Kindergarten to Grade 2

Building literacy and curiosity daily.

Children drawing in a colorful classroom

Launching Young Learners

Our curriculum integrates research-aligned literacy, math, science, and arts instruction with hands-on, culturally rich experiences.

English Language Arts

Research Alignment:

  • Structured literacy, phonics, and decoding

  • Explicit reading instruction

  • Writing mechanics

Teacher reading to young children
Kids exploring nature with notebooks

Grade-Level Sequence:

  • Kindergarten: CVC decoding, sight words, sentence formation

  • Grade 1: Fluency building, paragraph writing, informational text

  • Grade 2: Multi-paragraph writing, reading comprehension strategies, vocabulary expansion

Integration:

  • Black folktales and global literature

  • Jazz rhythm poetry

  • Agricultural informational texts

Mathematics

Grade-Level Focus:

  • Kindergarten: Number sense to 100, basic addition and subtraction

  • Grade 1: Place value, word problems

  • Grade 2: Multi-digit operations, measurement, data charts

Integration:

  • Market simulations

  • Crop growth graphs

  • Rhythm fraction patterns

Young girl learning math with abacus
Curious children in classroom activity

Science (Phenomenon-Based Model)

K–2 Topics:

  • Living vs. non-living things

  • Ecosystem basics

  • Weather and climate

Applied Learning:

  • Seed-to-plant experiments

  • Soil comparisons

  • Environmental observation logs

Arts and Culture

  • Introduction to African artistic traditions

  • Rhythm and jazz foundations

  • Storytelling and dramatic play

Kids enjoying a messy art session