The first study unit focuses on the importance of music in the holistic development of foundation phase students. Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky all taught me that there are developmental stages for learners. One might inquire? what exactly is Holistic development?. The development of a child's intellectual ,mental, physical. emotional and social abilities so that he or she is capable of meeting the demands and challenges of everyday life is referred to as Holistic development. The skills are critical for success in professional fields of work.

The stages of development written by the aforementioned theorists are as follows: Erikson's psychosocial development stage. It emphasizes the importance of social interaction and learning relationships. Meaningful relationships are critical at this stage for learners to feel safe in their surroundings. Most children who go through this stage are between the ages of 5 and 11, and they develop a sense of pride in whatever they achieve, they rely on feedback from their teachers to boost their confidence, and receiving feedback boosts their self-esteem. If they do not receive compliments, they begin to doubt themselves, which leads to low self-esteem. Learners develop the ability to deal with challenges at this stage.

Piaget's cognitive development stage is divided into two stages: pre-operational and concrete operational. This theory emphasizes that children learn by interacting with their surroundings in order to incorporate new information into their existing knowledge. During the pre-operation, children think symbolically by representing objects with words and pictures. They are frequently egonentric. In the concrete operational stage  they start thinking about events that are logical.

Vigotsky's zone of proximal development focuses on sociocultural factors that influence cognitive development. It enables children to begin working independently without the assistance of a teacher.I've also learned about music skills such as response to sound, response to music, pitch, tonality, and harmony skills, rhythm skills, movement skills, and so on.