We know how important it is for you to support your child's academic development. To help you at home, we'd like to share with you some simple tips and tricks that can make learning moments more enjoyable and effective.
Math can sometimes seem intimidating, but with a playful and encouraging approach, your child can develop solid skills in this subject. By using interactive learning methods, exploring everyday situations to apply mathematical concepts and encouraging a positive attitude towards challenges, you can make a significant contribution to your child's mathematical success.
We hope these practical tips will help you create a supportive and fun learning environment at home.
Eureka, learning support service
Eureka! is a service unique and free A learning assistance program for students in Ontario's French-language schools. It is designed to help them achieve their academic success goals.
Eureka! essentially consists of :
- Offrir un service virtuel parascolaire d’appui à l’apprentissage destiné aux élèves de la 1re at 12e of Ontario's French-language schools;
- Offer a homework help service, provided by a team of qualified teaching staff;
- Mettre en place des programmes d’appui en mathématiques;
- Offer in-depth support in French and STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics);
- Diffuser des capsules en numératie destinées aux élèves à partir de la 4eyear.
Eureka! is available Monday to Thursday, 4 pm to 9 pm, and Sunday, 5 pm to 9 pm, from September 8. Your child can make an appointment to receive homework help directly on the website moneureka.ca.
Activities
- Put out the right number of plates or utensils to set the table.
- Convert measurements when cooking (e.g., triple a recipe, halve a recipe, ml in 1L, gram in kilogram).
- Keep egg containers to work with fractions (e.g., to work with halves, thirds, quarters and twelfths).
- Group socks in pairs and clothes by color or criterion (e.g., school, sports, etc.).
- Count the steps to get to a place; ask the child if it's an even or odd number.
- Bring out the different geometric shapes during a visit to the park (e.g., play structure, soccer field or basketball court).
- Find regularities in the neighborhood (e.g., color of houses, trees, color of cars)
- At the grocery store, estimate the amount of a purchase, calculate tax and check change.
- Play battle with a deck of cards, visually comparing quantities or numbers.
- Use playing cards to hunt for objects. On each card, the child must bring back a collection of objects corresponding to the number indicated, e.g., place 6 macaroni on the card, 1 shoe, etc.
- Count in intervals (by twos, fives or tens) to count larger groups of objects more quickly (e.g., using pasta, buttons, screws).
- Snake and ladder: count, move, recognize sequences of numbers and digits
- Blockus : practical sense of space
- Yahtzee: double, triple, quadruple calculations
- Battleship: to exercise strategies and coordinates
- Monopoly : mental arithmetic, counting/money management
- Crib: mental arithmetic, anchoring in 5, 10 and 15
- Card games
- Dice games
Online resources and activities
Mathador
Free math games (grades 1 to 8) including numerical games, board games and activities.
Conversion raccoons
This game is designed to sharpen understanding of the mechanics of converting units of length (grades 5-8).
Fin Lapin 3
An application for tablets and smartphones, students transform themselves into rabbits to practice their multiplication, division, addition and subtraction tables.
TFO Learning at home
Discover learning activities you can count on, aligned to the Ontario curriculum, from kindergarten to grade 8ᵉ, in every subject! Access simple, engaging, free and interactive resources. These activities are an effective way to support your child's learning!
In brief
As part of the Ontario Plan for Strengthening Mathematical CompetenciesCSDCAB has developed an Action Plan for Success in Mathematics (PARM).
This plan sets out the objectives to be achieved and the strategies to be implemented to improve mathematical performance for all students.