Beginning in kindergarten , learning centers provide opportunities to understand abstract concepts through hands-on exploration. Building with blocks becomes a vehicle for constructing mathematical concepts. Designing a menu becomes a language lesson. Students continue the process of learning by doing throughout the Primary years - creating art and music, publishing their own books, and conducting science experiments. The Kindergarten program begins to address the specific differences in the development of girls and boys.
Girls work on their own as well as in small reading and mathematics readiness groups.
They are exposed to a language-enriched environment that contributes to later academic achievement. Kindergartners also meet regularly with specially trained staff for music, library, Dalcroze, computer education, physical education and Spanish. Classroom work is organized around eight activity-oriented learning centers. First Through Fourth Grades Hathaway Brown's program for girls in grades one through four emphasizes proficiency in the basic skills of reading, writing and problem-solving, which are essential for later learning. An interdisciplinary curriculum highlights the connections among art, music, science, history, literature, drama, mathematics and computers.