Children learn shapes. Children learn to begin to develop an understanding of measurement. Children learn about simple graphs. Children learn to recognize patterns. The central goal of the elementary science program in the Washington County Public Schools is to produce students who use science, mathematics, and technology to solve problems and communicate.
Children learn the processes of science throughout every content unit.
In kindergarten the suggested framework for instruction focuses on the central strand of Scale and Structure. In kindergarten the focus of the comprehensive health program is on helping the child understand the body's potential for health, to recognize the threats to health, to know how to prevent these threats, and to adopt a life style that cultivates good personal health practices. The elementary physical education program develops in each student fundamental movement skills, rhythm and dance skills, manipulative skills, body coordination skills, and basic sport skills. The skills and their basic parts are progressive in nature. Through repetition and review, skills build upon skills.