How do young children learn to do challenging things? The same way we do: By having the freedom to practice - and fail - in low stakes settings. There’s so much to love about this video (and this terrific IG account, which is largely focused on Willow’s imaginary play): In

DIY Rekenrek Ideas for Home and School To encourage teachers and other adults to use rekenreks, it's important to not only go over ways to use a rekenrek, but also we thought we would make sure everyone has opportunities to have them, whatever the budget. earlymath.erikson.edu/diy-rekenrek-h…

Happy first day and welcome back KPR! We look forward to another exciting year of learning, discovery, new opportunities and memories #WeAreKPR

Today we recognize International Literacy Day. The theme “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable & peaceful societies” invites us to reflect on the role of literacy in building more inclusive, peaceful & sustainable societies!

Literacy is important to mental health and well-being. Thanks to school staff, parents and caregivers for all you do to support children's literacy in Ontario. #LiteracyDay #OntEd

Kindergarten curiosity! So much excitement & so many questions ! ⁦KPREarlyYears⁩

Today is Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day! We recognize the professionalism, skills & dedication of all child care staff & educators of young children. Thank you for your valuable contributions & incredible impact on children, families & communities.

Engaging discussion and learning with Dr. Jean Clinton focused on reframing behaviour, recognizing stressors and the importance of belonging, relationships, and connections #RelationshipMatters Thank you Drjean!

In case you missed KPR’s Parent Conference last month, a recording of Dr. Jean Clinton’s engaging presentation and Q&A is now available! This great resource offers valuable tips to support parents & caregivers in understanding their child’s behaviour: bit.ly/45Qh1Sg

Check out the UFLI Foundations game generator app! Select one or more lessons and generate new games using words from those lesson. Games can be a fun way for kids to get the extra practice they need! research.dwi.ufl.edu/op.n/file/pd7p…

We loved having time in with KPRDSB Kindergarten educator teams this week focused on learning more about foundational literacy with our youngest learners! We can’t wait until Day 2 with all other schools! #AlwaysLearningKPR 🌟 KPREarlyYears

At our Kindergarten learning this week we enjoyed breakouts supporting smaller group discussions about key dimensions of our intentional planning and assessment of literacy learning in K! #AlwaysLearningKPR 🌟 KPREarlyYears

Have you heard the latest Jack Hartman’s blebdable letter sounds? Holly Lane said that he made it specifically for UFLI. ❤️ Take a listen… youtu.be/K8Dh_cubb-4?si…

What a day of learning with K teams from across KPRDSB! Educators engaged in new learning, consolidated & applied existing learning & considered how we can create conditions where foundational language learning is systematic & explicit in the Kindergarten context.#WeAreKPR

When students explore new words through movement, they understand them better, retain them longer, and feel more empowered to use them. That's why this teacher incorporates music and movement into her lessons daily. 🎶 🌟 #MakingLearningMorePlayful with The LEGO Foundation

We are excited to be supporting professional learning with K-2 KPRDSB educators about early reading screening and supporting student learning. Educators are engaged “doing the work to learn the work” experiencing the screener together to picture this with young learners.

Registration for the Canadian Early Mathematics Education Conference 2024 on August 20th in beautiful Kingston, Ontario is now open. Hope to see you there! @LyndaColgan Faculty of Education AIM Collective eventbrite.com/e/canadian-ear…

KPRDSB families have been visiting some of Summer Learning Programs from Brighton to Courtice to Peterborough! We are fortunate to have the partnerships with families that allow this important learning to be a collaborative effort. #LearningMatters #AlwaysLearningKPR 🌟

Even our youngest Navigators are learning about how “To Be A Good Ancestor”! Check out these meaningful connections! ⁦KPRDSB Indigenous Ed. Dept⁩ ⁦James Brake⁩

We “donut” know what we’d do without our Early Childhood Educators! We thank them for being important partners and know they are well loved by students, colleagues & parents/guardians! #ECEexcellence