HISTORY AND LITERATURE
Animal fables, legends and folklore from many cultures, stories of heroes and exemplary people.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Oral poetry and storytelling, individual and group recitation, cursive writing, reading lesson books and literature, spelling plays.
MATHEMATICS
Practice of four math processes, computation, rhythmical counting by 1s-12s, mental math.
GEOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE
Relationship and responsibility between human beings and nature, nature observation.
FINE ARTS
Dynamic and flowing forms and symmetry, introduction of cursive writing, wet-on-wet watercolor, modeling from beeswax.
HANDWORK
Knitting and purling, casting on and binding off, increasing and decreasing.
EURYTHMY
Contraction and expansion, concentration, dexterity and opposites, rhythm of language, forming circles and figure eights, high and low tones.
MOVEMENT
Circle and singing games, emphasis on opposites, jump rope and hopscotch.
MUSIC
Oral language experiences, vocabulary, phrases, questions and responses, numbers.
WORLD LANGUAGE
Songs, games, poems and plays, cultural traditions, vocabulary and numbers.
AGRICULTURE ARTS
Simple practical tasks and garden skills emphasizing cooperation, themes related to respecting nature, observation.
COOKING ARTS/NUTRITION
Food vocabulary, traditional foods from around the world, caring for chickens, the sensory experience of food, bread baking. Sensing balance in our diet.