Parents and guardians can play an important role at home through understanding expectations, encouraging good homework habits and maintaining good communication with teachers throughout the school year. Parents of older students can assist with secondary course selections as well. We encourage you to to explore the wealth of online resources included on this page to help you help your child learn!

Ontario School Council Support Centre  
http://www.schoolcouncils.net/   

TVOntario Independent Learning Centre's site: Ask a Teacher
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/AAT/

Helping Your Child Learn to Read
A Parent's Guide from the Ministry of Education
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/earlyreading

Helping Your Child Learn Math
A Parent's Guide from the Ministry of Education
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/earlymath

Canada e-Book
The Canada e-Book uses sound, images, tables, graphs and both analytical and descriptive text to look at Canada—the land, the people, the economy and the state.
http://142.206.72.67/r000_e.htm

Canada Science and Technology Museum
Kids' Zone Activities, articles and interactive features like the Inventions Gallery, where kids can submit their own inventions to be showcased online.
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone

The Canadian Atlas Online
State-of-the-art interactive atlas from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
http://canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/

Canadian Children’s Museum
Interactive online features complement the museum’s collection.
http://www.civilization.ca/mce_ccm/mce_ccme.asp

Canadian Museum of Nature
Online movies, games, facts and features about the natural world we live in.
http://www.nature.ca/nature_e.cfm

Career Matters
All about high school requirements and options. Covers Ontario English high school course descriptions, codes, and their pre-requisites; information on alternatives like co-op, summer school, and apprenticeships, plus a Student Planner tool.
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/CM/HighSchool/

Civilization.ca
Centralized website for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Children’s Museum, the Canadian Museum, the Canadian War Museum and the Virtual Museum of New France. Feature-rich site also offers special areas for educators and kids.
http://www.civilization.ca/visit/indexe.aspx

Ecokids
Canada's interactive environmental web site for students of all ages.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm

e-Learning Ontario
e-Learning Ontario is developing an e-learning strategy to provide all students in the province with access to high-quality courses and resources through emerging information and communication technologies.
http://www.elearningontario.ca/

Nature Challenge for Kids—Teachers/Parents pages
Information and resources for David Suzuki’s “Nature Challenge” program as tailored for youngsters.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/teachers/

Postal Planet
From Canada Post, lesson guides and activities for elementary school children covering letter writing (email and print), stamps, postal history and more.
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/corporate/

TVOKids for Parents & Teachers
A companion site to TVOntario's children's Web site, this site helps parents, caregivers and teachers make the most of TVOKids' range of educational projects. Activities grouped by topic and age level, plus links to books, articles and other parenting resources.
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/grownUps.html

Virtual Museum of Canada
A broad collection of online exhibits, images, events and activities celebrating the stories and treasures that have come to define Canada over the centuries.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/