Enhancing the Number Recognition Skills of Kindergarten Pupils through Project GAMES

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In school education, numeracy is a fundamental component of learning across all areas of the curriculum. There are programs launched by the Department of Education to help the learners in learning numbers in an interactive way. It is stated in the program that not only language literacy should be included in the curriculum but also the early numeracy.This action research aims to focus on how games and manipulatives enhance the number recognition skills of kindergarten pupils in Buhian Elementary School through a pre-test and post-test. This study has outlined several and varied activities designed to increase the pupils' achievement in the number recognition.

METHODS

The researcher used different games and activities in which some were based from the other sources and manipulatives made by the researcher herself. The researcher applied it during a portion of Arrival Time (Blocks of Time) to make sure that there was no deviation from the guidelines in conducting the project. The researcher used the pretest and compared its results with the posttest as the end lines. The results were recorded, analyzed, and interpreted in order to answer all the research questions.The researcher listed games and have implemented them within six months (a minimum of 10 games) and have the pupils played those games. The research questions have served as a guide in the interpretation of the data after collecting the necessary information from the respondents.

RESULTS

The researcher has found out and concluded that the performance level of the kindergarten before the implementation of this study was improved. During pretest, the erformance level obtained by the respondents was at 62%, and 79% during posttest. The researcher also concluded that there were four games which has been found interesting to the respondents using histogram.

DISCUSSIONS

From these findings and conclusions of the study, the following conclusions were deduced: The result showed that the project had positively enhanced the number recognition skills of kindergarten pupils. It was also proven that there was a significant difference in the performance of Kindergarten pupils in the pretest and posttest after the implementation of Project GAMES. The researcher then also recommended that the teacher should also consider the attitudes, interests, and the learning level of the pupils in using games to enhance the number recognition skills of pupils.