Arts integration has been proven to contribute towards higher motivation levels among learners and supports academic achievement and socialisation among learners. Schools that encourage teachers to apply arts integration strategies in their teaching have shown improved results with regards to learners' mathematics performance as well as decreased disciplinary challenges. Arts integration provides teachers with the opportunity to engage in teaching and learning activities which are fun, fosters collaboration and connection and promotes learners' innate curiosity, creativity 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. Arts integration can lead to transformative experiences for both teachers and learners while fostering creative and imaginative capacities of the teachers and the learners alike.

What did you find interesting? Please explain why.

The benefits of an integrative approach. An integrative approach to teaching, for example, connects visualization with reading comprehension, contextualizes maths, or brings an experiential  context to the science or social studies classroom. Using the arts can assist students in understanding and applying skills to standardized exams.

What did you find challenging? Please explain why. 

Theoretical framework for arts integration in the Foundation Phase. The aspects of music integration in the foundation phase are a bit tricky because some of them are almost the same, so it won't be easy to differentiate between them.