Are you having problems helping your children with their homework? Do you have questions that the material they bring home doesn't seem to address? We all do from time to time. Here are links to a few sites that explain, illustrate, or exemplify the Ontario curriculum.

If you have additional sites to recommend or comments on the sites listed, please contact us.

Ontario Elementary Curriculum

• General
• The Kindergarten Program
• The Arts, Grades 1-8
• French as a Second Language, Grades 4-8
• Health and Physical Education, Grades 1-8
• Language, Grades 1-8
• Mathematics, Grades 1-8
• Native Languages, Grades 1-8
• Science and Technology, Grades 1-8
• Social Studies, Grades 1-6
• History and Geography, Grades 7-8

General Homework Help

• Link to Learning
• DiscoverySchool.com
• National Geographic Homework Help

Subject-Specific Help

• Language

  • Reading at Home
  • Writing
  • Reading

• Math

  • Nelson Mathematics (math textbook support)
  • Ask Dr. Math
  • Math.com
  • Math Reference Handouts
  • Math at Home
  • Number Sense
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense
  • Measurement
  • Patterning and Algebra
  • Data Management and Probablity

• Social Studies

  • Gr 2 - Traditions and Celebrations
  • Gr 2 - Features of Communites Around the World
  • Gr 3 - Early Settlement in Upper Canada
  • Gr 3 - Urban and Rural Communities
  • Gr 4 - Medieval Times
  • Gr 4 - The Provinces and Territories of Canada
  • Gr 5 - Early Civilizations
  • Gr 5 - Aspects of Government in Canada
  • Gr 6 - Aboriginal Peoples and European Explorers
  • Gr 6 - Canada and Its Trading Partners

• History

  • Gr 7 - New France
  • Gr 7 - British North America
  • Gr 7 - Conflict and Change
  • Gr 8 - Confederation
  • Gr 8 - Development of Western Canada
  • Gr 8 - Canada: A Changing Society

• Geography

  • Gr 7 - Themes of Inquiry
  • Gr 7 - Patterns in Physical Geography
  • Gr 7 - Natural Resources
  • Gr 8 - Patterns in Human Geography
  • Gr 8 - Economic Systems
  • Gr 8 - Migration

• Science and Technology
  

  • Life Systems
    • Grade 2 - Growth and Changes in Animals
    • Grade 3 - Growth and Changes in Plants
    • Grade 4 - Habitats and Communities
    • Grade 5 - Human Organ Systems
    • Grade 6 - Diversity of Living Things
    • Grade 7 - Interactions within Ecosystems
    • Grade 8 - Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems
        
  • Matter and Materials
    • Grade 6 - Properties of Air and Characteristics
    • Grade 7 - Pure Substances and Mixtures
      
      
  • Energy and Control
    • Grade 4 - Light and Sound Energy
    • Grade 5 - Conservation of Energy
    • Grade 6 - Electricity
    • Grade 7 - Heat
    • Grade 8 - Optics
       
      
  • Structures and Mechanisms
    • Grade 2 - Movement
    • Grade 4 - Pulleys and Gears
    • Grade 5 - Forces Acting on Structures
    • Grade 6 - Motion
    • Grade 7 - Structural Strength and Stability
    • Grade 8 - Mechanical Efficiency
      
      
  • Earth and Space Systems
    • Grade 1 - Daily and Seasonal Cycles
    • Grade 2 - Air and Water in the Environment
    • Grade 3 - Soils in the Environment
    • Grade 4 - Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
    • Grade 5 - Weather
    • Grade 6 - Space
    • Grade 7 - The Earth's Crust
    • Grade 8 - Water Systems

Worksheets

• Graphic Organizers
• Worksheets

Reference Material

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Dictionaries
• Maps
• Merrian-Webster Thesaurus
• Atlases and Factbooks
• Fact Monster
• Ref Desk
• Bartleby.com