Unique Aspects of Our Grades Program

Class teachers accompany a class for several consecutive years and teach all core subjects. The close relationship that develops between the class teacher and students benefit the child's growing confidence and self-esteem.

Academic work each day in the grades begins with a 2-hour Main Lesson that addresses core subjects in great depth. Blocks last three to four weeks to provide time for students to fully digest and assimilate the material.

Rather than standardized textbooks, students create written and illustrated Main Lesson Books from their teachers' presentations and blackboard drawings. This creative process enables them to "own" their learning and allows the children to experience a subject on a far deeper, richer level than the intellectual one.

Between the ages 7 and 14 children learn most naturally through beauty. That's why stories and art are used as teaching vehicles. The stories chosen for language arts and history blocks match closely the developmental stage of the children. For example, stories of saints & heroes and fables appeal to the developing sense of right and wrong of second-graders.

Curriculum Overview

First Grade:
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Nature Stories
Pictorial and Phonetic Introduction to Letters
Reading Approached through Writing
Form Drawing
Qualities of Numbers
Introduction to the 4 Processes of Arithmetic
Multiples and Skip Counting
Vocal Music and Pentatonic Flute
Spanish
Knitting, Beeswax Modeling, Painting, Crafts
Gardening and Cooking
Yoga and Cooperative Games

Second Grade:
Animal Fables, Stories of Saints and Heroes
Nature Stories
Form Drawing and Cursive Writing
The 4 Processes of Arithmetic
Number Patterns and Place Value
Vocal Music and Pentatonic Flute
Spanish
Knitting and Crocheting
Beeswax Modeling, Painting & Crafts
Yoga and Games

Third Grade:
Old Testament Stories Introduce History
Study of Practical Life: Farming, Housing, Clothing
Measurement, Weight and Money
Reading, Spelling, Writing
Form Drawing
Punctuation
Vocal Music, Pentatonic Flute, String Instrument
Spanish
Handwork, Painting and Crafts
Gardening and Cooking
Yoga and Games

Painting in the First Grade Classroom.

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