The Carden Curriculum is designed
to teach children to think, to express themselves clearly and successfully, and
thus to command their lives.
- Sequence and patterns make learning a joy and an easy task.
- The curriculum is one in which the subjects are interrelated, joining poetry
with science, and language with numbers.
- Language Arts is a complete integration of listening, reading, spelling,
vocabulary, grammar, composition, and comprehension.
- The Language Arts program builds the ability to understand what is read, to
analyze, to think about, and to use the material that is read.
- Reading and spelling are based on a unique phonetic approach with simple,
clear rules.
- Students learn 2500 vocabulary words each year, beginning in the First
Grade.
- Because of the success the children achieve in the language arts, time is
released for a broadened curriculum, which includes music, poetry, and
drama.
- The teaching material is designed to awaken the students' mental images,
leading to greater mental penetration and focus.
- In Math, Language Arts, Science, and the other subject areas, children
develop the ability to explain what they are doing, and teach it back to the
teachers.
- The teaching method leads to independence and accomplishment in
study.
- The school culture avoids pressure and rivalry. It encourages stamina and
good sportsmanship.
- The Carden experience spares the child nervous strain and tension because
competition is not a part of the learning experience.
- The teacher maintains a cheery, calm classroom atmosphere in which the child
develops powers of concentration and works in a relaxed
manner.
The Carden
Curriculum includes:
- Learning to Listen
- Reading
- Spelling
- Speech (clear enunciation, fluent expression)
- Vocabulary (program for every grade level)
- Comprehension Techniques
- Writing (penmanship, printing, cursive)
- Grammar
- Composition (guided and creative)
- Literature (classics, prose, poetry, drama)
- Mathematics (thorough, conceptual, applied)
- Geography (California, USA, world)
- History (American, Western Civilization, Ancient History,
Biographies)
- Science (concepts, experiments, observation, field work)
- Physical Education (individual and team achievement, good
sportsmanship)
- French (vocabulary, grammar, conversation, songs, drama)
- Music (sight singing, major and minor keys, rhythm and phrasing,
performance)
- Art (appreciation and application)
- Poetry (listening, composing, reciting)
- Drama (plays including all students)
- Chess (beginning in
Kindergarten)
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