Kindergarten

Full Foundation Year Curriculum Package

Living Books Curriculum’s Foundation Year provides your child with readiness skills and early literacy experiences that will inspire educational and life success. The Foundation Year curriculum can be used for one or two years. The first year can be at the awareness level and the second for mastery.

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The Foundation Year Package Includes:

• The comprehensive Foundation Year Teaching Guide: A 255-page guide to the Living Books philosophy with an overview of each subject and a week-by-week schedule that details how to use the books. The Teaching Guide is presented in an easy-to-use 3-ring binder.
• ABC Assessment Test: A gentle, easy-to-administer test to assess the progress of your child.  Dr. James Carroll, a 30-year veteran of learning assessment, developed this test specifically for Living Books Curriculum.
• A “Music and Movement” curriculum provided by the High Scope Foundation.
• All of the high-quality literature books used in Foundation Year. Many of these quality books are treasures to keep for years to come. Several of the books are used in subsequent grades, which is a saving to you.
• A collection of eighty-eight finger plays and rhymes (included at no extra charge).
• Easy, individual, online help for the initial purchaser of the package.