Curriculum

A complete education for real life.

Foundational academics. Meaningful applications. Built around your child’s interests and goals.

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  • Language arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • History
  • Geography
  • Practical skills
  • Art
  • Music

A strong foundation

Every essential subject. An education shaped around the individual.

Our curriculum follows a comprehensive academic sequence with the flexibility to meet your child where they are. Their interests and goals help shape the lessons, discussions, and applications that bring knowledge to life, while ensuring they build real understanding across every core subject.

  • Academically rigorous and age-appropriate (ages 3–12)
  • Lessons connected to your child’s interests and goals
  • A balance of reading, discussion, writing, and hands-on learning
  • Real-world applications that build lasting understanding

Featured curriculum study

Language artsGrades K–3Example

The Art of Storytelling

Read great stories. Think deeply. Write with purpose.

Classic literature helps children develop reading comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking, and written expression. Through guided discussion and original writing, they learn to notice details, consider different perspectives, and communicate their ideas with clarity and creativity.

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Reading notes

Characters

  • Mole · curious, loyal
  • Rat · adventurous, kind
  • Toad · impulsive, confident
  • Badger · wise, steady

Themes

  • Home and belonging
  • The value of friendship
  • The pull of adventure
  • Learning from mistakes

Academic focus

Reading comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, grammar, and composition.

Personal connection

For a child who loves imaginative stories, this unit builds on their interests while developing essential language skills.

Demonstrated understanding

Discusses character, setting, and theme using evidence from the text, and writes an original short story with revision.

ScienceGrades K–2Example

Exploring Electricity

Investigate. Experiment. Understand.

Your child will explore electricity through simple, hands-on experiments using everyday materials, building scientific reasoning and real-world understanding.

  • Academic focus. Forces, energy, electrical charge, circuits, and scientific observation.
  • Personal connection. For a curious child who loves how things work.
  • Demonstrated understanding. Makes predictions, observes and records results, and explains findings in their own words.
Mathematics + ScienceGrades 1–3Example

Design a Garden

Plan. Calculate. Grow.

Your child will use mathematics, science, and practical skills to design and plant a real garden, applying what they’ve learned in a meaningful way.

  • Academic focus. Measurement, area and perimeter, data collection, plant biology, and environmental science.
  • Personal connection. For a child who loves being outside and growing things.
  • Demonstrated understanding. Creates a scaled garden plan, calculates materials, records plant growth over time, and presents their results.

Academic progression

Ages 3–12. One continuous foundation.

Stonepine builds on what your child knows, deepens their understanding each year, and prepares them for new challenges, with clear objectives and the flexibility to move at the right pace.

  1. Early Learning

    Ages 3–5

    Play-based learning, foundational skills, curiosity and exploration.

  2. Early Elementary

    Ages 6–7

    Reading, writing, and number sense; confidence, habits, and broad exploration.

  3. Elementary

    Ages 8–9

    Deeper understanding, real-world applications, and personal interests.

  4. Upper Elementary

    Ages 10–12

    Critical thinking, research, interdisciplinary projects, and the habits of independent study.

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