Grade 1Creative Activities

What your child actually learns this year

Every strand and every topic in the Grade 1 Creative Activities curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.

1Creating and ExecutingMaking and moving: the body first, then the hands.7 topics·134 questions

  • Jumping

    5 skills

    Jumping safely in different ways, landing properly, and building confidence.

  • Rhythm

    4 skills

    Clapping and tapping a steady beat, and keeping it with others.

  • Drawing

    4 skills

    Drawing real things from looking at them, and controlling the pencil.

  • Stretching

    3 skills

    Stretching safely, and learning what a warm up is for.

  • Painting and Colouring

    6 skills

    Using colour, staying with the shape, and mixing to see what happens.

  • Melody

    4 skills

    Following a tune up and down, and singing it back.

  • Pattern Making

    4 skills

    Repeating shapes and colours to make a pattern, which is mathematics wearing other clothes.

2Performing and DisplayingDoing it where other people can see: games, craft, balances and songs.7 topics·126 questions

  • Singing Games – Kenyan Style

    4 skills

    Traditional Kenyan singing games, with the words, the actions and the turn taking.

  • Throwing and Catching

    4 skills

    Throwing accurately and catching reliably, alone and with a partner.

  • Paper Craft

    4 skills

    Folding, cutting and sticking paper into something that stands up.

  • Log Roll and T-Balance

    4 skills

    Two basic gymnastic moves, done safely and in control.

  • Songs – Action Songs

    4 skills

    Songs with movements, sung in time and performed together.

  • Modelling

    4 skills

    Making a shape from clay or dough, and making it hold together.

  • Percussion Musical Instruments

    4 skills

    Playing simple percussion, and keeping time with other children.

3AppreciationListening and noticing, and one topic that is about staying alive.2 topics·40 questions

  • Musical Sounds

    4 skills

    Telling instruments and sounds apart, and saying what a piece of music is like.

  • Water Safety Awareness

    4 skills

    What is dangerous around water and what to do about it. The most important topic on this page.

Why you can take this page at face value

Straight from the KICD design

The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 1 Creative Activities curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.

Nothing here is a sample

Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.

Marked by a machine, written by a person

Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.

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300 Grade 1 Creative Activities questions in the bank, covering every topic on this page.