📌 Looking for my updated patterning ideas? This post has been combined with my newest lessons, hands-on centre ideas, 2026 Ontario Kindergarten curriculum information and FREE printables in one updated guide! 👉 Read the updated Teaching Patterning in Kindergarten post here. Hi friends! I’m here to share with you how I taught patterning to my…
Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebie Shop the Resource This post was updated in August 2026 to align with the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, 2026. 2D shapes are one of the first math topics I like to teach in Kindergarten. Many students arrive already able to name a circle, square or triangle, so it gives them…
This blog post was updated on April 9, 2026 to Align with the 2026 Ontario Math Curriculum 🚀 How do you teach Canadian money (coins and bills) in Kindergarten… without confusing your students and build real understanding, not just rote memorization? If your students find coin names and values tricky… you’re not alone. Teaching money…
I feel like I haven’t posted about math in so long! I have been teaching math, I promise! 😉 Last week we started decomposing numbers. I started by telling them the learning goal “We are learning to decompose numbers” and then explained that decompose means to take apart. Our success criteria is “I know I…
I’m linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching to share five things from my week! Brrr it was COLD this week! We were at almost at -30 with the wind chill on Wednesday! Since we couldn’t go outside to play in the snow my ECE had them play with these “snowballs” instead! They turned…
There is so much for children to discover when they can pour, lift, cover, predict, and test! When I first shared this post in 2014, I showed a few of the measurement activities we had tried in my Kindergarten classroom. I’ve updated it with hands-on lessons and centres for exploring capacity, area and mass in…
This month we are focusing on the M2.1 expectation in mathematics which is compare and order two or more objects according to an appropriate measure (e.g. length, mass, area, temperature, capacity) and use measurement terms. This week we focused on temperature for 2 days. First I read this book “Hot or Cold” and talked about…
I love teaching 3D figures because the kids love it too! Here is how I teach it! On the first day I tell them that I have a special surprise. I put a party hat, tennis ball, can of pop and a dice in a bag and pull them out one by one. Then I…
Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebies Shop the Resource This blog post was updated on September 10, 2026 to reflect the new Ontario Kindergarten curriculum. Hi there! Patterning is one of my favourite math concepts to teach in Kindergarten because there are so many opportunities to explore it through movement, songs, manipulatives and play! Although…
*If you want to see what I did for 2D Shapes in 2015 click here!* Week 3 and 4 was all about 2D shapes in math! I like starting with 2D shapes because it is something that most of the kids already know and feel successful about. Here is the plan I made to keep…
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