Influence of Instructional Materials on Pre-school Children’s Learning Achievement in Number Work in Matungu Division, Kakamega County

The study aimed at investigating the influence of instructional materials on preschool children’s learning achievement in number work in Matungu Division Kakamega County .The use of instructional materials in teaching number work is minimal hence low achievement. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the use of instructional materials influences their achievement of children in learning number work with special reference to the influence of Audio –Visual materials on children learning achievement in number work, the effect of printed materials in children’s learning achievement in number work and the effect of community resources on children is learning achievement in number work. The literature reviewed on audio-Visual materials, Visual resources, printed resources and community resources in relation to academic achievement in number work. The study adopted descriptive survey. The population was 45 pre-schools 15 private pre-school, 30 public schools, 90 pre-school teachers and 850 pre-school children .The sample of the study included 14 pre-school teachers 9 public schools and 5 private pre schools,28 pre-school teachers and 255 pre-school children .Data was collected by using various instruments such as number work test was administered to children to determine the performance ,questionnaires were used to collect data from pre-school teachers, observation schedules was used to establish types of instructional/ materials available and observation check list was used to a certain types of printed materials and how they were used. The data was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative method and was presented in table and graphs. The findings of this study revealed that in adequate instructional materials had an effect on children’s performance in number work in preschool. The schools that had instructional materials children were able to carry out different activities and had good mastery of the content. While the pre schools that lacked the instructional materials the performance was poor and ...