Kindergarten's first unit begins with an introduction to some of the processes and materials the children will be using in mathematics. The second unit, "Pattern Trains and Hopscotch Paths," is an exploration of patterns - what makes a pattern and how is it useful. Unit three, "Collecting, Counting and Measuring," is based on developing number sense through the use of manipulatives and everyday items to count and represent numbers. Geometry is the organizing discipline in the unit "Making Shapes and Building Blocks," as the children are introduced to 2- and 3- dimensional shapes. In "Counting Ourselves and Others" and "How Many in All?" the final two units, the children use counting and sorting to deepen their understanding of data, numbers and number relationships.

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In the first grade classes, the units begin with an "Introduction to Mathematical Thinking." This unit is an introduction to mathematical materials and practice using describing, comparing, counting, combining, sequencing, representing and recording with those materials. The second unit is called "Building Number Sense" the number system of counting, adding, combining and sequencing up to 100, and developing strategies for solving, combining and separating story problems. The third unit is "Survey Questions and Secret Rules?" - collecting and sorting data, learning to identify and describe attributes needed to sort and categorize. The fourth unit is called "Quilt Squares & Block Towns" and deals with 2-D and 3-D Geometry, in which they build and describe patterns to construct two and three-dimensional shapes. The two final units are "Number Games and Story Problems" which develops addition and subtraction strategies and "Bigger, Taller, Heavier, Smaller" which uses measuring and patterns to solve problems. This relates to the grade's core curriculum of the school and neighborhood and it's measurement projects.

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