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Making your Early Years STEM
In a typical school year, Kindergarten Inquiry works best outdoors, where natural cycles can spark great questions and discoveries. The onset of distance learning requires us to find new ways to capture our students’ curiosity by bringing the inquiry home. This webinar will take you through a process of adapting available resources for both Inquiry …
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Framing Learning: Problem Solving and Innovation in Kindergarten
The Ontario Kindergarten Program is viewed through the lens of Four Frames of Learning. In this session, participants will dig deep into one of these frames: Problem Solving & Innovation. What does the frame look like in our classrooms? How can we facilitate purposeful, inquiry-based learning to strengthen problem solving skills? How can we document, …
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Honouring Teacher Well-Being – Part 2: A New Slant on Teacher Mental Health and Well-Being ×
In this session, participants are provided with a framework of understanding for mental health, mental illness and well-being. This is followed by an exploration of activities for participants that focus around seven key areas which can be applied in their daily lives: happiness, laughter, comedy, mindfulness, gratitude, forgiveness and support systems. Click here for resources from Part 1: …
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Plotting an Engaging Lesson in Math Through Coding-Coordinate Systems
Plotting in math can be as engaging as it is when storytelling. Working with coordinate systems can be more interactive and purposeful when students are coding. Participants in this session will be introduced to coding challenges in Scratch (a free web-based application) that help to enhance student understanding of the coordinate grid in math class. …
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Stress Behaviour vs. Misbehaviour
Stress Behaviour vs. Misbehaviour: Supporting students in becoming self-regulated learners The Kindergarten Program, 2016 recognizes that self-regulation is central to a child’s capacity to learn. In fact, one quarter of the kindergarten program is dedicated to helping students develop this essential skill. But what is self-regulation? In this session participants will be introduced to Shanker …