I have learned a lot in this module, a lot more about music. I have learned beat, rhythm, Tempo, texture etc. Arts integration and lesson planning. LSKM is quite a simple module when you are open minded and do your work on time. This has been the worst year of my life I never thought I would make it this far, but this semester honestly I never did my best.  I got lazy and lazy, and left behind in some modules. Sometimes I feel like quitting but there's part of me that doesn't wanna let go. I still believe I can do more and better than this and I am willing to.  It's been great working with my lecture and my mates. I hoping for the best next year.

Importance thing to keep in mind when planning lessons for foundation phase learners.

1.You must have clear objectives and goals 

2.Lesson assessment 

3. Learning outcomes 

You should know who your students are. Know ability levels, background, interests levels. Get creative with your resources. Lessons should not be very long, your content and goals planned carefully 

Arts integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. Arts integration engages students and offers a variety ways to construct and demonstrate understanding. Arts integration helps teachers re think the roles they play and their relationships with students. Arts integration helps teachers to  have a good relationship with teachers. Art help to learners to be creative, to be able to think outside the box, generate new ideas. Arts integration promotes active class. Learners learn different ways to construct and demonstrate understanding through art.

In foundation phase children learn by doing for example if you teach them a song they will be more interested in the lesson. i think by songs it help them to remember and recognise reapeated sounds and sound pattern. It gives learners the desire to learn and improves their creativity. Music relieves stress, at times school can be stressful so by doing music or listening to it, It can help a learner to relax and focus.  It helps the children's mind and body to work together as they will be singing and dancing at the same time and also help them to learn the sound and meaning of words. Music helps improves children's coordination movements since they respond positively to sounds and they get to explore what their bodies can and cannot do.

what is music?

Music is vocal or instrumental sounds or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotions. 

You can express feelings through music

So now can we define the following music concepts 

1. Pulse
2. Rhythm
3. Melody
4. Dynamics
5. Tempo
6. Timbre
7. Form

:Rhythm is the way music is divided into.

Tempo is the speed which the music should be played

Melody  is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
 Tempo - is how fast or slow a piece of music is performed.
: Harmony-the sound of two  or more different notes played at the same time
 Form :  structure of a musical composition or performance.
 Form...how composition of music is

In foundation phase children learn by doing for example if you teach them a song they will be more interested in the lesson.
It also helps in their cognitive development
 i think by songs it help them to remember and recognise reapeated sounds and sound patterns As well as the names of their body parts...so this song which is categorized under "music" helps children to be able to learn the body parts
It gives learners the desire to learn and improves their Music relieves stress, at times school can be stressful so by doing music or listening to it, It can help a learner to relax and focus
: It helps the children's mind and body to work together as they will be singing and dancing at the same time and also help them to learn the sound and meaning of  Music helps improves children's coordination movements since they respond positively to sounds and they get to explore what their bodies can and cannot do.

Hey guys I am gonna start by introducing myself, my name is Onezwa Mphathiswa and I am from Eastern Cape but I grew up in Rustenburg. I want to be a foundation phase teacher because I really love children and I am so passionate about teaching. I am looking forward in learning more about LSKM. I take my time when learning new things so please bare with me. I really want to pass this module with distinction and I am to work hard.

The past week I have been learning/studying unit 1, about holistic development,  I learned about the value of music in holistic development and its theories. It has three theories which are Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, Piaget's cognitive theory and Vygotsky and the zone of proximal development. 

Erikson's theory describe the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan. It focus on how social interaction and relationships played a role in the development and growth of human beings. Piaget's cognitive theory focuses on how children learn for example children through interacting with people and they built knowledge on existing skills. Vygotsky and the zone of proximal development It draws attention on the socio- cultural factors that influence cognitive development. 

Five holistic development 

Emotional, social, physical, mental and cognitive.