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How do they aid student learning? With insight from practicing teachers, Dr. Julie Comay explores how math manipulatives — both physical and virtual — may help and hinder mathematical development .

Manidoomin (Manoomin): Wild Rice the Spirit Food (an online webinar) graphic.

Educator Jason Jones is sharing knowledge about harvesting wild rice. Highlighting the Ojibwe language and culture behind this annual tradition, Jason will take us through the process – from the picking to the winnowing of the rice.

An instructor helping a child read.

The importance of early mathematics is increasingly recognized with a growing body of evidence linking early math skills to later academic achievement.

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When the Ontario government rolled out its new math curriculum in 2020, it was touted as a “back-to-basics” approach.

Jason Jones smiling in front of a river. The title of his webinar is above: Gaa-gikinoo'amawigooyang: When they teach us

Jason Jones will share teachings that can be learned from animals that have been passed down to him from his Grandmother, Nancy Jones.

A laptop computer with Online Playful Math on the screen and the OPM logo

When schooling quickly transitioned to online platforms last year, The Robertson Program was forced to reconceptualize how we would continue to engage educators and children in math and science education.