All Grades
History, language arts, science, and math are taught in lesson blocks of three to five weeks during the morning hours in all grades; the children, throughout the curriculum, create original lesson books.
First Grade
Introduction to numbers and the four mathematical processes; nature stories; beeswax modeling; painting; handwork- knitting; movement; fairy tales; language arts - pictorial introduction to the alphabet, writing and rudiments of reading; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing; music.
Second Grade
Legends and fables; introduction to place value in arithmetic; cursive writing; language arts - sentence
formation and reading; painting; handwork - knitting and crocheting; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing; music; beeswax modeling.
Third Grade
Farming and gardening; shelter and house-building; practical life skills - textiles, cooking; painting; Old Testament stories; long division and measuring; language arts - composition writing, introduction to grammar and punctuation; handwork - crocheting and hand sewing; beeswax modeling; physical education; music lessons; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing.
Fourth Grade
Norse mythology; North Carolina geography and Native American culture; study of human and animal; fractions; painting; language arts - further study of parts of speech; violin and cello instruction; handwork - embroidery and cross stitch; beeswax modeling; physical education; music lessons; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing.
Fifth Grade
Ancient cultures - India, Persia, Egypt; Greek mythology and history; decimal fractions and calculation of areas; United States geography; botany; painting; clay modeling; language arts - types of sentences, report writing, introduction to business letters; handwork - four needle knitting; physical education - Olympic Pentathlon with mid-Atlantic Waldorf schools; music lessons and choral singing; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing.
Sixth Grade
Roman culture; the Middle Ages; physics; geometric figures; practical business math - discounts, and percentages; geography of North, South and Central America; language arts - grammar, composition; astronomy; geology and mineralogy; painting; calligraphy; music theory; handwork - doll making and practical hand sewing; physical education; juggling; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing - introducing geometry; choral singing; practical arts - clay modeling and woodworking- hand carving.
Seventh Grade
Physics - simple machine; history of the Renaissance; human physiology; inorganic chemistry; geography of Africa or Europe; pre-algebra; solid geometry; language arts - creative writing; Age of Exploration; painting; astronomy; choral singing; advanced handwork - doll/animal making, felting, puppet making; physical education; music lessons; German; Spanish; recorder playing; handwork; practical arts - clay modeling and woodworking.
Eighth Grade
Organic chemistry; physics - hydraulics and electricity; French and American Revolution; world geography; art history; American history; modern political science; anatomy; elements of algebra; geometry - advanced constructions and platonic solids; language arts - grammar, composition, word study; machine sewing and advanced handwork; portrait drawing; physical education; music lessons; choral singing; German; Spanish; recorder playing; form drawing; practical arts - wood sculpting; graduation trip and class play.