Spotlight Mathematics Activities Teacher’s Guide Pre-primary 1 has been uniquely designed to greatly benefit the teacher in handling the New Curriculum Pre-primary 1 Mathematics Activities. It guides the teacher to comprehensively cover the Pre-primary 1 Mathematics Activities Curriculum
Design as per the Competency Based Curriculum introduced by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in 2017. It is presented in a clear, simple and precise language that makes teaching and learning both stimulating and interesting.
Key Features of the Guide:

• Covers all the Curriculum Design’s strands, sub-strands and learning outcomes of the Pre-primary 1 competency based curriculum.
• Relevant learning experiences are stated for all learning activities within the level of the learners.
• Suggested teaching and learning steps are included for all mathematical concepts and competencies as per curriculum demands.
• Encourages authentic and realistic understanding of mathematical concepts by suggested use of practical and group work activities with examples.
• Suggests instructional materials that are related to learner’s environment.
• Guides the teacher in ways of using ICT devices to make learning enjoyable. :
• Suggests relevant assessment modes for all activities and feasible guidance on practical activities.
• Suggested teaching and learning methods are learner-centred approaches, discovery-based and inquiry-based to enhance development of concepts, core competencies, values and PCls.
• Provides approaches per sub-strand to cater for different learning abilities including slow and fast learners, as well as learners with special education needs following regular schooling.
• All answers have been provided for all assessment tools from the Learner’s Book.

by Mady Musiol

This book will help children to lay down a firm and lasting foundation in understanding mathematics as they prepare for primary school. The book is easy to use and has fun activities that are carefully designed in line with needs of the competence-based curriculum, contemporary learners, teachers, and parents – who care and are aware of the fundamental requirements of early years’ education.

A teacher’s guide is available to ensure that the learner achieves the best of the activities provided in the book. The instructions in the teacher’s guide indicate how each activity can be developed in order to make the most of the book.

Mady Musiol has over 20 years’ experience in preparing Educational material for teaching competency-based curriculum.
Other books available by the same author for supplementary and reinforcement of the learned concepts are listed below.

by Omondi
First Steps Environmental Activities is a competency based course developed to equip the learners with necessary competences, skills, values and knowledge geared towards developing the learner in all aspects. The course employs an inquiry based approach to learning in all activities which equips learners with skills and the quest to learn and discover on their own.
The course:

• Encourages the use of learning materials from the learner’s immediate environment thus giving the learner an opportunity to learn
• Has a variety of activities which enable learners to explore and learn
• Covers all the outcomes in the syllabus
• Has activities which integrate the core competences, values and pertinent and contemporary issues
• Has activities to encourage parental involvement in the learning of the children
• Has activities that enable learners to appreciate and improve their community.

by Atieno
KLB Skillgrow Psychomotor and Creative Activities Pre-Primary 1 Teacher’s Guide is designed to assist the teacher deliver the new Pre-Primary Competency-Based Curriculum. It provides the most suitable approach in the coverage of the Strands and Sub-strands prescribed in the curriculum design through a wide and varied range of activities to ensure all the core values and links to other activity areas are brought out as spelt out in the curriculum design. The teacher’s guide has clearly highlighted all the pertinent and contemporary issues that are of relevance to the activity area. The whole approach is aimed at equipping the learner with 21st century skills.
The guide effectively assists the teacher in lesson preparation, presentation and assessment; and suggests practical activities and accompanying resources as required. The teacher will find the guide very useful in the delivery of this new inquiry based curriculum.

by Ibrahim
Skillgrow Islamic Religious Activities Pre-Primary 2 Teacher’s Guide is a book that gives information to the teacher. It spells out the outcomes for each strand and sub-strand while offering suggestions on how best to teach all the lessons. It provides learning resources and experiences for every lesson, which call for prior preparation on the part of both the teacher and learner. The teacher is guided on specific preparations to be done before the lesson to improve on his or her delivery.
This Teacher’s Guide takes the teaching of every strand and sub-strand step by step with information that will help the teacher achieve desired outcomes for each iesson. The Key Inquiry Questions have been provided to help the teacher focus on direct learning towards the expected lesson outcomes and ultimately acquisition of competences by the learner.
This Guide shows links to pertinent and contemporary issues and values to be developed in every lesson. It also shows the link to the strand, sub-strand or activities in other learning areas. It further gives suggestions to non-formal activities that would enhance learning and Community service learning by the learner. Useful tips are extensively employed on integrative teaching particularly where multi-ability learning is used to cater for learners of varied abilities.
Suggested methods of assessment for every lesson to enable the teacher monitor
the progress of the learner using formative assessment tools are adequately
provided. Assessment rubrics are included in the guide to enable the teacher monitor the achievement of the learner in terms of the expected outcomes and competences and take necessary action. There is also clear cross-referencing between the Guide and the Learner’s Workbook for ease in following while teaching.

Mastering Number Work is a book intended for use by pre-primary Il pupils. It has been thoroughly researched on and introduces pupils to the simplest and most basic ways of mathematics.
The unique strength of the book lies in the following areas:
* New curriculum concepts and skills with a variety of activities.
* Variety of exercises that test understanding of concept and skills learnt.
* Enough revision exercises for remedial work.