International Journal of Academic Management Science Research (IJAMSR)   Year: 2023 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 115-123 A Survey of Age Appropriate Play Utilization among Caregivers in Lagos State Preschools Download PDF Fowowe, Sunday Simeon, Oshin, Oluwakemi Basirat, Okoronkwo Nkechinyere Modester, Adikuru Ikechukwu Azunna Abstract: The research/study shall do a survey of utilization of Age Appropriate play equipment available and used by caregivers in preschools of Lagos State with the aim of developing contemporary checklist of required play equipment for preschools in Lagos State. Descriptive survey research design type was used for this work. As population for this study was all the 1014 preschool operators in the state. Stratified random sampling was employed to select 30 preschools from each of the twenty (20) Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) of Lagos State making a sample size of six hundred (600) caregivers. Two instruments, self-structured Questionnaire and Checklist were used as data generation tool for the study. Content and construct validity were assured from three evaluators from Institute of Education, University of Ibadan. Through cronbach alpha, a reliability from an index value of 0.889 was obtained meaning that the items in the instrument are suitable for the study. Simple percentage, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Analysis of Variance were used to analyse the data tested at 0.05 significant level. The study reveals that there is a significant relationship in the utilization of Age Appropriate Play Equipment by Teachers' Specialization, Qualification and Experience among Caregivers in Lagos State. Among others, it concluded that modern play equipment should be a prerequisite for siting a pre-school structure in the state.