IT FOCUS ON SOME LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES AS APPLICABLE TO FOUNDATION PHASE LEARNER AS WELL AS HOW  MUSIC AND MISIC EDUCATION CAN SUPPORT THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF FOUNDATION PHASE LEARNER.

IT CONSISTS OF  THREE LEARNING THEORIES NAMELY ERIKSON'S STAGE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, PIEGENT'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND VYGOTSKY AND ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT.

MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOUNDATION PHASE

WHEN CHILDREN ENTER  SCHOOL, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED  THE A BILITY TO SELECTIVELY  LISTEN, AND  DIRECTED LISTENING INCREASE ON- TASK BEHAVIOR AND LISTENING DURATION. THIS IS AN EXTREAMELY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE  IT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO FOCUS  ON  SPECIFIC MUSICAL ASPECTS.

MUSIC AND THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPEMENT OF FOUNDATION PHASE  LERNERS.

ENGAGEMENT IN AUTHENTIC , PLAY BASED MUSIC ACTIVITIES COULD SUPPOERT  THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF FOUNDATION PHASE LEARNER. IT IS THEREFORE, IMPORTANT  THAT LERENERS EXPERIENCE MUSIC  ACTIVITIES, NOT ONLY WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPMENT MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS, BUT  TO PROMOTE THEIR HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

MUSIC ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY MOVING MUSIC  (DANCING) AND PLYING  INSTRUMENTS PROMOTES  PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. WHEN LEARNER  HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY INSTRUMENTS, THEY DEVELOP  BOTH GROSS AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS  AS WELL AS HAND- EYE COORDINATION AND MIGLINE CROSSING. DANCING TO MUSIC ALLOWS LEARNER  TO DEVELOP BALANCE, COORDINATION, GROSS MOTOR SKILLS AND BODILY AWERENESS. CIRCLE GAMES ARE ALSO VALUEBALE  MUSIC ACTIVITIES TO INCLIDE IN FOUNDATION PHASE AS THESE GAMES SUPPORT HAND-EYE COORDINATION, MIDLINE CROSSING AND TIMING .

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.

THROUGH ENGAGEMENT IN MUSIC ACTIVITIES IN FOUNDATION PHASE  LERANERS ALSO HAVE  OPPORTUNITIES FOR  COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. MUSIC  EDUCATION  ENHANCE ATTENTIVENESS, MULTITASKING  AND  PROMOTES  BOTH NUMERACY AND LITERACY SKILLS  WHILE  PLAYING ON MUSIC INSTRUMENT SUPPORTS LEARNERS' VISUAL SPATIAL  DEVELOPMENT. WHEN LEARNER  SING  SONGS IN VARIOUS  LANGUAGE  AS WELL AS  THEIR HOME LANGUAGE , THEY EXPAND  THEIR VOCABULARY BY LEARNING  NEW WORDS  IN THEIR  MOTHER  TONGUE OR  LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE  AS  WELL AS  LEARNING  ABOUT PHONICS .