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Ontario Kindergarten Communication of Learning Comments (Four Frames)

Ontario kindergarten reports — the Communication of Learning — are written through four frames: Belonging and Contributing, Self-Regulation and Well-Being, Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours, and Problem Solving and Innovating. Each frame describes Key Learning, Growth in Learning, and Next Steps — no grades, no levels. Below are sample comments for every frame, ready to personalize or to draft with Milo's Four Frames wizard.

Belonging and Contributing — sample comments

Key Learning + Growth
[Student] demonstrates a strong sense of belonging in our classroom community. She greets her friends by name, invites others into her dramatic play, and proudly contributes her ideas during our morning gatherings. Over the term, [Student] has grown from playing alongside peers to co-creating play scenarios, negotiating roles, and sharing materials.
Next Steps
As a next step, [Student] is encouraged to take on small classroom leadership routines, such as guiding a friend through our tidy-up jobs. At home, talking about how family members help one another will extend her understanding of contributing to a community.

Self-Regulation and Well-Being — sample comments

Key Learning + Growth
[Student] is developing strategies to manage his feelings during busy parts of the day. He now moves independently to our quiet corner when he feels overwhelmed and uses belly breathing to calm his body — earlier in the term he needed an educator alongside him for this. [Student] communicates his needs with growing confidence.
Next Steps
As a next step, [Student] will practise naming his feelings before choosing a calming strategy. At home, noticing and naming emotions together during stories will support this growth.

Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours — sample comments

Key Learning + Growth
[Student] demonstrates literacy behaviours with enthusiasm. She retells familiar stories using the pictures, prints most letters of her name independently, and has begun matching letters to their sounds in her own writing at the writing centre. In mathematics, [Student] counts collections to 20 with one-to-one correspondence and creates repeating patterns with two attributes during block play.
Next Steps
As a next step, [Student] is encouraged to stretch out the sounds she hears in words as she writes labels for her creations. Counting everyday objects at home — stairs, snacks, toys — will continue to strengthen her number sense.

Problem Solving and Innovating — sample comments

Key Learning + Growth
[Student] approaches problems with curiosity and persistence. When his marble run kept collapsing, he tested different supports, observed what happened, and adjusted his design until it worked — explaining his thinking to his peers. Over the term he has grown from abandoning challenging tasks to trying multiple solutions before seeking help.
Next Steps
As a next step, [Student] is encouraged to record his discoveries by drawing or photographing his designs so he can revisit and improve them. Wondering aloud together at home — "What would happen if…?" — will keep extending his inquiry skills.

How to write Communication of Learning comments

  1. Describe Key Learning — what the child knows and can do now, anchored in a specific observed moment from play.
  2. Show Growth — compare to earlier in the term ("has grown from… to…").
  3. Give Next Steps — one for school and, where natural, one families can do at home.
  4. Stay asset-based — describe what the child does, not what they fail to do.

Related guides: Grade 1–8 comment examples · Learning Skills comments (E, G, S, N)

Frequently asked questions

What are the four frames of Ontario's Kindergarten Program?
Belonging and Contributing; Self-Regulation and Well-Being; Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours; and Problem Solving and Innovating. All learning in Ontario kindergarten is organized and reported through these four frames rather than subjects.
What is the Kindergarten Communication of Learning?
It is Ontario's kindergarten report. Teachers write anecdotal comments for each frame describing Key Learning, Growth in Learning, and Next Steps in Learning — there are no letter grades or achievement levels in kindergarten.
How should kindergarten comments be written?
In plain, family-friendly language, describing what the child can do (asset-based), using specific observed examples from play-based learning, and ending with a next step families can support. Comments are about the child's learning, not the program.
How is kindergarten reporting different from Grades 1-8?
Grades 1-8 report achievement levels (1-4) against subject expectations plus six Learning Skills. Kindergarten reports anecdotally through the four frames with no grades, reflecting the play-based pedagogy of The Kindergarten Program.