Most lessons are taught in whole group and small group settings. Lessons are taught using projects, textbooks, activities, games, and songs. Our faith and comprehension skills are woven throughout our curriculum. Parents are welcome to share their knowledge with the students as guest speakers. Please email if you're interested in teaching the students an enrichment lesson.
Human Body - understand and care
Five Senses and their functions/ importance
Plants - growth cycles, needs, environments
Animals: domestic and wild, needs and environments, service animals
Food: importance, sources, and classifications of
Rocks - sizes, shapes, and colors
Living and Non-living objects
Weather - seasons, how they affect our lives
Physics - how things move, forces, weights, quantities, grouping objects
Magnets
Electricity - static electricity
Fire - safety rules
Environments - God's gift to us
Scientific Activities - observe changes, make predictions
Family - ways to show love and care for others
Cultures - differences and similarities around the world
Needs and Wants
Human Needs - air, water, food, shelter, clothing, and care
Money - family members work to earn money to pay for our needs
Jobs - teacher, clergy, farmers, ...
Transportations - types
Geography - climates, weather patterns, maps, globes, North and South, environments where people live
History - explore connections associated with time: past, present, long ago, etc.
Our country, church, parish, Catholic schools, and community has a history
Rules and Laws - in families, a city, a country, how they're made, why they help us
Community helpers - policemen, crossing guards, etc.
Science and Technology - help us understand the world around us
Values - respect, cooperation, God's creation, family is first and most important group to which we belong