The 4’s curriculum focuses on:

• Language arts: Building literacy skills through activities such as journaling, book making, observational drawing and story time.
• Mathematics:
  • Learning concepts such as patterns, equivalency, and grouping by 10’s
  • Introducing numerical concepts through observing physical attributes such as size, shape and color
  • Using Unifix cubes to manipulate numbers
  • Displaying numerical understanding through the creation of a 100 Museum exhibit
• Community building
  • Adjusting to school routines and building relationships with peers
  • Learning to take care of one another and use words and bodies for good
• Student development
  • Fostering independence and self-help skills
  • Strengthening concentration and follow-through

Thematic units in the 4’s curriculum include:

• Identity and family study:  Exploring our own self-identities and families through self-portraits and family drawings
• Changemakers:  Studying social justice heroes such as Gandhi, Celia Cruz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges and Tito Puente
• Project-based learning:  Building inquiry and research skills through projects that emerge from children’s interests and questions.