The kindergarten program includes place value to the hundreds and work with addition facts up to 10. They also learn some basic geometry. The first grade program can be implemented without the kindergarten program. The children work with quantities to the thousands early in the year. They learn strategies for mastering the addition facts and discover how to add four-digit numbers.
Subtraction is delayed until addition is thoroughly understood.
Geometry, money, unit fractions, and other topics are also introduced. The children review place value by learning to write the old Roman numerals to 4500 and review addition strategies through making an addition table. They also work with small drawing boards and triangles, making equilateral triangles, stars, and tangram designs. The Third Grade Program Multiplication, simple division, and fractions are the primary focus of the third grade curriculum. The children work with numbers to one million.