most of the information was new it was also very interesting to learn and study this unit.

 

keep save everyone!! until next time 

Helloo everyone!

Has been a while since I last posted. Things have been hectic. But im staying on track!

I hope all of you have been well?

I really enjoyed Study Unit 3 just as I have enjoyed all the other study units. But let's first begin with why play is so important : Play is very important to a child's development, it is an integral part of a child's Early Years Foundation Stage and supports their learning journey too. Young children can develop many skills through the power of play. They may develop their language skills, emotions, creativity and social skills.

What ia the value of musical play within the foundation phase?

Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.

Music and play has a big impact on the development of a child. That's why it ia so important to do this with the children.

Thank you for reading my blog!

Until next time!!

Cheers!

What a busy few weeks it has been with assignments ,test and school! but I am managing ,thank goodness.

I really enjoyed SU 2 and assignment 2 it was all new to me but I enjoyed it. I think that contemporary commercial music is important, it keeps all of us as teacher and learners on track with the newest music trends. yes I think the examples used in SU 2 was very inclusive and the lecture made it really interesting and helped a lot.

I don't have any suggestions for the content in SU2 to be more inclusive, I think it is well explained. What I will do is to make use of technology in presenting my lesson as children nowadays grow up with technology. What I would  do in future is to get more information on different cultures even from countries abroad.

Music has a really positive impact on children and help them develop in various ways.

Keep safe everyone!!! 

Peace Out!!!

 

1. For years, music teachers, parents, and childcare providers have intuitively recognized that music benefits children. Even a fetus in the womb responds to music stimulation in a measurable way. The fetus begins to respond to sound around the fifth month of pregnancy. When babies between the ages of four and six months hear music, they will move up and down. Even though the repetitive sounds are enticing them to go. Music, when combined with activity, aids in the physical development of the individual. Children's coordination improves, which aids muscle growth. As they run, balance, stretch, crawl, and skip, they begin to learn what their bodies are capable of. Make music a part of other subjects. You can include music with mathematics, reading, English, and life skills in your classroom. At first, incorporating music into the disciplines you are used to teaching may feel odd. The more you do it, the more comfortable it will become to you, just like everything else. You do not have to be musical to incorporate music into your classroom! Play some music while you transition from one activity to the next. You will educate the pupils about transitions in the same way you teach them about any other procedure in your classroom. Students must be at their next activity or workstation when the music stops.
2. Both music and physical education play an important role in the holistic development of a child but physical education. Children's holistic development includes the development of their physical talents and skills, including both gross motor skills (bigger movements done with arms, legs, or entire body) and fine motor skills (smaller movements made with arms, legs, or whole body) (smaller more refined movements that use the small muscles of the fingers, toes, wrists, lips, and tongue). To establish the strongest basis for a physically active lifestyle, children must be taught fundamental movement abilities (gross motor skills) such as running, jumping, throwing, and kicking, just as they must be taught their ABCs to read and write. Using neuropsychological and psychometric testing, physical activity has recently been linked to improved cognitive function. A growing number of research show that physical activity during children has a good impact on cognition, brain anatomy, and brain function.

https://www.ban.com.na/news-mobile/articles-mobile/the-role-of-physical-activity-in-the-holistic-development-of-children

https://www.teachervision.com/blog/morning-announcements/how-to-incorporate-music-in-the-classroom

Hi everyone, I am Chantè Gouws and I stay in a small town in Mpumalanga that is called White River, it ia very close to the Kruger National park. Teaching is what I'm called to do, I want to become a teacher because more so than in any other profession they have the ability to reach out to the future. My mom is a teacher and I see what joy she gets out of teaching and therefore she inspired me to want to become a great teacher like her. I want to open minds and touch hearts. I want to give children a chance to be greater than themselves by being the shapers of minds and nurturers of a future generation. I want to become a teacher who will touch the future and change it before it even arrives and influence children and guide them as they grow up.   I am very passionate about teaching. I am excited about LSKM for the second semester and I am  eager to get more knowledge. My expectations for this module ia that it wil teach us how to use music in our foundation phase classes.