Elementary School

The first years of formal schooling are crucial. It’s where we lay a solid foundation for learning that will resonate through a child’s life. We establish these foundations in our elementary school with a curriculum that’s rich, diverse, and engaging. It’s a curriculum that evolves based on the developmental needs of each student as they grow from wide-eyed, playful first graders into confident, practical fifth graders.

Through every developmental stage in every grade, our goal is to help students find meaning through timeless stories and first-hand experiences rather than memorization of facts and test preparation. Our students are actively engaged through rotating blocks of main lessons that weave in music, art, drama, and handwork projects, along with French, gardening, athletics, and plenty of time outdoors.

Grades Curriculum Chart

First Grade

Curriculum

Art: Form Drawing, Painting, Beeswax Modeling, Crayon Drawing

Language Arts: Introduction to the Alphabet – writing block capital letters, consonant and vowel letter sounds, lower-case letters

Mathematics: The quality of numbers, Counting to 100, Roman and Arabic numerals, Introduction to the Four Processes – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

Subject Classes: Handwork – learning to knit, Music – singing, introduction to the recorder, Strings (violin, viola, or cello), French, Movement & Games, Eurythmy, Nature Study