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Did you know that children's early math and attention skills (K-Gr3) are the best predictors of later school success? Did you know that play-based, as opposed to 'drill-and-practice' activities result in better academic and attention skills?  

Instead of trying to make children love the math they hate, make them a math they’ll love. The focus of today’s webinar will be like a treasure hunt! We’ll learn that math is everywhere, but hidden in plain sight. We’ll discover how and where to look for the math around us—turning the world into a giant classroom filled with lessons that are hands-on, engaging and fun.

Lynda Colgan is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s. The focus of her research and outreach is to find ways to support parental engagement in math. As the Faculty Liaison for the »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s Let’s Talk Science group, Director of Education Community Outreach, and Founder of Science Rendezvous Kingston she has hosted more than 150 workshops related to her research and passion—myth-busting about mathematics and science—dispelling the belief that they are hard, dead subjects for which only certain people have a gene.