The world is filled with patterns and order, and mathematics is a way to express this order. In early childhood, children are attracted to order and naturally spend large amounts of time categorizing, grouping, and organizing their worlds. It is only the natural progression as children enter elementary school for there to be a desire to express the relationships that they see. Thus, our curriculum gives the student the ability to utilize his/her collective sensory experience to formulate original ideas and represent them symbolically.

Our curriculum provides students the opportunity to problem solve, analyze and reason while giving them a solid understanding of the basic concepts needed to do so. The use of Investigations Math ensures that students think on their own, create for themselves a variety of problem solving techniques, and find their own patterns of solving problems. It does not dictate a right or wrong method and supports our school in its efforts to support the individuality of learners. On the other hand, in conjunction, we use the Singapore curriculum in order to ensure that students have a strong, consistent practice in mastering skills and achievement accuracy in computations. Our use of manipulatives help the student move from concrete to operational to abstract thinking. While it is important that students be able to calculate accurately, we feel that it is even more important for students to become creative problem solvers.

A cornerstone of our math program is the assumption that children are typically far more ready for true mathematic endeavors than most elementary programs offer. Our Primary students enjoy the hands-on involvement that comes with mathematics, and we utilize this to our advantage by presenting a curriculum that is both challenging and exciting beginning at a young age.