First Grade
Block curriculum: Language arts, including reading, approached through writing, pictorial and phonetic introduction to letters and speech through fairy tales, folk tales, nature stories; math, including qualities of numbers, introduction to the four processes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; Nature & Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Mandarin; eurythmy/movement; music, including singing and flutes; handwork; developmental movement through non-competitive games.

Second Grade
Block curriculum: Language arts, including reading, writing, phonics, simple compositions, and speech through tales aboutnoble leaders, legends, animal fables, and nature stories; math, including continued work with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, borrowing and carrying, and number patterns; Nature & Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Mandarin; eurythmy/movement; handwork; music, including singing and flutes; developmental movement through non-competitive games.

Third Grade
Block curriculum: Language arts, including reading, spelling, speech, cursive writing, composition; legends and stories of ancient cultures introduce history; math, including weights and measures, time, money, review and practical application of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; study of practical life, including farming, house building, fibers, fabrics, clothing, and cooking; Nature & Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Mandarin; eurythmy/movement; handwork; music, including introduction to orchestra – violin, viola, or cello – singing, and recorder; developmental movement through non-competitive games.

Fourth Grade
Block curriculum: Language arts, including literature, composition, grammar, speech, and spelling; math, including continuation of the four processes, long division, averaging, and fractions; history, including Norse mythologies and sagas, indigenous people of California; local geography and map-making; science, including zoology (study of the animal kingdom); and Nature & Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Spanish; eurythmy/movement; handwork; music, including orchestra – violin, cello, viola, or bass – singing, and recorder; developmental movement through non-competitive games.

Fifth Grade
Block curriculum: Language arts, including literature, composition, grammar, speech, and spelling; math, including the four processes with fractions, decimals, ratios, and proportion; history of ancient civilizations, including India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece; geography of the United States in relation to vegetation, agriculture, and economics; science with a focus on botany; Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Spanish; eurythmy; handwork; woodworking; gardening; music, including orchestra – violin, cello, viola, or bass – singing, and recorder; cooperative and competitive games/physical education.

       

       

Sixth Grade
Block curriculum: History of Rome and the Middle Ages; introduction to Latin; language arts, including literature, composition, grammar, spelling; math, including calculations with fractions, decimals, compound and simple interest, percentages applied to business, discounts, graphing; geometry, with compass and straight-edge; geography of South and Central America; science, including astronomy, geology, and physics with acoustics, magnetism, optics, and heat; Nature and Environmental Studies
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Spanish; eurythmy; handwork; woodworking; gardening; music, including orchestra – violin, cello, viola, bass, or a wind instrument – and recorder; cooperative and competitive games/physical education.

Seventh Grade
Block curriculum: History, including voyages of exploration, the Renaissance, and the Reformation; language arts, including biographies, literature, composition, spelling, grammar; math, including introduction to algebra and Euclidean geometry, perspective drawing (linked to history); geography of Africa; science, including physics (electricity and mechanics), physiology, human sexuality and fertility, health and nutrition, inorganic chemistry; Nature and Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Spanish; eurythmy; handwork; woodworking; gardening; music, including orchestra – violin, cello, viola, bass, or a wind instrument – singing, and recorder; cooperative and competitive games/physical education.

Eighth Grade
Block curriculum: History of America and the modern world – Industrial Revolution to the present; language arts, including literature (Shakespeare, short stories), composition, grammar; math, including continuation of algebra, geometry – Pythagorean theorem; geography of Asia; science, including organic chemistry, physics, meteorology, life science, ecology anatomy, physiology, health, and drug education; Nature and Environmental Studies.
Specialty subjects: Poetry; Spanish; eurythmy; handwork; woodworking; gardening; music, including orchestra – violin, cello, viola, bass, or a wind instrument – singing, and recorder; cooperative and competitive games/physical education.

          

          

         
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