Officials with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board is encouraging parents to take a more hands-on approach to teach their children math skills.
It follows the latest province-wide test results of the Education, Quality and Accountability Office or EQAO.
The results show the number of students in Grade 3 and 6 who met the EQAO standard in reading, writing and math were above the provincial average.
The number of Grade 9 math students and Grade 10 literacy students who met the EQAO standard also exceeded the provincial average.
But the math scores dropped compared to the previous year's results.
Executive Superintendent of Student Achievement Emelda Byrne says parents play a role in helping their children become more comfortable with math and it shouldn't just be a school subject.
"Students learn to read and we, as parents, read with our children every night," she says. "Math is more of a focus on what we do in school in math during the day, how do we follow through with math in the evening with our parents."
She says parents can use practical examples in everyday life to teach kids math.
"Going to the grocery store and saying there is a soup can that's 77 cents, if we were to buy four of them what would be the cost, but maybe asking the question if we have a five-dollar bill, how many soup cans can we purchase."
Using practical math skills could also include cooking or painting a room.
The province issued a 'parent's guide to the fundamentals of math' in an attempt to get parents and their children to have fun with numbers.
Byrne says overall, the board is pleased with the results but officials will analyze the results to find any areas of improvements.
Click HERE for the full report from the catholic board.
Click HERE for the results of the Greater Essex County District School Board