Home Connections

This page contains a helpful collection of resources designed to strengthen the link between classroom learning and home support in Mathematics and Literacy. It is built for use by teachers and contains a variety of ready-to-use supports and low-prep activities in both digital (online programs, interactive links) and non-digital (printable games, hands-on activities) formats to accommodate diverse family needs.
Rather than sharing this page as a whole, educators should intentionally select and copy specific resources that directly address the current learning needs or concepts of their students to share them with families.

Use these buttons to navigate to each section below.

Here are some ready-to-share “Snow Day Family Choice Boards” that contain easy, educational activities. Educators can make a copy to share with families to support learning from home on inclement weather days when bus transportation has been cancelled.

This section provides links to resources for supporting literacy from home.
The Supporting Your Child’s Early Reading Skills (K-2) resource offers a collection of interactive activities designed for families to use at home. These tools help reinforce the essential building blocks of reading in just a few minutes a day for both English and French Immersion students. Educators can make a copy to share with families.
Below are family-friendly definitions and examples of common literacy terms used in schools as well as a choice board that offers quick, hands-on, and fun ways for families to support sound skill development from home.

Sound Skills Choice Board

Literacy Glossary for Parents and Caregivers

This section contains links to digital, decodable texts (in English) that can be shared with families for home practice.
Prior to sharing with families, please ensure that the sounds in the books have been explicitly taught through core programs at school (ex: UFLI) and that students have had many opportunities to practice the texts to reinforce their understanding of the target sounds.

This section contains links to digital, decodable texts (in French) that can be shared with families for home practice.
Prior to sharing with families, please ensure that the sounds in the books have been explicitly taught through core programs at school (ex: Son-au-graphe, Je sais lire en français) and that students have had many opportunities to practice the texts to reinforce their understanding of the target sounds.

Card & Dice Games

This section provides information about fact fluency and how families can support their children in building it from home.
It also provides links to non-digital games and printable items such as card and dice games that can be used for supporting fact fluency. Educators can save a copy to share with families.

This section provides information for families who would like to support their child’s fact fluency by using Reflex on a device at home.
It links to a step-by-step guide for logging in to Reflex, information to assist in creating a free parent account, and a video to learn more about the program.

Educators can use this link for more information about getting started with and using Reflex to support math fact fluency.

This section provides a collection of ready-to-share newsletters that serve as guides for families to support their children's mathematical learning at home. Each newsletter concentrates on a specific mathematical topic or skill, such as Arrays, Number Bonds, Financial Literacy, and more.

They include tips and low-prep activities that families can use to engage with math, often using common items like a deck of cards or kitchen supplies.
Educators can make a copy of the newsletter that applies to their current math concept to share with families.

The Potential and Power of Arrays