• Uppercase letters A-I
• Letter sounds and shapes
• Stories, poetry, and songs
• Uppercase letter J-R
• Letter sounds and shapes

• Nature through the five senses
• Falling leaves and special trees
• Animals: similarities and differences
• Plant growth: seeds and sprouts
• Weather: seasonal changes

• Numbers 1-6
• Geometric shapes
• Pattern recognition
• Opposites
• Comparing quantities

Throughout the year, students engage in a multitude of art and craft activities including crayon drawing, watercolor painting, sewing, baking, nature crafts, collage, crafts from recycled materials, carpentry, model building, and working with clay.

Over the course of the year, students participate in activities that help develop musical ability, bilateral awareness, rhythm, hand-eye coordination, and dexterity. Sample activities include making and playing homemade instruments, reciting poetry, singing and finger plays, dancing, and playing catch and other kinesthetic games.

The book Healthy Living from the Start provides the basis for a year-long health course. Families explore topics relevant to their child’s growth and development including nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.

• Upper- and lowercase letters A-Z
• Long and short vowels
• Fairy tales and poetry
• Word families
• Printing words
• Phonics

History

• Classic fairy tales
• Daily and monthly cycles
• Yearly calendar

Geography

• Navigating with a compass
• Mapmaking and reading maps
• Using a globe

• Phases of the moon
• Constellations
• Life cycle of the seed
• Cloud formations
• Animal observations
• Weather and cloud formations
• Seasonal animal behavior, tracks, and hibernation
• Deciduous and coniferous trees

• Four processes
• Ordinal numbers
• 2, 5, 10 times tables
• Translating story problems into equations
• Missing numbers
• Mental math
• Counting and sorting
• Form drawing

Throughout the year, students engage in a variety of arts and crafts activities. Fine-motor dexterity and focus are developed through learning to knit, which benefits the child’s developing writing skills. Highlights include making a bird feeder and nesting supply box, maintaining a seasonal display, wet paper watercolor painting, nature crafts, and creative sand and water play.

In addition to singing exercises, students learn how to play the recorder. Instructions and simple songs are included in Oak Meadow’s Beginning Recorder. Movement activities focus on balance, coordination, directional awareness, and rhythmic movements such as jumping rope.

The book Healthy Living from the Start provides the basis for a yearlong health course. Families explore topics relevant to their child’s growth and development including nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.

• Independent reading
• Writing short paragraphs
• Consonant blends and word families
• Poetry
• Fables and other classic stories
• Summarizing stories
• Descriptive writing
• Memorization and recitation
• Sight words

History

• Folklore of Ancient China
• Ancient Mali and Sundiata
• Ancient Celts
• Family customs and traditions

Geography

• Cardinal and ordinal directions
• Map reading and using a globe
• Climate regions
• Continents and oceans

• Animal observations and research
• Charting data
• Interdependence in nature
• Sorting and classifying
• Animal habits and habitats

• Four processes
• Vertical and horizontal equations
• Missing numbers
• Writing numbers in expanded forms
• Carrying in addition
• Place value
• Number patterns
• Form drawing
• Mental math

Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawings as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. They engage in various hands-on activities that help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Highlights include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades.

Students continue to develop their recorder playing skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs. Focus on breath control, tonality, and technique help enhance the student’s musical ability.

The book Healthy Living from the Start provides the basis for a yearlong health course. Families explore topics relevant to their child’s growth and development including nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.

• Sentence composition
• Paragraph composition
• Memorization and recitation
• Suffixes
• Parts of speech
• Punctuation and capitalization
• Spelling rules
• Folk tales and classic literature
• Cursive handwriting
• Read aloud with fluency

History

• Ancient cultures
• Ancient writing systems
• Native American creation stories
• American Frontier

Geography

• Latitude and longitude
• Mapping skills
• Continents and oceans
• Ancestry

• Movements of Earth and moon
• Gravity
• Decomposition
• Photosynthesis
• The water cycle
• Weather patterns and phenomena
• Seasonal changes
• Global climate zones

• Commutative and associative properties
• Borrowing and carrying
• Ordinal numbers
• Telling time
• Weights and measures
• Money math
• Zeros in multiplication

Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawing as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. They engage in various hands-on activities that help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Highlights include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades.

Students continue to develop their recorder skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs.

The book Healthy Living from the Start provides the basis for a yearlong health course. Families explore topics relevant to their child’s growth and development including nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.

• Parts of speech
• Journal writing
• Paragraphing skills
• Revision skills
• Sentence variety
• Poetry
• Memorization and recitation

• Topography observation and model
• Permanent and migrating animals
• Native American research paper
• Model of Native American village
• State geography and landforms
• State symbol, flag, and bird
• State history

• Geometry and patterns in nature
• Relationship between form and function
• Charting data
• Seed dispersal
• animal species and breeds
• Nutrition
• Basic cell structure

• Carrying and borrowing
• Division with remainders
• Multistep word problems
• Weights and measures
• Two-digit multiplication
• Roman numerals

Students learn the seven laws of drawing perspective. Each law is explored in depth and students gain ample practice in using the various techniques including tonal drawing, foreshortening, overlapping, and shading.

Students continue learning to play an instrument. Oak Meadow’s Recorder Duets is offered to students interested in taking their recorder playing further. Opportunities and suggestions are provided for holding recitals and performances.