Good day, fellow students

I trust that all is well and I believe that everyone is also busy to with their assignments and tests. This year is almost finished and there are so much things that still have to be done!

1. The integration of arts in the Foundation Phase is of cardinal importance. By integrating Arts, learners are being engaged actively. Arts in the Foundation Phase is not a waste of time, but a way the learners can express themselves and respond to what they understand of certain concepts. Here, the learners demonstrate through arts their understanding and skills. Arts also motivates learners and grant them the chance to be actively involved and learn through own experiencing. The integration of arts not only promotes the learning of students, but also teaching and is an approach that promotes the active engagement and teaching of many other important elements in teaching.

2. What I found interesting is that the arts not only motivates the learners because it is something fun to do, but the integration of it internalizes new knowledge and skills which can be gained through authentic activities. I found it interesting that  the integration of Art strategies offer learners the opportunity to learn in a way which prioritises in-depth understanding of new concepts and skills on a practical level before introducing abstract symbols.

What I found a bit challenging is to integrate the different subjects with arts so that the subject has meaning to the learners and that it is not just there to do something fun and keep the learners busy. This is important so that the learners can learn proper skills and knowledge that they can draw right through to the real-life and that it can have value to them. The things that they learn should be of such value that they can apply it to their real life.