The First Grade work lays the foundation not only for the child's future work, but also for bodily growth, physical health and moral development.

English :
The adventure of writing and reading has begun. Working through the progression of story to movement, to picture, to letter, the children slowly learn the alphabet. In addition, students copy out poetry which they have learned by heart, experiencing the outer picture of sound and meaning which they have already possessed as inner content.

Maths :
The approach to numbers concentrates on the child's natural experience of the numbers realm, the qualitative approach.

Arts :
The artistic work, such as form drawing, painting, beeswax modeling, eurhythmy, recorder playing, handwork, singing, drama, and recitation, are all incorporated into the curriculum. It is also in first grade that the students are introduced to Hindi and Marathi, which are both taught orally.

English:
The children hear biographies of holy people who, in overcoming their weaknesses, have been able to serve others. The curriculum balances the biographies with animal fables and stories which represent exaggerated human qualities as revealed through the errors the animals have made. Writing, more of an extension of drawing in first grade, stands on its own in second. Children learn lowercase letters and write and read longer sentences. They use readers.

Maths:
As far as number work is concerned, the children develop facility with the processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, which they learned in first grade. Emphasis is placed on the relationship among the processes, always through problems which reflect life activities.

Arts:
The curriculum of the special subjects, from foreign language to recorder playing, from ames to form drawing, reflects the need for symmetry and balancing or mirroring activities. For example, in the handwork class, the children incorporate the knitting they learned in first grade into a similar but mirrored activity of pearling, and then graduate to crocheting.

English:
For the first time grammar and spelling are formally introduced. The Old Testament stories which are presented mirror the children's own journey from Paradise to earth. The children also learn about house building and farming which have the same theme of stepping firmly onto the earth.

Maths:
They learn linear and weight measurement with money and time, stimulated by their study of ancient times. In painting there is an exploration of the relationship among the colors. Form drawing focuses on symmetry and on forms which metamorphose.

Arts:
Singing, recorder playing and games are a part of the day as well. In Eurythmy there is an emphasis on arm and foot gestures coordinating with musical rhythms, modulations in volume. From the beginning, meaningful sentences and poems are the context.

Geography:
In fourth grade the children begin the study of geography with what is close at hand, first the immediate area and then Mumbai. They learn to represent three-dimensional space on a map.

Maths:
In arithmetic they study factors, abundant and deficient numbers and amicable numbers. Fractions serve as the transition from arithmetic to mathematics where the work is both conceptual and experiential.

English:
Studying grammar they learn to express time by mastering tenses, the four types of sentences, punctuation and lettering writing. Reading practice continues in small groups to cultivate word attack skills, vocabulary development and reading comprehension

Science:
Zoology is the first formal science block in the curriculum, now that the ten-year-old has a sense of the inner self and the outer work to the extent that the study of science is meaningful. The focus is on the animal world and its relationship to the human being, thus teaching the children what lives within them.

Arts:
In the realm of music the class stringed orchestra is working hard, and singing and recorder playing continue. In hand work the children learn the cross stitch and elements of design.

Maths:
In mathematics they learn factoring, find averages and work with decimals. They work on word problems and situations involving the measurement of time, linear and volumetric measures and the measurement of weight.

Science:
In science the students study botany; there is an emphasis on learning what can be experienced through the senses. The approach appropriate to this age group is synthetic rather than analytic which will come later.

English:
The study of grammar intensifies with review and then phases, direct and indirect objects and compound verb tenses. Word families are emphasized in the reading activities.

History:
The study of ancient history encompasses the cultures of Chaldea, Egypt and Greece approached through the mythologies of the great people. The architecture, sculpture and poetic achievements of ancient people are also presented. The biographies of Buddha, Pythagoras, Socrates, Pericles and Alexander the Great are central to the study. Through their study of ancient cultures, the children experience the roots of western culture.

Arts:
In form drawing, in addition to a continuation of braided forms, the students also draw geometrical forms seen on Egyptian and Greek artifacts as well as triangles and hexagons. Painting, singing, recorder playing, foreign language study, and both eurythmy and physical education seeks to engage the active fifth grader.

History:
The sixth grade history curriculum begins with a recapitulation of the mythical stage of history, the examination of Rome's divine origins. The study then turns to figures of flesh and blood, and events whose monuments still stand in our own age. This is appropriate, for the sixth grader now stands like an ancient Roman, solidly on the earth, and craves facts and their relationship to one another. History is studied as chronology; making a time line in relation to the expansion and contraction of the Roman Empire and the ever-changing map of Europe helps the children understand history in relation to space. The history curriculum extends from early Roman history to the fall of the Roman Empire and the unfolding of European civilization in the Middle Ages.

Science:
In science the students study the heavens and the earth, mineralogy and astronomy; they also study acoustics and optics, which is their introduction to laboratory science. Some teachers include an introduction to thermodynamics and electricity and magnetism which will be developed further in the next two years.

Maths:
In math they study graphs, business math and concepts of economics such as interest, taxation and profit and loss.This year, using draftsman's pencils, the children draw geometric forms with instruments which provide an external image of the eye and the arm: T-square, straightedge and compass.

Geography:
In geography they study cultures as well as physical geography, sometimes of Europe, sometimes of South America.

Arts:
The class begins woodworking and gardening, and continue work in handcrafts where they make dolls and stuffed animals which they have designed themselves.The foreign languages, physical education, eurythmy, and music curricula continue as well.