How to read this page
Prince Edward Island publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Numbers stop being abstract this year — they become things your child can count, compare, build, and explain. In Prince Edward Island, that's Mathematics, Grade 1 — 3 units, 24 skills.
Number
- Counting forward and backward by 1s
- Seeing how many at a glance
- Showing numbers to 20
Patterns and Relations
- Describing repeating patterns
- Balance and imbalance
Shape and Space
- Comparing and ordering by an attribute
- Sorting, comparing, and building shapes and objects
See the full Mathematics, Grade 1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading and writing grow fast at this age — this is the year the letters turn into stories. In Prince Edward Island, that's English Language Arts, Grade 1 — 3 units, 19 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Sharing feelings, asking questions, and giving opinions
Reading and Viewing
- Enjoying reading and knowing concepts of print
- Exploring many kinds of simple texts
Writing and Representing
- Using writing and drawing to share a message
- Getting your ideas down (rehearsing and drafting)
- Using sounds to spell words
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science at this age is guided curiosity — observing, sorting, asking why, and testing ideas hands-on. In Prince Edward Island, that's Science, Grade 1 — 3 units, 18 skills.
Materials, Objects and Our Senses
- The five senses
- Predicting and testing materials
- Using safe tools to build
Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
- Sorting plants and animals
- Comparing living things
Daily and Seasonal Changes
- Tools for recording weather
- Weather and the seasons
See the full Science, Grade 1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 1 in Prince Edward Island?
Prince Edward Island's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies for Grade 1 — 75 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers materials, objects and our senses and needs and characteristics of living things. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Prince Edward Island curriculum?
It's built from Prince Edward Island's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies starts close to home — family, community, and how people live together. In Prince Edward Island, that's Social Studies, Grade 1 — 4 units, 14 skills.
Groups
- Interactions and communication in our day
- Social and cultural groups
- Rights and responsibilities of people in groups
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Environments
Place and Time
- Signs, symbols, direction, and scale on maps
- Community life evolves over time
- The Mi'kmaq relationship with place, then and now
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Needs and Wants
See the full Social Studies, Grade 1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →