Note: Each class teacher approaches this general curriculum guide with the freedom to shift and cater it to the particular group of students he or she is teaching. Please speak with your class and subject teachers for specific details regarding curriculum content.
Literature
Fairy tales (Grimm’s as well as fairy tales from around the world); nature stories; poetry.
English and Grammar
Pictorial introduction to the alphabet; sight words; phonemes; word families.
Spanish
Verses, songs, and games (vocabulary parallels main lesson subjects).
Mathematics
Qualities of numbers 1–12; counting to 100; counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 10s; introduction of the four processes; basic geometric shapes and freehand geometric drawing.
Geography and Sciences
Nature studies and environment through observation; nature walks; time spent outdoors.
Art
Beeswax modeling; watercolors (primary colors); drawing curves and lines.
Music and Performing Arts
Music in the pentatonic scale; pentatonic flutes; speech.
Handwork
Making knitting needles; learning to knit.
Eurythmy
Fairy tales; working from the circle (still from imitation) accompanied by pentatonic music on piano, lyre, and recorder.
Movement Education
Rhythmic circle games; jump rope class.
