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!

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.

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_Pyle_PhD

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 ❤️ https://t.co/34ZOf8ZcuU

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. https://t.co/RYij74iP4d

This contains important information about the waste of time (children's & teachers') associated w #RunningRecords. How ironic that a tool derived from the #WholeLanguage camp ("reading is a ALL about meaning") doesn't even assess comprehension🤦‍♀️There's so many better options!

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

It was lovely working with our partners at @LEGOfoundation on our newly published paper on guided play in Canadian and South African contexts!

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

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".

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?

Themes in Early Childhood Education: Will They Ever End? https://t.co/gRY5yRN2hi via @DianeKashin1

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!!

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

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

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

Check out the latest Canadian educational research--some must-read articles for everyone concerned with education. https://t.co/uOZZrfMPZc

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

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

Coding with straws and connectors! Wonderful ideas for some of our older materials hiding in our cupboards! Thank you! @McLennan1977 & @Freeman_Gr1 #etfopley