We are the Play Learning Lab, run by Dr. Angela Pyle (@Angela_Pyle_PhD) at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study of @OISEUofT
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7 Feb 2025
If your #kindergarten class enjoyed the Dice Addition Game that we posted about earlier this week, you should putting blocks and dice out during free play to see what creations are made! Have a look → playlearninglab.ca/product-p… 🎲🧱 #playbasedlearning
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4 Feb 2025
A MathUp sample inquiry in action! How do we sort? "Because they go on the road!" "Because they are all blocks!" Rich opportunities for discussion, student voice (and documentation)! @MmeMicheline @StMichaelOCSB @P_Luxton @OttCatholicSB #ocsbMath #ocsb #ocsbKindergarten
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4 Feb 2025
There are so many games you can play with just a pair of dice. Dice Addition Game can be a quick an easy way to add some numeracy in your transitions or #kindergarten daily practice. Check it out here: playlearninglab.ca/product-p… 🎲🎲 #earlymath #playbased
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3 Feb 2025
Can you guess what our Dramatic Play area is this month? ❤️🍰🧁🍪 @StVeronicaOCSB #LearningThroughPlay
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31 Jan 2025
Wow - what a great experiment! Thanks for sharing! ❄️
31 Jan 2025
In FDK, we did an experiment today to find out how animals stay warm in the cold weather. We used a bag of fat (crisco shortening) to protect our hands from ice cold water and learned about how animals need “blubber” to survive the winter.
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30 Jan 2025
Do you discuss Groundhog Day in your #kindergarten classroom? It's coming up so now is a great time to make some class predictions and talk about the change of seasons. What kinds of activities are you doing? ❄️🌱 #groundhogday #playbasedlearning
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28 Jan 2025
K1 & K2 began learning about graphs. They looked at retrieving info. & inputting into a graph so it’s organized and easier to read. Afterwards, they explored which object occurred the most and least. 📊
@StMonicaOCSB #MONmoments #ocsbKinder #ocsbMath @LauraAnnP2
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29 Jan 2025
Happy Lunar New Year! 🏮 What are you doing in your classrooms today to celebrate? #playbasedlearning
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24 Jan 2025
K1 & K2 love exploring with the Ozobots!
First, they were asked to create simple line mazes & then they were challenged to include shapes into their designs. The more they experimented, the more their ideas evolved✨
@StMonicaOCSB #MONmoments
#ocsbKinder #ocsbMath @LauraAnnP2
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22 Jan 2025
Another big shipment, and we turned styrofoam into icy bergs for our winter sensory bin! My young audience called it “beautiful” as they eagerly waited to dove in, ready to create new stories with their imagination & senses! ♻️♥️🤩 #ocsbKindergarten @StAnneOCSB
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16 Jan 2025
🧮 Fact fluency fun! We took on the Cuisenaire Rod Face Challenge—pairs worked together to create faces with a total value of 100 (whites = 1, oranges = 10). 🎨✨ Strategies galore: making 10s, counting on, & mental math magic! Math creativity = a perfect combo!
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16 Jan 2025
We've seen pasta necklaces in #kindergarten but we've never seen pasta patterns! Thanks for sharing 🍝 #playbasedlearning #earlymath
15 Jan 2025
Pasta Patterns ✨
We used various pasta shapes to create our pattern strips. How many different kinds of patterns can you create?
Math tools can be anything 🩷
@CaradocPS @TVDSBKinder @tvdsbmathk8 @audrey_stephen
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15 Jan 2025
"Does the Shoe Fit?" is an engaging and hands-on way to get students involved and introduce measurement in #kindergarten. Check it out here: playlearninglab.ca/product-p… 👟📏 #playbasedlearning #earlymath
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12 Jan 2025
Who said blocks are just for building?! If you have colourful cubes in your classroom, then check out this example of how your #kindergarten students can use them to create beautiful pictures: playlearninglab.ca/product-p… #kindergartenart #playbasedlearning
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9 Jan 2025
Looking for more ways to encourage art exploration during free play? Put out some old magazines with scissors and glue to see what collages your students create! ✂️🖼️ playlearninglab.ca/product-p…
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7 Jan 2025
❄️❄️ Snowball Roll Relays during this snowy week in #PhysEd !
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7 Jan 2025
Bonne année! It was wonderful to be back together today. We made New Year's crowns and Epiphany stars. We explored a wintery sensory bin with "flocons de neige" and made "bonshommes de neige" with losse parts on the light table. @StVeronicaOCSB #ocsbKinder #LearningThroughPlay
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6 Jan 2025
Ringing in the new year with a refresh on our term 1 concepts & skills. 🎉
Today we used Froot Loops to practice colours, sorting, counting, and number recognition…and gluing skills too!
@CaradocPS @TVDSBKinder @tvdsbmathk8 @audrey_stephen
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7 Jan 2025
Happy 2025! As your class gets back into routine, encourage your students to think about 2025 'resolutions' for home and school. Creating a writing centre that is all about goals could get students writing, drawing, & talking about their ideas 📝🖼️playlearninglab.ca/product-p…
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