Kindergarten
This page is dedicated to resources that support the updated 2026 Kindergarten curriculum.
While the program remains rooted in a play-based and child-centered approach, the 2026 update introduces clearer expectations and more intentional instruction in core areas to better prepare students for Grade 1.
The vision of the 2026 curriculum is to ensure all children develop the foundational knowledge and skills needed to communicate effectively, to solve problems, and to thrive in a global community.
Click here to access the Ontario 2026 Kindergarten Curriculum.
Scroll below to see how the daily schedule is organized around a “Flow of the Day”. It is flexible and fluid, supporting students in developing the knowledge and skills described in each strand, not in isolation, but as part of their learning in all strands. Sample models are provided for both double and single educator classrooms.
The Kindergarten Flow of the Day: Double Educator Model
The Kindergarten Flow of the Day: Single Educator Model
Use these buttons to navigate to each section of the Kindergarten page.
Play - Inside
In this section, you will find resources to support indoor play, including sample visual models for integrating educator roles in the Flow of the Day for various scenarios (i.e. double educator model, single educator model, and combined grade classrooms).
Indoor Play: Double Educator Model
Indoor Play: Single Educator Model
Indoor Play: Combined Grade Classroom
Use this link to access resources that support the building of early reading skills, fluency, and comprehension from the K-6 Reading page. Included are supports for reading assessments, phonological awareness, phonics/decoding, fluency routines, read alouds, text sets, and more!
Use this link for resources related to whole group math instruction including support for number talks and math games, strand-based math topics, three-part lessons, Kindergarten inquiries, and professional learning supports through the Math UP program.
Whole Group
In this section, you will find resources to support whole group instruction for various learning areas such as early reading skills, fluency, comprehension, writing, Number Talks, math games and more!
Small Group
In this section, you will find resources to support small group instruction.
For information and resources related to gathering and interpreting reading screening and diagnostic data as well as reading interventions, please visit the early reading page using the link to the right.
Click here for information and resources about small group instruction in foundational reading skills.
Transitions
This document provides ideas to help transform routine, transitional moments throughout the school day into quick, powerful learning opportunities.
Within the document are ideas for activities that build and reinforce the skills measured in each of the Acadience Reading assessments. To get started, analyze data from the reading screener, identify areas of need, and choose the activities that align.
This resource provides ideas for integrating math during outdoor learning time. It includes suggestions for math lessons, activities, resources, and read-alouds.
This slide deck and link page was shared by DSB1 educators during a Summer Symposium session. It provides an overview of outdoor learning ideas across the seasons with images, ideas for activities, prompts, recording learning stories, and more!
Outdoor Exploration
In this section, you will find resources to support outdoor exploration for various subjects and themes, but also through the four seasons as students explore the changing environment. Play opportunities exist along a continuum from student-directed, to guided, to educator-directed activities and strengthen the foundational skills learned in the whole-group setting.
Outdoor exploration time presents great opportunities for inquiry learning, making observations, collaboration, conversation, and more! It is great for activities such as measuring, finding shapes, and discussing patterns in the natural environment. It also encourages rich talk between students and their peers as well as between students and their educators.
Choosing an area for outdoor exploration that is separate from where students play during recess may lead to new student wonderings and exploration. Keeping a wagon or wearable pouches stocked with accessible tools such as clipboards with paper and pencils, sidewalk chalk, magnifying glasses, rulers, etc. help promote meaningful inquiry and that can be crucial in ensuring that
Click here for 5 days of outdoor learning lessons! Each of the lesson ideas contain a read aloud suggestion and mini-lessons with links to virtual readings of the stories. You could read this story outside in your gathering circle, or inside the classroom before going outside. Each read aloud provides a small focus for outdoor learning time.
Community Eating
Community eating times provide our students with rich daily opportunities to practice social, academic, and life skills in the authentic context of relationships and community.
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