Simcoe County District School Board

Spring into new math activities this April

New math problems, games, and activities are added to Math at Home monthly. Visit scdsb.on.ca/MathatHome to find fun, engaging ways to support your child in learning math.

In April, activities in school and on Math at Home may include comparing, estimating, and measuring length, perimeter, area, mass, and capacity.

SCDSB families invited to explore math games and activities at Family Math Night this April
The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) invites you to participate in a Family Math Night on Tuesday, April 15 at Chris Hadfield Public School in Bradford. The event will offer a variety of engaging math games and activities for families with children from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8.

Drop in anytime between 4 and 6 p.m. to explore numerous math stations, each staffed by SCDSB teachers. You'll leave with valuable math tools and resources to support your child's learning at home. Families are welcome to attend this event, regardless of their child's home school.

Register to attend.

Online math resources for families
Practice math anywhere with Math at Home, an online resource for parents/caregivers of SCDSB students from pre-school age to 16. This resource is updated monthly with games, problems, and number talk activities that reflect the math your child may be learning at school each month.

In March, activities in school and on Math at Home may include grade-level tasks related to using symbols to represent quantities, evaluating algebraic expressions, and solving algebraic equations.

In February, activities in school and on Math at Home may include describing and comparing locations of objects using positional and directional language, and performing movements such as reflections and rotations.

SCDSB families invited to explore math games and activities at Family Math Nights this February
 
The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) invites you to participate in a Family Math Night on either Feb. 18 (Chris Hadfield PS, Bradford) or Feb. 20 (Ardagh Bluffs PS, Barrie). These events will offer a variety of engaging math games and activities for families with children from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8.
 
Drop in anytime between 4 and 6 p.m. to explore numerous math stations, each staffed by SCDSB teachers. You'll leave with valuable math tools and resources to support your child's learning at home. Families are welcome to attend either event, regardless of whether their child attends that school.

Register to attend: https://forms.office.com/r/PE0K5e1Zjm

Support your child(ren) in learning math

Families looking for ways to support their child(ren) in learning math are invited to try Math at Home. Math at Home is an online resource that is updated monthly with games, problems, and number talk activities that reflect the math your child may be learning at school each month.

In December, activities in school and on Math at Home may include grade-level tasks related to identifying, describing, and creating patterns, identifying pattern rules, and extending patterns.

Visit scdsb.on.ca/MathAtHome to support your child’s math learning at home!

Practice math anywhere with Math at Home, an online resource for parents/caregivers of SCDSB students from pre-school age to 16. This resource is updated monthly with games, problems, and number talk activities that reflect the math your child may be learning at school each month. 

In November, activities in school and on Math at Home may include grade-level tasks related to measuring objects and identifying and sorting shapes, figures, and angles.

In October, activities in school and on Math at Home may include grade-level tasks related to representing whole numbers using different tools, and adding and subtracting whole numbers, fractions, decimal numbers, and integers. 

Knowledgehook is another digital math tool that provides more opportunities to practice math at home. Ask your child's teacher about how they can access their account at home.

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