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This study aims to empirically document purposeful play activities' impact on developing kindergarten children's mathematical concepts and skills in Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2021- 2022. The study employs a quasi-experimental two groups quantitative design. The study conducts on a random sample of kindergarten children. The control group and experimental group each consisted of 20 children. The study was based on analyzing the pre and post-test for these groups to investigate the impact of purposeful play activities on the following pre-number skills: classification, sequencing, matching, and geometric shapes. In addition, the mathematical aptitude of focusing on counting from one to ten was also considered and analyzed. The study shows that the impact of purposeful play activities is positively significant. The Mann-Whitney U test was used as it was considered to be more appropriate to the applied conditions. The study recommends that early childhood teachers should integrate purposeful play activities to enhance children's learning of pre-number and number skills.
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