Check out the latest Canadian educational research--some must-read articles for everyone concerned with education. cje-rce.ca

Summer Institute : capable and curious. Learning with Ashley and Claire today at the Hilton!

West Coast meets East Coast- surfing in Grand Bend🏄🏽‍♀️🕶#Sitka

Grade 1/2s reflecting on the big question “What is math?” to frame our mathematical thinking for the year - Math is music! Math is nature! Math is problem solving! Math is working together! #waytobein103 #earlyyears

We are digging into Ped Doc at the Westmount Family Centre. Alternative ways to document- record children’s questions- no iPad required! #ldcsb, #pedagogicaldocumentation

Such a simple and fun game that can also be adapted using the floor tiles in the hall, outlined with masking tape and a child as the game piece that hops back and forth when the other children roll the die!!

Themes in Early Childhood Education: Will They Ever End? tecribresearch.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/the… via Diane Kashin

Educators - what are some of your "non-negotiables" (i.e. things that will be found in your class regardless of grade/teaching location, etc.)? My first few thoughts: green plants, laughter, community building, student voice/choice, (mostly) blank walls in September. Yours?

Thinking about the importance of large, uninterrupted blocks of play-based exploration in Grades 1 & 2 as our learning community creates our Rube Goldberg machines. Deep thinking & connections need time to come out! Speaks to the importance of rethinking "traditional timetables".

Play is not separate from our learning. It’s not for “after our work is done”. It’s the vehicle for our language development, social learning, emerging STEM thinking & more. It’s interwoven into everything we do, & engages students heads, hands, & hearts. ❤️ #playbasedlearning

It was lovely working with our partners at The LEGO Foundation on our newly published paper on guided play in Canadian and South African contexts! tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10…

OPAL Symposium can’t wait to hear how we can embed play in our schools

OK My Friends! Here is an outstanding site where celebrities read great picture books. Your kids can scroll over the images of the books and choose the ones that they wish to hear. Hundreds of them.. Some math ones too!! Take a visit! Keep healthy ❤️ storylineonline.net

More LEGO math fun! Roll the two dice, add the numbers, & place the corresponding number of blocks on the base plate. The first to fill theirs wins! Great practice with composing numbers as you pick the right combination of blocks to make your answer. Angela

Oral reading fluency cannot always be measured by how quickly the student reads. In this resource video, our own @DrMariaMurray1 explains oral reading fluency so that we can work to improve it using the #ScienceOfReading. youtube.com/watch?v=-v6sqI…

Special Shout Out to The Bag Lady for the generous donation to the LDCSB Christmas Fundraiser. Jane, the soup was Amazing! Thank you for supporting our families this year.

COMING SOON: #EmbracingTheShift, Natural Curiosity's new webinar series! 🎉❄️ To learn more about #decolonizing education by embracing the outdoors as a place of learning, stay tuned for session announcements!

How much time do u spend connecting with your kids&how much time do u spend correcting? Great reflection question #etfopley Drjean

Coding with straws and connectors! Wonderful ideas for some of our older materials hiding in our cupboards! Thank you! Deanna McLennan Ph.D & Mrs. Kathy Freeman #etfopley