by victoria amulega
Focus on Hygiene and Nutrition is based on the Hygiene and Nutrition Activities learning area for Grade 2. The Book has been developed for the learner and has a variety of activities that the learners can do to enhance their ability to practice hygiene and healthy living. The activities are incorporated in a way that learners will enjoy doing them as they learn.
A variety of pictures has also been incorporated in the relevant places to enhance readability and a better understanding of the concepts. The activities are aligned to the curriculum designs.
Learning points have also been provided under “what I have learned” to summarise the sub-strand.

by Zilpher Oracha, Zachary Oduri & Violet Nkatha
Summit Environmental Activities Teacher’s Guide is: • Elaborate and provides comprehensive additional information for the teacher. • Well organized, with clear cross-referencing to the Learner’s Book. • Detailed, with many teaching and learning activities suggested. • Relevant to the teacher’s local context. • Appropriate and full of practical suggestions for teaching and learning resources. • Unique, with useful assessment suggestions and approaches to evaluate the specific learning outcomes on learner competencies realised. Summit Environmental Activities Series is written by experienced teachers with a track record of assisting learners to realise excellent performance and learning outcomes. Zilpher Oracha is a renowned SMASE-trained teacher of Science, trainer and facilitator with a wealth of over 30 years’ experience teaching Science in primary schools. She has facilitated several training workshops in the country and participated in the review of the Science Curriculum. She has also authored Summit Revision Science. Zachary Oduri is an experienced teacher with over 15 years’ experience in teaching and examining Science and Mathematics. He has taught in various public and private schools. He is currently a teacher and Head of the Science Panel at the Sony Complex Primary School. He has also authored Summit Revision Science. Violet Nkatha is a trained graduate teacher and a SMASE lead facilitator with 20 years’ teaching experience. She is currently teaching at Milimani Primary School. Her vast experience in Drama and Music activities complement interactive teaching that forms the basis for the competency-based curriculum.

by Wallah
Utamu wa Kiswahili: Shughuli Mzomzo, Gredi ya 2 ni hatua adhimu katika safari ndefu ya kuitalii lugha ya Kiswahili. Kitabu hiki ni hatua muhimu ya kwanza katika kutambua kipawa cha mwanafunzi na kupalilia ilhamu ya fanaka katika maisha yake.
Mambo yaliyomo yamepangwa kwa lugha nyepesi iliyojaa ubunifu na burudani. Mifano iliyotolewa ni ya kumwezesha mwanafunzi kuhisi uhalisi na uhai wa mazingira yake. Mpango uliotumika unamfanya mwanafunzi kujihisi kuwa sehemu ya kazi Yenyewe na kwa hivyo kuimarisha umilisi wa shughuli na kutimiza malengo ya kiwango, malengo maalum na malengo ya kijumla.
Utamu uliokolea hasa katika:
1. Shughuli za binafsi.
2. Shughuli za vikundi.
3. Shughuli za makundi.
4. Shughuli za utafiti na utaftishi.
5. Shughuli za kijamaa.
6. Shughuli za kijamii. Sa
7. Shughuli kumbukizi.
Utamu wa Kiswahili ni kitabu kinachofanya kumjenga mzalendo anayetarajiwa kuitetea na kuijenga nchi kwa dhati ya moyo.
Ni suluhu kwa ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili.
Usichelewe kugonga gogo kupata utamu wa mlio!

by Oxford
Let’s Do Mathematics Activities is a new series specially written to provide practical experiences that support acquisition of numeracy skills for the new competency based curriculum. The books in the series provide a wide range of activities that the learners will find exciting and motivating. These activities are aimed at acquisition of the core competences, values, and pertinent and contemporary issues (PCIs) as outlined in the curriculum.

by Mwalimu Kipande
Stadi za Kiswahlli ni Kitabu cha Mwanafunzi, Gredi ya 2 ni kitabu cha ziada kilichoandakwa kwa mujibu wa mtaala mpya uegemeao umilisi uliozinduliwa na Taasisi ya Ukuzaji Mitaala ya Kenya (KICD) mnamo Septemba 2017. Kitabu hiki kimejumuisha mada zote kuu na ndogo zilizomo katika ruwaza ya mtalaa ya Kiswahili Gredi ya 2. Isitoshe, mada kuu na ndogo zimepangwa kulingana na jinsi zilivyopongwa katika ruwaza hiyo. Fauka ya haya, yaliyomo yamewasitishwa kwa ubunifu wa hali ya juu kuyaoanisha na umilisi wa kimsingi, masuala mtambuko, maadili miongoni mwa masuala mengine yanayofumbatwa na mtaala mpya uegemeao umilisi. Kitabu hiki kimejumuisha shughuli za aina nyingi za kufanywa na mwanafunzi binafsi, wanafunzi wawili wawili na makundi ya wanafunzi. Kazi na shughuli za wanafunzi wawiliwawili na wanafunzi katika makundi zinadhamiriwa kuimarisha stadi za kusikitiza na kuzungumza na vilevile umilisi wa ushirikiano na mawasiliano. Aidha, kitabu hiki kimesheheni vifungu vya kusoma na vya kuchangamsha vitakavyomsaidia mwanafunzi kuimarisha stadi ya kusoma. Stadi ya kuandika haijaachwa nyuma. Kitabu kinazo shughuli za kutosha za mwanafunzi iii kustawisha stadi ya kuandika.