Availability of Teaching and Learning Materials on Creative Play Activities among Public Pre-Primary School Children in Bureti Sub-County, Kenya.
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2021
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EAST AFRICAN NATURE & SCIENCE ORGANIZATION
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Creative activities play a critical role in improving intellectual, emotional, and
social skills among children. This study aimed to explore the availability of
teaching and learning materials on creative play activities among public preprimary school children in Bureti Sub-County, Kenya. The research adopted a
descriptive survey design and was guided by Sarah Smilansky’s theory which
emphasises the child-centred approach in teaching creativity. Sarah Smilansky’s
theory lays emphasis on allowing young children to control their way of learning
by stressing self-expression. The population targeted was 135 public pre-primary
schools in Bureti Sub-County. Ten per cent (10%) of the target population
representing 14 public pre-primary schools was utilised during the pilot study.
The sample size for the study was 236 participants. This comprised 92 head
teachers and 144 preschool teachers from 121 pre-primary schools in Bureti SubCounty. Questionnaires and observation schedules were utilised to gather data.
The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23 was utilised to
organise data for analysis. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive
statistics. The data was presented in the form of percentage tables. The results
revealed that (73.9%) of the respondents indicated that there was insufficient
learning and teaching materials listing out that the most available materials are
manila papers, clay, paints, tires, pencils, and maise corps. The study
recommended that learning and teaching resources should be made available by
the County Government for learners to use while embracing creative play
activities. There is also a need for adequate time to be allocated to play to
enhance creative play activities in school.
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Mitei, E. C., & Mwoma, T. (2021). Availability of teaching and learning materials on creative play activities among public pre-primary school children in Bureti Sub-county, Kenya. East African Journal of Education Studies, 4(1), 82-88.