Art integration is an approach to teaching where by students demonstrate understanding through an art form. it helps teachers to think more about the roles they have to play and what kind of relationship they should have with their students. art integration promote engagement in teaching and learning activities, experimental learning, authentic learning activities, collaborative learning, problem solving skills and reflection. Art integration promotes teaching and learning strategies and it also encourages learners to demonstrate their understanding on concepts. Leaners needs to be engaged in teaching and learning activities in order to encourage them to know their prior knowledge. learners can be able to explain how music makes them feel by drawing pictures or writing a story. Art integrations gives learners the opportunities to learn to understand new concepts and skills before the introduction of abstract symbols. Learners must engage with authentic music activities which is singing, dancing, drawing what they hear in the music before music notation can be introduced.

The value of art integration in the foundation phase.

Art integration gives teachers the opportunities to promote and support the developmental needs of learners while they are giving learners opportunities to engage in teaching and learning activities which are fun, fosters collaborations and connections and also promotes the innate curiosity, creativity and imaginative ability of learners. Art integration also promote foundation phase learner's to accommodate their love for music and movement by making fun and play in classrooms. it can create learning environment that where learners can develop experience on personal and social wellbeing while fostering creativity and imagination by drawing what they love based on what they heard on music.