What the Playgroup Homework Booklet is
The Playgroup Homework Booklet is a single, gentle activity book a parent or teacher can use to keep a very young learner busy and learning at home. At this age the "homework" is playful rather than formal: colouring, matching, tracing, counting real objects and naming things around the house. One download gives you a full set of these activities in one document, so there is no hunting for separate sheets.
Elimu Library refreshes the booklets each holiday, but the Playgroup booklet works just as well through the term or on any quiet afternoon. It comes in editable Word and in ready-to-print PDF, so you can print it exactly as it is, or open the Word version and adjust an activity before printing.
Because the aim at Playgroup is confidence and curiosity rather than marks, the booklet keeps tasks short and hands-on, and includes simple guidance so an adult who is not a teacher can still sit with the child and know what a task is asking for.
What the booklet covers
The Playgroup booklet gathers the kind of early activities a child at this stage is ready for: early language and listening, pre-number and counting play, shapes and colours, and creative work like drawing and colouring. Everything is presented as an activity to do together rather than a test to sit, and a short guide at the back tells the helping adult what each task is practising.
For a parent, that means one download and one document to print, with plenty to keep a child gently occupied and learning. For a teacher, it is a ready set of take-home activities you can hand out without preparing anything yourself.
Who this booklet is for
Parents and guardians get the simplest possible way to spend learning time with a very young child: open the booklet, pick an activity, and follow the short note that explains what it is for. No teaching background is needed.
Playgroup and pre-primary teachers get a ready-made set of take-home activities in editable Word and print-ready PDF — handy for holiday packs or regular take-home work, and easy to adapt to your class.
Trainee teachers and early-years students get a clear picture of how learning at the Playgroup stage is built around play and short, concrete tasks rather than written assessment.
Anyone downloading on someone's behalf — a cyber café operator or school office assistant fetching a file for a parent — can be confident of the right document: it is labelled clearly for Playgroup and is a single complete booklet, so there is no guesswork.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Playgroup booklet only for the holidays? No. It is released for holiday use, but the activities suit any time — during the term, over the break, or on an ordinary day at home.
What format is it in? Editable Word and ready-to-print PDF. Print the PDF straight away, or use the Word version if you want to adjust an activity first.
Do I need to be a teacher to use it? No. The booklet includes simple guidance so any adult can sit with the child and support the activities.
Download the Playgroup Homework Booklet (Word & PDF)
The Playgroup Homework Booklet downloads from our catalogue in editable Word and print-ready PDF. Use the link below to open it. For booklets covering every other grade — and for the seasonal Homework Champion activation — see our Holiday Homework Booklets guide.