The Kindergarten Series videos can serve the initial training requirements for students from the various university faculties of education, they can help teachers by illustrating and complementing the QEP, and they provide a venue for discussion for educational consultants, school administrators, teachers and parents on the different themes they address. ( ABOUT THE VIDEOS ) aboutvid.htm

A discussion guide accompanies each video. These guides are on the MELS web site, available to you by clicking on the link.

Note: These English videos are original productions, not translations.

To obtain these DVDs

Each Québec school board has received a set of these DVDs which they are allowed to reproduce.

Please contact the consultant in your board who holds the Preschool education dossier.

Disc 1: The Kindergarten

(Contains 5 episodes)

• Preschool Education Program
  Looks at the main aspects of the program through first person accounts by teachers and scenes from everyday life in kindergarten classrooms in Québec.
  Workshop Guide for the episode 2.3 Mb
  

• Learning Through Play
  This video aims to reinforce the kindergarten teacher's and parents' understanding in the ways play is a "solid foundation for learning". Hopefully it will also encourage their commitment to promoting and supporting children's play by giving them reasons and ways to do so. It will increase their awareness of the different ways they can help children become competent players.
  Workshop guide for this episode 1.3 Mb
  

• Sharing Practices With Christiane: part 1
  Christiane, an experienced kindergarten teacher, offers a tour of her classroom as she shares some of her practices with us. The purpose of the video is to offer teachers, in a group setting, a chance to reflect on their practice and share.
  Workshop Guide for 2 episodes 1.5 Mb 
  

• Sharing Practices With Christiane: part 2
  

• Emergent Literacy
  Helps teachers understand the processes by which children expand their literacy horizons. It discusses the roles teachers are called upon to play in creating an environment that supports emergent literacy and shows children engaging in literacy based activities.
  Workshop Guide for the episode 1.8 Mb

Disc 2: Mathematics, Science and Technology

(Contains 4 episodes)

• Emergent Mathematics
  An example of the ways kindergarten teachers introduce children to mathematics through a variety of activities.
  Workshop Guide for the episode 1.4 Mb
  

• Information and Communication Technologies in Kindergarten
  Helps teachers understand how children adapt to ICT and how ICT can be used in numerous ways. The video also presents the functions of ICT and discusses the responsibilities of the teacher in guiding children through their discovery of these stimulating tools for learning and communicating.
  Workshop Guide for this episode 1.1 Mb
  

• Science and Technology in Kindergarten
  Explains the role of science and technology in the kindergarten classroom and shows how teachers, children and even parents can explore these two important areas of learning.
  Workshop Guide for this episode 1.2 MB
  

• Science & Technology With Young Students
  An illustration of how kindergarten teachers introduce children to science and technology through a variety of activities.
  Workshop Guide for this episode (Not Available)