Numeracy
The first section of links on this page are about the importance of Numeracy and why these skills are important to our students in today's world. We live in a vast global community which is why we've linked to sites in many parts of the world. Children in every country are working on these same life skills.
In the second section are online interactive math games and activities our students will be using at school, but they may also come to this site and use these same activities to reinforce their math skills at home. We hope you find this page informative and helpful as we spend this year focusing on Numeracy Skills throughout our school. If, in your own Internet searches you find other good educational links we might include here, please send me those links. I'd be happy to include them.
Numeracy Skills – The What and the Why?
- The Essential Skill of Numeracy – The ultimate reason why numeracy is important
- From the University of West England numeracy resource – Why numeracy skills are important
- Canadians need to do more to improve numeracy skills – Globe and Mail article
- Numeracy Skills Count – Includes statistics from the UK, Australia, and USA
- How Blended Learning Develops Numeracy Skills – eLearning Ontario
- Trades Math Workbook Outline – Employment and Skills Development Canada
- Why the Ontario Government is committed to improving math skills – Ontario Ministry of Education
- Preparing Students for the World Beyond the Classroom – EQAO Research Team
- Literacy and Essential Skills in Ontario (2012) – Essential Skills Ontario
- Supporting Numeracy – Capacity Building Series
- Numeracy in Literacy and Basic Skills – Developing Adult Numeracy
- The Ontario Math Curriculum – Ontario Ministry of Education
- What Works? Research into Practice – Ontario Ministry of Education
- Elementary Math Support Pages – TVDSB Math Department
- A Math Dictionary for Kids – by Jenny Eather (highly visual; great for classroom use)
Online Interactive Math Games and Activities
- Math Playground – Play with numbers and challenge your thinking skills
- Numeracy WebLinks – Primary ages 4 to 11
- ICT Math Games – Math activities across multiple themes
- Arcademics – Arcade-style games for learning math skills
- Mad for Math – Games and parent resources for KS2 math
- SumDog – Free games to make math fun
- Maths Zone – Interactive math games and activities
- BBC Bitesize – KS1 primary math resources
- Primary Games – Educational game series
- Primary Games Arena – Curriculum-based math games collection
- Teaching Ideas – Math resources and activities
- Kiwi Families – Free school-age math games
- PBS Kids Math Games – Math activities across topics and strands
- Cool Math 4 Kids – Math games and learning activities
- Family Learning – Numeracy resources
- StudyLadder – Interactive activities (free account required)
- Crickweb – Free online educational resources
- Math Frog (University of Waterloo) – Free math learning resources
- Spy Guys – Grade 6 math game covering key concepts
- AAA Math – Interactive arithmetic lessons