Fourth Grade

The fourth grader is often strongly motivated by his or her will, which awakens after the nine-year change. Norse mythology, with its powerfully dramatic stories and strongly alliterative and rhythmic epics, speaks directly to the child at this stage of development. The animal kingdom is studied in its relation to the human being, and geography is introduced to develop awareness of the living environment. The world of fractions leads the child from the whole to its parts and back to the whole again.