Abstract:
The research was designed to investigate activities of Three to Six Year Old Children
not in Preschool, The Case study of Machakos District, Kenya in Machakos District
in Kenya in East Africa. This research addresses the daily activities of three to six
year old children not in preschool in Machakos District, Kenya. The participants
comprised 287 children and 287 of their parents/ guardians. The study found that both
boys and girls of three to six years of age undertook same activities in their
homesteads. However, there were society’s stereotyped activities for children of
different gender and age. Additionally, the results indicated that playing, which
featured as the main children’s daily activity, was rated as unimportant by parents/
guardians. Other activities were babysitting, cooking/housework, cultivating, grazing
and fetching water and firewood. These activities, which seemingly contribute
towards the society’s welfare, compromised the education of three to six year old
children not in preschools. The results of the study are crucial for setting a plan on
how these children can be facilitated to grow and develop to the full. The paper
recommends having a parental/ guardian programme geared towards ensuring
children’s rights to education play and protection.
