1. When planning a music lesson, you are encouraged to include as many opportunities for active engagement with music as possible by including various types of music activities, elements of play and offering opportunities for collaborative learning and discovering.

• There should always be music at the beginning and end of a lesson.
• Never play music(YouTube or recordings) without a specific aim. Any music that is listened to in the class must contribute towards reaching the lesson aims.
• Always guide learners in music listening.
• Include a variety of teaching, learning and assessment activities in your lesson
• A variety of activities in your lesson will contribute toward accommodating the various learning styles, abilities and interest of learners.
• Keep a basic ''Introduction-Teaching and learning phase-Conclusion'' structure in mind as this could assist you in planning teaching and learning activities that progress from lower to higher-order cognitive levels.

2. Through arts integration and play, learners are encouraged to be actively engaged in the teaching and learning process by allowing them to have fun while engaging in authentic, meaningful teaching and learning activities learning within social environments and to demonstrate their understanding practically through the arts. Arts integration provides teachers with the opportunity to engage in teaching and learning activities which are fun, fosters collaboration and connection and imaginative abilities. When foundation phase teachers utilise the arts throughout their teaching, they provide learners with multiple modes for demonstrating their understanding of non-arts outcomes while accommodating various learning styles and needs. Play teaches children certain behaviours, morals and values which are considered healthy and useful in and to the society. Play supports cognitive growths and development, physical development as well as social and emotional development.

3. Yes. Arts integration promotes teaching and learning strategies which address outcomes in various subjects simultaneously while encouraging learners to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and skills through the arts. Music education offers unique opportunities for addressing inclusive goals in education. Through music, we can address these unique needs of our learners by engaging with music, using various types of movements, singing in various languages, playing different games, including various patterns during rhythmic and body percussion activities to enable all learners to experience success. By utilising music activities as much as possible in the foundation phase and by applying various art integration activities and strategies, teachers are able to foster not only social and creative thinking skills but increase learners' motivation for learning while also learning more about themselves.