Oh manI can not begin to say how happy I feel to almost be done with this semester, it has been nothing but hard. 

Study unit 5 is a good way of ending the units. Now coming back to the unit and the question.

1. When planning a foundation phase lesson you should include as many music activities as possible because children learn better through music, creative arts and improvisation and interpretation. There should always be music at the beginning and the end of the lesson. As a teacher you should include elements of play to encourage creativity, discovery and collaboration and to apply art integration strategies as often as possible in teaching and learning. Guide learners in music listening, give them specific criteria, specify which music elements they should focus on, movement activities to perform or questions that they need to answer through the music listening activity.

Other important aspects is that you should consider the types and methods of assessment that you would use for each learning activity in the lesson. Before you want to explain something think about whether you could rather facilitate the activity to enable learners to discover the skills or knowledge themselves or whether you could rather ask an open question which will guide the learners discovery. encourage learners to continuously reflect on their learning and engage in critical conversation about and assessment activities. as a teacher you should also provide as many opportunities as possible for learners to engage in experiential PBL and play , based TL and assessment activities. Think about the role of assessment in your lesson. Think about how the lesson content links to real life as well as current social and political issues and consider the importance of peer scaffolding.

2. Utilizing arts in the foundation phase is one of the most significant things a teacher need to do. Art is a great form of education and I am willing to integrate arts and music in my lessons. I have witnessed children becoming better students due to art and music, most learners are not really good in sit and listen kind of teaching but when you integrate music in your lesson the learner becomes energetic and start to be part of the lesson. Music needs to be the forefront of teaching and learning, art needs to be something that is used on daily lesson plans, every lesson need to start and end with art and music.

3. Before this module I always thought that teaching is all about mathematics science and technology but now that I have learnt about the importance of art and music in the foundation phase I know that music is a big part of learning and teaching. Music makes learning enjoyable and fun, music has an important role to play in the foundation phase. Researchers has found out that when learners learn within fun, safe and relaxing environment learners get to learn optimally. Most learners are more energetic when its time for music and arts. I have learnt so much about music and art in the foundation phase and I cant wait to do all the things I have learnt in this modules with my learners.