1st Grade

In First Grade students are crossing the bridge from Kindergarten into the Lower Grades.  At Hawthorne Valley School First Grade is a half day with the option of playgroup in the afternoon.  A strong rhythm is created in the classroom that echoes the rhythms of nature and festival that are explored in Kindergarten.  Through fairy tales children are introduced to each letter of the alphabet in a meaningful way, this paves the way for writing and reading as the year progresses.  Numerical qualities are experienced in a multi-sensory way with children applying rhythm and physical games to their exploration.  Creating a strong foundation in this permits the children to then move into numerical application with a firm sense of the numbers they are adding, subtracting, etc.


First Grade Main Lesson Curriculum
Fairy Tales
Writing
Phonics/Reading
Qualities of Numbers
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Nature Studies
Music
Speech/Recitation
Drama


First Grade Art and Handwork
Beeswax Modeling

Painting

Knitting

Drawing Curved Lines