The first grade is an exciting time at our school, as children transition from the familiarity of home or kindergarten into a more formal learning environment. While this can bring on first grade jitters, your first grade child has a sense of wonder and imagination perfectly suited to this new challenge. And our curriculum is thoughtfully designed to reward this curiosity, laying the foundation for lifetime learning.
Language Arts: Letters and vocabulary through pictures, poems, class plays and storytelling
Literature: Folk and fairy tales
Mathematics: Number patterns and concepts, the four operations
Science: Nature study
Spanish: Greetings, colors, numbers, and basic phrases
Physical Education: Cooperative clapping and rhyming games, chasing games, jump rope, parachute play and dancing
Handwork: Basic knitting stitch leads to increasingly complex projects like a pouch, ball and cat
Art: Watercolor painting, beeswax modeling and form drawing
Music: Recorder and singing
