In Kindergarten through Grade 3, the best way to teach financial literacy is through pretend play. Students need to interact with coins and bills and have real and pretend interactions using money. Children also...
Patterning is one of my favourite math strands because there are so many ways to link it to other subjects, especially music and visual arts. It falls under the Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours...
When I first started teaching Kindergarten, I felt pressured to make cutesy crafts for holidays. Most of the time, I didn’t mind, but when it came to Thanksgiving, it seemed like every teacher had...
Math can be so much fun! From tally marks to graphing games, there are all sorts of activities that help kids learn the basics while enjoying themselves. In this blog post, we’ll take a...
In Kindergarten through Grade 3, the best way to teach financial literacy is through pretend play. Students need to interact with coins and bills and have real and pretend interactions using money. Children also...
The Social-Emotional Learning and Mathematical Processes strand was added to the 2020 Math Curriculum in Ontario, although the concepts are not new to any modern math classroom. If social-emotional learning (SEL) is taught alongside...
Are you looking for a new way to teach students about shapes? Then check out these fun 2D shape games that will get your kids excited about geometry! Each game is designed to help...
We just got the news that we’re headed back to teaching online this week. After a few rounds of online teaching, many of us have gotten used to the routines, but it’s a very...
The foundation of the Ontario Kindergarten program is play-based, child-centred learning. Kindergarten teachers are advised to be flexible with the curriculum and focus on students’ interests and developing a lifelong love of learning. Effective...
Maybe you’re a parent helping your child develop math skills. Maybe you’re a teacher looking for some new strategies to use in your Math class. Talking about math with children – and more importantly,...
