Good afternoon everyone. I hope everyone’s doing okay and staying safe. My week has been very mediocre, I’ve just been “going with the flow”. Besides watching my stomach grow bigger and bigger everyday there hasn’t been anything exciting or interesting going on.

I have however really been enjoying the work from study unit 4.

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION:

Q 1. Some people might say that arts integration is a waste of time in Foundation Phase education. Please explain how you would respond to such a statement by explaining your view on arts integration in the Foundation Phase.

1. They call it the Foundation phase for a reason, this is the phase wherein learners are the most attentive and where most of their morals and values are built. Integrating art in the foundation phase is of much importance because it is through art: music, dancing, drawing, painting etc that a child’s intellectual level is GREATELY developed. The Arts include all the fundamental aspects to enhanced brain development as it includes all sensory activities.

Q 2. Which aspects of study unit 4 did you find the most interesting and challenging?  Please use the following prompts to reflect on your experience:

What did you find interesting? Please explain why.

What did you find challenging? Please explain why

2. The benefits of an integrative approach, I find this extremely interesting because using the arts aids learners to understand and apply skills to standardized exams. Through different learning styles, focus and concentration can be enhanced.

Personally, what I find difficult is integrating or implementing these activities in an appropriate manner in a classroom. Knowing how exactly to add a music activity to a mathematics class is easier said than done.