I believe that in foundation phase art integration plays an extremely important role. It allows the student to actively partake in the learning process as well as stimulation various areas of development at once. When learners actively take part they gain experiences through which they  can more easily make the new knowledge and skills apart of what they already know, because it allows for a lot of different types of learning like kinesthetic, concrete etc. learners are more likely to remember lessons that go along with it. Furthermore, art can be integrated into the lesson in such a way that it helps to develop skills needed in various subjects.

What I found really interesting about this unit is the overall description of exactly how art can be integrated into the foundational phase or more the technical aspects of exactly what influence art has on the development of learners. Once again you are aware that art has an effect on specific areas of development but I never realized to what extent. Another aspect that I found quite interesting is why art can change the learning environment, because I noticed that it gives more meaning to learning.

The aspect that I found challenging is also the one I found the most interesting and it was the six major areas and how the integration of art can influence each of these areas. I found it challenging not necessarily, because it is difficult to understand, but mainly before you start as teacher it is difficult to think of exactly how you’ll integrate all your art lessons so it has the needed effect on the learners development.