What your first grader needs to know: fundamentals of a good first-grade education

Language and literature. Reading, writing, and your first grader ; Literature ; Poetry ; Aesop's Fables ; Stories ; Drama ; Familiar sayings

History and geography. World history and geography ; American history and geography

Visual arts

Music

Mathematics. Patterns and classifications ; Numbers and number sense ; Computation ; Money ; Geometry ; Measurement

Science. Living things and their habitats ; Oceans and undersea life ; The human body ; Matter : solid, liquid, and gas ; Measurement : how long, how much, how hot ; Electricity : an introduction to the shocking facts ; Astronomy : our solar system ; Down to earth ; Stories about scientists.

Language arts : About stories and poems : Who was mother goose? ; Familiar rhymes : A diller, a dollar ; Early to bed ; Baa, baa, black sheep ; Diddle, diddle, dumpling ; Jack Sprat ; Ladybug, ladybug ; Georgie Porgie ; Hey, diddle, diddle ; Jack and Jill ; Hickory, dickory, dock ; Hot cross buns! ; Here we go round the mulberry bush ; London bridge is falling down ; Humpty Dumpty ; Little boy blue ; Jack be nimble ; Mary, Mary, quite contrary ; Mary had a little lamb ; Little Miss Muffet ; Old King Cole ; Little Bo Peep ; One, two, buckle my shoe ; Little Jack Horner ; Pat-a-cake ; Ring around the rosey ; The owl and the pussycat ; Old mother Hubbard ; Star light, star bright ; Ride a cock-horse ; Tom, Tom, the piper's son ; See-saw, Margery Daw ; Rock-a-bye, baby ; Rub-a-dub-dub ; Rain, rain, go away ; Sing a song of sixpence ; Roses are red ; There was a little girl ; Three blind mice ; Twinkle, twinkle, little star ; Simple Simon ; There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ; This little pig went to market. Stories : Anansi rides tiger ; Chicken Little ; Cinderella ; Goldilocks and the three bears ; Jack and the beanstalk ; The little red hen ; Little red riding hood ; Medio Pollito ; Peter rabbit ; The pied piper of Hamelin ; Pinocchio ; The princess and the pea ; Puss-in-boots ; Rapunzel ; Rumpelstiltskin ; Sleeping beauty ; Snow White ; The three little pigs ; The ugly duckling ; Why the owl has big eyes. What are fables? : From Aesop's fables : The boy who cried wolf ; The dog in the manger ; The wolf in sheep's clothing ; The maid and the milk pail ; The fox and the grapes ; The hare and the tortoise ; The goose and the golden eggs. Myths and other stories : Myths and legends ; Fairies, elves, leprechauns, trolls ; A troll story: the three billy goats gruff ; The legend of Oedipus and the sphinx ; The legend of the minotaur, Daedalus, and Icarus ; The fable of Brer rabbit and the tar baby

Introduction to language and literature

for parents and teachers

Learning about language : Words and letters ; Small letters and capital letters ; The letter s ; Sentences and paragraphs ; Punctuation marks

Learning about literature : Prose and rhyme ; Heroes and heroines and other characters

Sayings and phrases : A.M. and P.M. ; An apple a day keeps the doctor away ; April showers bring May flowers ; Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ; Fish out of water ; Hit the nail on the head ; If at first you don't succeed, try, try again ; Let the cat out of the bag ; The more the merrier ; Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today ; Practice makes perfect ; Raining cats and dogs ; There's no place like home

Geography, world civilization, and American civilization : Introduction to geography

for parents and teachers

Geography : The Earth: a huge ball ; A map of the world : How to look at a map ; Oceans ; Land ; The equator. The continents : Asia ; Europe ; Africa ; North America : Canada ; United States ; Mexico and Central America. South America ; Antarctica ; Australia

World civilization : Everybody's story ; The Nile gives Tut a present ; The first kingdom ; What are mummies? ; Animal gods ; Babylonia: another gift ; Judaism: one god ; Christianity: one god ; Islam: one god ; Thousand of gods ; Buddha: a young prince : Buddha stops and elephant . Confucius: a poor Chinese boy ; Happy New Year

Introduction to American Civilization

for parents and teachers

American civilization : Legends and leaders : Who built the bridge? : A very long trip. Cities in the jungle: the Maya ; City on the lake: the Aztecs ; Cities in the clouds: the Incas ; The big surprise ; Columbus finds a new world ; Horses and guns ; Smallpox ; Cortes: the Aztecs lose ; Pizarro: the Incas lose ; The U.S.A: good-for-nothing lands ; Good lands ; England enters ; First English baby ; An Indian princess ; Pilgrims ; Puritans ; Thirteen colonies ; A trail blazer ; Slavery ; The king's mistake ; A tea party ; A famous man ; A shot heard round the world ; Birthday ; Liberty bell ; Freedom for all? ; Two women ; Two freed women ; A father ; A cherry tree ; Twice as big ; The fight goes on ; Sequoyah ; What's left?

Fine arts : The fine arts : Literature ; Music : Row, row, row your boat ; London bridge is falling down ; Yankee doodle ; Hush, little baby ; Here we go round the mulberry bush ; The star-spangled banner. Vocal and instrumental music ; The many different kinds of music : Folk music : Down in the valley ; I've been working on the railroad. Classical music : Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Jazz : When the saints go marching in ; Louis Armstrong. The three parts of music: melody, rhythm, and harmony : Melody : Oh, Susanna! ; America the beautiful. Rhythm : Pat-a-cake. Harmony. Dance : Folk dancing ; Ballet ; Tap dancing. Art : Art is found in all times and places ; Symmetry and patterns in arts and crafts ; Portraits ; Architecture and sculpture

Mathematics : First-grade mathematics : Numbers from 0 to 10 ; Working with the numbers up to 10 ; Addition ; Greater than and less than ; Subtraction ; Fact families ; Ordinal numbers ; Place value ; Arithmetic and calculators ; Geometry ; Fractions ; Telling time ; The calendar ; More addition and subtraction ; Counting money ; Math stories

Natural sciences : Life sciences : Plants and animals ; The world of plants : Deciduous and evergreen plants ; Flowers and seeds. Animals ; The food chain ; Habitats : Air and treetop habitats ; Forest habitats ; Meadow and prairie habitats ; Water habitats ; Desert habitats ; Underground habitats ; Habitat destruction. Special types of animals : Extinct animals ; Wild and domestic animals ; Pets. A very special animal

you : Your body ; Taking care of your body

Physical sciences : Measurement : Length ; Matter ; Volume ; Temperature and thermometer ; Time. The earth : The earth's surface ; Inside the earth ; Weather and the earth's atmosphere. The moon ; The sun and energy, part one ; The sun and energy, part two ; Experiments ; Stories of scientists : Nicolaus Copernicus ; Charles Drew ; Rachel Carson.