Aspects to keep in mind when planning foundation phase lessons: Plan a range of activities,keep activities play based as well as developmentally appropriate.Know ability levels,backgrounds,interest levels,ability to work together in groups,prior knowledge and learning experience.Know who your learners are.
The value of utilising arts integration in foundation phase: The standards assist learners with learning facts,arts integration helps learners grow in their potential of understanding these facts.Arts integration builds cooperation,collaboration,and confidence,and when children are working together,they encourage each other to do their best.It also helps teachers reach every child.It provides a sense of ownership,giving children a way to express what they have learner in class through different art forms.
Using music in lesson planning in foundation phase: It is well recognised that music can help to develop the skills,attitudes and attributes that can support learning in other subjects.It helps to develop a child's spatial temporal reasoning skills,developing the ability to think in patterns and pictures.