"WHEN WELL PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED , ARTS INTERGRATE  IS ONE OF THE MOST  EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS  WITH WIDE  RANGE OF  INTEREST, APTITUDE,STYLE AND EXPERIENCE TO FORM  A COMMUNITY  OF ACTIVE LEARNERS  ATKING  RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN LEARNING" ( RENAISSANCE IN THE CLASSROOM, PG. XXVI)

ARTS INTERGRATION IS AN  APROACH TO REACHING  IN WHICH STUDENTS CONSTRUCT AND DEMOSTRATE UNDERSTANDING  THROUGH AN ART FORM. STUDENTS ENGAGE IN  A  CREATIVE PROCESS WHICH CONNECTS  AN ART  FORM AND ANOTHER  SUBJECT AREAA AND MEETS  EVOLVING OBJECTIVES IN BOTH  ( SILVERSTEIN & LAYNE, 2010)

VALUE OF ARTS INTERGRATION

HAS BEEN PROVEN TO CONTRIBUTE  TOWARDS HIGHER MOTIVATON LEVEL AMONG LERNERS  AND SUPPORTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SOCIALISATION AMONG LEANERS . SCHOOLS  THAT ENCOOURAGE TEACHERS PLAY ARTS INTERGRATION STRATEGIES IN THEIR  TEACHING HAVE SHOWN IMPROVED  RESULTS WITH REGARDS TO LERANERS MATHEMATIC PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS  DECREASE DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES. ARTS INTERGRATION PROVIDES TEACHERS  WITH THE OPPORTUNNITY TO PROMOTE  AND SUPPORT  THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF LEARNERS WHILE OFFERING LEARNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE  IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE FUN, FOSTER COLLABORATION AND CONNECTION AND  PROMOTES LEARNERS INNATE CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATIVE ABILITIES. WHEN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHER UTILISE  THE ARTS THROUGHOUT THEIR TEACHING , THRY PROVIDE  LEARNERS  WITH MULTIPLE  MODES  FOR DEMOSTRATING  THEIR  UNDERSTANDING  OF ON - ARTS OUTCOMES WHILE  ACCOMODATING  VARIOUS  LEARNING STYLES  AND  NEEDS . ARTS INTERGRATION CAN LEAD TO  TRANSFORMATIVE  EXPERIENCE  FOR BOTH  TEACHER  AND LEARNERS  WHILE FPSTERING  CREATIVE AND  IMAGINATIVE CAPACITIES  OF THE  TEACHERS AND THE  LEARNERS ALIKE.

STRATEGIES FOR INCLUDING MUSIC  THROUHOUT YOUR DAY

• SONGS CAN EASILY USED WHEN  TRANSITIONING BETWEEN ACTIVITIES BY SINGING SHORT PHRASES INCLUDING  WHTA LEARNERS NEES TO DO: SING A SHORT PHRASE SUCH AS  " STAND  UP, SIT DOWN ON THE FLOOR". ASK LEARNERS TO SING ALONG  AVOID THEM  CHATTING OR GETTING  DISTRACTED  WHEN MOVING  TO THE AREA WHERE THEY HAVE TO SIT  DOWN.
• SING SPECIFIC SONG DURING DAILY  ROUTINE: SONGS ABOUT WASHING HANDS, PACKING AWAY, TIDYING UP, STANDING LINE, WAITING YOUR TURN, ETC.
• PLAYCALMING MUSIC SOFTLY WHEN  LEARNERS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY.
• WHEN LEARNER ARE GETTING  RESTLESS, PALY CALMING MUSIC  AND ASK LEARNERS  TO JOIN YOU  IN DOING SOME STRETCHES WITH THEIR BODIES AND PERHAPS EVEN JUMP UP AND DOWN A FEW TIMES ( THIS HELPS TO " RESET" THEIR  BODIES AND MINDS)