The short answer is simple: We use the world. It is the most common question I get, and the honest answer takes longer than a sentence. Most publishers answer it with a scope and sequence chart: a grid of topics by grade, which tells you what will be covered and nothing whatsoever about what a child will actually do. So instead of describing the program, I am going to walk you through one real week of it, page by page, and let you judge. It is most definiteely a curriculum I,