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Because young children learn naturally through imitation and action, our elementary, or kindergarten through grade 4, curriculum features lots of healthy activity and movement. We provide lessons rich in experiential learning, actively engaging the student’s mind, body, and imagination. Your children will experience a multisensory education as they explore letters, numbers, color, song, rhythm, and verse while learning about themselves and the world around them.
For parents who choose to enroll in Oak Meadow, the parent is the primary teacher for the child, and the Oak Meadow teacher serves to support the parent in the teaching process. Your teacher reviews your child’s work on a regular basis and completes written assessments. These periodic narrative evaluations become part of your child’s official cumulative record maintained in the Oak Meadow office. Your teacher can also suggest additional activities and readings and help you adjust the curriculum to your child’s individual needs and interests.
The home teacher can follow the 36-weekly lesson plans for a comprehensive experience, or adjust the curriculum to fit your child’s individual needs, interests, and skill level. Parents who are homeschooling for the first time are often eager to learn as much as they can to ensure the success of their homeschooling journey. To support this learning process for both parent and child, we offer two important books that many parents find helpful to read before the first lessons begin: The Heart of Learning and the Oak Meadow Guide to Teaching the Early Grades.
Oak Meadow’s Kindergarten curriculum reflects the openhearted and imaginative way that young children meet the world.
Yearlong: Activities include crayon drawing, watercolor painting, sewing, baking, nature crafts, collage, crafts from recycled materials, carpentry, model building, and working with clay.
Yearlong: Activities include making and playing homemade instruments, reciting poetry, singing, finger plays, dancing, playing catch and other kinesthetic games.
Our yearlong health curriculum for grades K-3, Healthy Living from the Start (optional purchase for independent users), explores relevant child-development topics such as nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.
Yearlong: Activities include crayon drawing, watercolor painting, sewing, baking, nature crafts, collage, crafts from recycled materials, carpentry, model building, and working with clay.
Yearlong: Activities include making and playing homemade instruments, reciting poetry, singing, finger plays, dancing, playing catch and other kinesthetic games.
Oak Meadow’s lively and engaging First Grade curriculum will help you guide your child toward solid reading and math skills while encouraging an active, inquisitive mind.
Yearlong: Activities include knitting, maintaining a seasonal display, wet paper watercolor painting, nature crafts, and creative sand and water play.
Yearlong: In addition to singing and movement exercises, students learn how to play the recorder. Instructions and simple songs are included in Oak Meadow’s Beginning Recorder (optional purchase for independent learners).
Our yearlong health curriculum for grades K-3, Healthy Living from the Start (optional purchase for independent users), explores relevant child-development topics such as nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.
Yearlong: Activities include knitting, maintaining a seasonal display, wet paper watercolor painting, nature crafts, and creative sand and water play.
Yearlong: In addition to singing and movement exercises, students learn how to play the recorder. Instructions and simple songs are included in Oak Meadow’s Beginning Recorder (optional purchase for independent learners).
Oak Meadow’s Second Grade curriculum expands on your child’s natural intelligence and growing confidence as a reader and writer.
Yearlong: Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawings as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. Crafts activities help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Activities include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades (optional purchase for independent users).
Yearlong: Students continue to develop their recorder playing skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs.
Our yearlong health curriculum for grades K-3, Healthy Living from the Start (optional purchase for independent users), explores relevant child-development topics such as nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.
Yearlong: Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawings as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. Crafts activities help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Activities include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades (optional purchase for independent users).
Yearlong: Students continue to develop their recorder playing skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs.
The challenging and practical tasks of Oak Meadow’s Third Grade curriculum encourage new skills and awareness through observation, precision, imagination, and creativity.
Yearlong: Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawing as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. Crafts activities help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Activities include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades (optional purchase for independent users).
Yearlong: Students continue to develop their recorder skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs.
Our yearlong health curriculum for grades K-3, Healthy Living from the Start (optional purchase for independent users), explores relevant child-development topics such as nutrition, the growing body, hygiene, community, emotions, and safety.
Yearlong: Students explore color through watercolor painting and crayon drawing as they illustrate the many stories and poems presented in language arts. Crafts activities help develop fine-motor coordination and focus. Activities include crocheting a scarf, working with clay, and completing crafts from Oak Meadow’s Crafts for the Early Grades (optional purchase for independent users).
Yearlong: Students continue to develop their recorder skills by learning several new notes and mastering simple songs.
Oak Meadow’s Fourth Grade curriculum reflects the awakening intellect and independence of fourth graders.
Yearlong: Students learn the seven laws of drawing perspective. Each law is explored in depth and students gain ample practice in using the various techniques including tonal drawing, foreshortening, overlapping, and shading.
Yearlong: Students continue learning to play an instrument. Oak Meadow’s Recorder Duets (optional purchase for independent users) is offered to students interested in taking their recorder playing further. Opportunities and suggestions are provided for holding recitals and performances.
Yearlong: Students learn the seven laws of drawing perspective. Each law is explored in depth and students gain ample practice in using the various techniques including tonal drawing, foreshortening, overlapping, and shading.
Yearlong: Students continue learning to play an instrument. Oak Meadow’s Recorder Duets (optional purchase for independent users) is offered to students interested in taking their recorder playing further. Opportunities and suggestions are provided for holding recitals and performances.
