Detailed knowledge and understanding of various types of music activities suitable for foundation phase learners.

1. Singing

2. Moving to music: Responding to certain music concepts by allowing your body to move either slow or fast in order to express your feelings.

* Instrumental playing where learners will have to determine concepts of music by observing the speed or slow sound of the instrument and how high or low it is played.

* Music listening and music games.

Detailed knowledge and understanding of, and respond to, music elements through non-locomotor and locomotor

Music elements  are  the main building block of music.

Basic elements are known as:

1. Duration of tone

Length in time of the sound. Including concepts such as beat, accent,  note, values, meter rhythm and tempo.

2. Pitch of tone

How high or low the sound is. High and low tones are arranged in a linear succession. It is essential to show the direction of the pitch by using hands when children are singing.

3. Intensity of tone

Simply means how loud or soft the tone is, which are the dynamics.

4. Quality of tone

Each instrument has its own unique sound, which serves as a characteristic, that enables one to determine the instrument even if they do not see it with their eyes but only hear the sound e.g if one close their eyes and a guitar is played, they will immediately know because of its unique sound.

5. Texture

Refers to the thickness or thinness of sound. When listening a song where different instruments are playing at the same time, we say the texture is thick. When one person sing alone in their room, it is only one voice, so the texture is thin.

Appropriate teaching strategies for using non-melodic percussive instruments to perform and respond to music in the Foundation phase classroom.

Learners should experience, carl olff, Zoltan kodaly, Jingle bells, Egg shakers, Maracus, Rhythm, sticks, woodblock 

Inform learners not to play with their instrument until everyone is settled.  Grant them an opportunity to play and hear how it sound. Instruct them on when to play and when to stop. Rotate the instruments to ensure that everyone had the opportunity to play all the instruments. Involve everyone when playing instruments to ensure and include body percussion.

Ways in which movement activities contribute to the hoolistic development of Foundation phase learners 

Singing and moving gives young children a chance to listen, respond, imitate and use their body in ways that is creative and unique to them. Movement is fundamental to children's play as well as how they experience the world around them. Their movement can easily tell how they understand the musical concepts. Movement is essential in developing physical development and coordination of learners.

*Locomotor movements: movement that change location

Non-locomotor movements: movement that does not change location

The role of movement activities in the subject Life skills in the Foundation phase

Firstly listen to music pieces to identify different music elements. The use of locomotor and non-locomotor movements to show that you accurately identified every element.

1. Meter and rhythm

Move to the beat of the music and emphasize the first beat through movement. Make use of a ball to bounce certain beats and pass it to the next person.

*Body percussion (clap,stamp)