فاعلية استخدام الألعاب التعليمية لتنمية بعض مهارات ما قبل الحساب لأطفال الروضة في ضوء منهج منتسوري

الملخص EN

The present study aimed at developing the first level kindergarten children’s pre-arithmetic skills.

these skills are attention and observation ; order and organization ; identification of shapes, sizes and patterns ; unilateral symmetry ; sorting and categorizing ; comparison and analogy ; and stats and odds.

to achieve this goal, the study utilized an instructional programme based on educational games in the light of Montessori method.

the study adopted the quasi-experimental method of a single experimental group, which consisted of 40 children (15 males and 25 females) whose ages ranged between (4-5) in the first level in the kindergarten.

the instruments included an illustrated scale of pre-maths skills for kindergarten children (prepared by the researcher).

after testing its validity and reliability, the scale was pre-and post-administer in addition to a follow-up administration.

the study applied an educational games-based program in the light of Montessori method (prepared and applied by the researcher).

the results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of pre-post administration of the illustrated scale in favour of the post-administration (wholly and dimensionally).

the results also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the males and females in the post administration of the illustrated scale in the favour of the females (wholly and dimensionally).

the study recommended that there should be training courses for the teachers to be trained on preparing and using educational games according to Montessori method.

another recommendation was related to the importance of giving more attention and interest in developing the pre-maths skills before beginning teaching figures and calculations for the kindergarten child.