Books

KLB Visionary Agriculture Grade 5 Learner's Book has been developed in line with the requirements of Grade Five Agriculture Competence-Based Curriculum Design. The experiences have been developed in tandem with the thematic and integrated approach that is recommended for learners at this level. The book is generously illustrated to enliven the content, which is steered to follow the curriculum design. A lot of emphasis has been placed on learning through discovery. Through the several activities, learners are led to discover knowledge on their own. The book has employed a learner-centered approach where all experiences are centred on the learner's interests, knowledge, and application to real-life situations. Several parallels are drawn from the learner's immediate environment. Several activities are included in the title and learners encouraged to perform them either in pairs or in groups. This approach is aimed at promoting collaboration amongst learners. Every learning area has a home project where the learner is expected to transfer the skills learnt at school to home. This is aimed at enhancing community service learning. Digital literacy has been given great attention as learners search for information from the Internet and watch relevant video clips. This makes learning interesting and widens sources of information. Financial literacy is adequately addressed. Learners are encouraged and trained to sell surplus produce such as seedlings and vegetables

KLB Visionary English Literacy Activities Grade 1 Learner's Workbook is based on the new Competency-Based Curriculum. It has numerous learner-centred activities for each learning strand and sub-strand that allow the learners to discover and create knowledge through doing rather than memorizing facts. The four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are acquired through the involving activities that allow for maximum collaboration and participation among the learners. The activities are designed in a way that enables learners to pace their own learning and even to learn from their peers. The activities in the Learners' Workbook are tailored to develop the seven core competencies as spelt out in the new curriculum, namely communication and collaboration, self-efficacy, critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and imagination, citizenship, digital literacy and learning to learn. Learning in this Workbook is not just confined to the classroom but continued outside the class and even in the family and community. This link to a community is maintained throughout the book. Parent/caregiver engagement is emphasized so that learning becomes a life-long endeavour that goes beyond the classroom and the normal school situation. The Workbook has full-colour illustrations that make the content very attractive to the learners. thus making learning fun. The language used in the book is simple and easy to understand. This makes the desired learning outcomes easy to achieve without undue difficulty to the learners. This is one book that makes learning fun and learning concepts easy to grasp.