Kindergarten Resources

This recipe is for Interactive Writing in Kindergarten.

This "Letter-Sounds Phonics" recipe focuses on connecting speech sounds with alphabet letters.

Areas of research include meeting the needs of aboriginal children, children from immigrant families, French-language children living in minority settings, children with special needs, and children who require improved instruction to acquire good literacy skills.

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, provide evidence for the benefits of play-based learning in this statement of support.

Brought to you by the Canadian Education Association, EdCan Network provides open access articles and fact sheets on current topics.

The inquiry section on the galileo.org site offers teachers professional learning for building a culture of curiosity.

This Ontario research summary offers teachers guiding principles for implementing inquiry-based practices in classroom.

This section of Alberta Learning's Focus on Inquiry document provides teachers with an inquiry that can be used to guide students through the inquiry process.

A guide for teachers about how literacy and mathematics fit in to the Ontario Kindergarten curriculum.

Includes "writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers ... to help kindergarteners build strong writing skills". -- Reading Rockets

Shared Reading lessons and booklists.

Ontario teacher librarians use the Together for Learning guide in K to 12 to build student competencies for inquiry and information use.