Harbor & Sprout Prek and Kindergarten Programs

Regular skill checks and mastery assessments provide review opportunities, with warm-ups reviewing previously learned material.

Skill Checks occur every three weeks in most subjects (weekly in Kindergarten Math), plus periodic Mastery Assessments and lesson warm-ups that review prior topics

Each subject maintains strong rigor with clear scope and sequence, particularly in phonics and mathematics fundamentals.

By kindergarten completion, students read short and long vowel words, write sentences, perform addition/subtraction, and identify coins - indicating substantial academic advancement

The curriculum integrates subjects naturally through shared literature and nature themes, with extension activities connecting across disciplines.

Literature selections tie to vocabulary development in language arts, and math includes nature-based activities and picture books, creating coherent thematic connections

The curriculum provides extensive parent guides and extension activities but lacks formal teacher training or professional development components.

More than 100 extension activities per subject with detailed instructions, plus Charlotte Mason narration explanations, but no formal training materials for parents

The curriculum provides structured lessons with outlined instruction boxes for parents, but relies heavily on parent implementation without teacher modeling.

Instructions are presented in outlined boxes for parents to read, with warm-ups and guided practice, but lessons require close parent involvement rather than direct teacher instruction

The program builds knowledge systematically within each subject but relies heavily on classic literature and nature themes for coherence across subjects.

Sequential lessons develop single topics over time, with 12 units arranged coherently, though cross-subject knowledge building depends on shared reading materials and nature focus