The Curriculum & Assessment Department is pleased to offer parents and guardians helpful resources and simple ways to support their secondary school children in mathematics, both at school and at home. to help students build confidence, develop a positive attitude toward mathematics and feel comfortable taking on new challenges.
This resource includes:
- Digital math tools and resources: Clickable links to virtual manipulatives, practice questions, worksheets, educational games, graphing tools, puzzles and real-world problem-solving activities.
- Free online tutoring: Access to TVO Learn Mathify, which offers one-to-one tutoring with Ontario Certified Teachers (OCTs) and an interactive whiteboard to help students work through math problems.
- Tips for learning at home: Practical ways parents and guardians can support their child鈥檚 math learning.
- Building confidence: Strategies to encourage perseverance, confidence and a willingness to tackle new challenges.
- Learning from mistakes: Ideas for helping students see mistakes as opportunities to learn and celebrating their effort, strategies and progress鈥攏ot just correct answers.
- Encouraging mathematical thinking: Questions and suggestions to help students explain their thinking and try different ways to solve problems.
- Math in everyday life: Simple ideas for connecting mathematics to everyday activities and experiences.
Please note: Parents and guardians are responsible for reviewing all linked websites, tools and resources before use to ensure they are appropriate for their child.
We encourage families to explore the flyer together and discover ways to make mathematics a positive, engaging and meaningful part of everyday life!