· Language Arts

Phonics and Reading - recognition of name, sound and pictures of long and short vowels and consonants.

     Sounding of blends and one- and

two-vowel words. Reading of

sentences and stories with one- and

two-vowel sounds.

     Language development and

listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, and science  .

     Cursive Writing - formation of letters, blends and words, writing of first name.

     Poetry - twenty-eight poems and finger plays committed to memory.

· Numbers

 Number recognition & Counting 1-100

 Number concepts 1-20

 Numbers before and after 1-20

 Numbers largest and smallest 1-20

 Addition facts: 1+1, 2+1, 3+1, 4+1,

     5+1, 6+1, 7+1, 8+1, 9+1, 10+1

· Bible

     Lessons such as Creation, Noah,

Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, and the Good Samaritan.  (Includes memory verses and hymns/choruses)

· Six Easy Steps to Reading

» Learn to recognize the short vowels

          and their sounds.

» Learn to recognize the consonants

          and their sounds.

» Learn to blend - blending the sounds

          of a consonant and a vowel is

          the first step to reading words.

» Learn to sound one-vowel words

          when there is one vowel in a

          word that vowel usually says its

          short sound.

» Learn the sounds of the long vowels.   

          Learn to sound two-vowel

          words - when there are two

          vowels in a word, the first vowel

          says its long sound and the

          second vowel is silent.

» Learn the special phonics sounds -

The A Beka Book phonics program

          contains 132 special sound

          (often called phonics rules),

          such as those listed below:

  ~ bl in block         ~ ear in bear

  ~ cr in crab           ~ alk in walk

  ~ ang in bang      ~ gl in glue

  ~ ay in pray          ~ str in stream