These four subjects appear every school day. They form the spine of the year and the backbone of your child's progress reports.
Reading & Language Arts
Phonics in the early grades, story-based reading in the upper grades, plus writing and grammar woven in.
Grades 1–2 follow a phonics-first sequence with decodable readers so children build the sound system on purpose. Grades 3–6 read serialized story arcs across the week — a single chapter carries through Day 1 to Day 5 with comprehension, vocabulary, and writing prompts each day. Grammar and spelling are taught in short, daily mini-lessons rather than separate workbooks, so language arts feels like one coherent subject instead of three competing ones.
Mathematics
A clear K–8 sequence covering number sense, operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, and basic algebraic thinking.
Each math week follows the same five-day rhythm: introduce a concept, practice it, apply it, review with a short quiz, and finish with a project or real-life word problem. Mental math and fact fluency are built into short daily warm-ups instead of being treated as a separate program. Grades 5 and 6 begin pre-algebra concepts — ratios, percentages, simple expressions — so middle school math lands gently.
Science
Earth, life, and physical science with simple at-home experiments and observation activities.
Our science scope rotates topics across the elementary years so children meet weather, plants, animals, the human body, matter, energy, and earth's systems multiple times — each visit a little deeper than the last. Hands-on activities use ordinary kitchen and backyard materials; no lab kit required. Each unit ends with a short written reflection so science work doubles as writing practice.
Social Studies & History
Communities and geography in the early grades, U.S. and world history in the upper grades.
Grades 1–2 explore community, maps, citizenship, and how families and neighborhoods work. Grades 3–4 expand to U.S. geography, regions, and an introduction to American history. Grades 5–6 move into early world civilizations and the founding era of the United States. We focus on age-appropriate, factual content with an emphasis on primary sources, timelines, and discussion questions parents can lead at the dinner table.
These subjects rotate through the week, usually one per day. They keep the school day balanced and give children a chance to do work that doesn't look like a worksheet.
Art
Weekly open-ended art lessons that build basic technique and creativity.
Each week includes one art lesson with a clear technique focus — line, color, shape, texture, composition — and an open-ended project that lets the child make it their own. Materials are kept simple: pencils, markers, crayons, watercolor, and paper.
Music
Rhythm, listening, simple notation, and exposure to music history.
Music is a short weekly block: a listening selection, a rhythm or notation activity, and a song to sing or move to. No instrument required, though families with instruments can extend the lesson easily.
PE & Movement
Daily movement breaks plus a weekly skills-based activity.
Short daily movement breaks (5–10 minutes) live inside the dashboard so a sedentary morning never happens by accident. A weekly skill focus rotates through balance, coordination, throwing/catching, and endurance activities families can do indoors or outside.
Life Skills
Money basics, time, calendar, kitchen helper, chores, and personal organization.
Once a week children get a practical life-skills lesson — counting change, reading a recipe, packing a bag, or planning a small task. These lessons double as math and reading practice and give children a real sense of competence in the world.
Social-Emotional Learning
Feelings check-ins, kind words, flexible thinking, and calm-down tools.
Short SEL lessons appear throughout the week — feelings vocabulary, problem-solving, friendship skills, and simple self-regulation strategies. SEL is woven into reading and writing prompts as well, so it never feels like a separate subject children dread.
Optional Communication Skills
Educational enrichment for storytelling, vocabulary, WH-questions, and conversation.
Some children benefit from extra practice with story retell, following multi-step directions, WH-question reasoning, and structured conversation. These activities are educational enrichment only — they are not speech therapy and do not replace a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. See our full educational disclaimer for details.
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Curious how all of this comes together in a real school day? Walk through our step-by-step explainer.
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