Kindergarten

Participants will learn how skills related to decomposition, abstraction, pattern recognition and algorithmic reasoning skills for children lead to the development of computational thinking. This activity has students learn about binary coding through the building of a paper chain garland that re...

This seven part video series on parent engagement, explains how important it is for educators and parents to engage well with one another to enhance educational outcomes for our young children.This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Education.

Video 1 of 7: Invites educators to examine their roles or positions in their interactions and how they may need to disposition themselves in order to affirm practices that reflect positive assumptions about parents, build relationships and honour beliefs about the important place and voice of par...

Video 2 of 7: Explains the importance of knowing each child's story and how educators can bring families and their stories into the classroom. This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Education.

Video 3 of 7: Explains how home visits help to establish and to build relationships with children who are coming to school, their parents and their extended families. The positive relationships that begin with home visits help both parents and children feel more comfortable and welcome in the cla...

Video 4 of 7: Shares the experience of teachers at Howard Coad School who consulted with parents about what they would like to know about their students' successes at school. Teacher vignettes explain new ways of sharing such as: using "I can" statements to represent students' understanding of cu...

Video 5 of 7: Discusses how parent knowledge can be used to influence their child's learning and provide engaging, authentic experiences that are different from teacher-directed instruction. This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Education.

Video 6 of 7: Explains how parent engagement must be considered to be just as important as skills such as numeracy and, therefore, incorporated in a similar, systematic way on the school landscape. This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Educa...

Video 7 of 7: Highlights how parent knowledge is a valuable addition to teacher knowledge in helping students be included and successful in the classroom. This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Education.

This conclusion to the seven part video series on parent engagement summarizes the theme of the series - the unlimited potential in parent engagement and in working closely with parents and families. This video series is supported by the provincial Early Years Outcome Team and the Ministry of Edu...

Preston Dumaine, a Kindergarten/Grade 1/Grade 2 teacher at Macoun School shares her ideas and strategies for making her multi-grade classroom developmentally appropriate for the various grade levels. Educators will gain an understanding of how Kindergarten can be embedded in a K/1/2 multi-grade c...

This webinar supports Kindergarten Teachers to think "Student First" while planning for a seamless EYE-TA administration. The focus is on integrating EYE administration with play-based learning. Numerous images of play-based activities and opportunities for Kindergarten children will support teac...

This webinar focuses on thinking "Student First" while supporting school based personnel to implement the EYE. The webinar includes an overview of the EYE and key considerations for administrators to ensure a seamless administration. The Impact of the School-based Administrator on Student Learnin...

This webinar supports Prekindergarten teachers to think "Student First" in planning for administration of the EYE-Direct Assessment. It includes suggestions to ensure an optimal assessment experience for each child. Information is relevant for situations in which the EYE-DA is administered by a t...

This webinar reflects on using the EYE with children who are speakers of languages other than English. Content includes thinking "Student First" with a diverse population of young learners. A key focus explores ways to be culturally and linguistically responsive when administering the EYE with ...