This is who we are.
The Primary Day School in Bethesda, Maryland, educates boys and girls during the four most important learning years of their lives—Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade. Children are full of energy, curiosity, and potential during this magical time of life. A Primary Day education taps all three to the fullest.
What is the Phonovisual Method?
The Phonovisual Method is a phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling that influences the entire literacy program and is integrated throughout the curriculum. It continues to prove its value, having outlasted countless trends and changes in reading instruction.
With an understanding that the best way to appreciate the uniqueness of Primary Day is to see it in person, we are offering individual tours so you may have the opportunity to visit Primary Day!
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The Morning Handshake as Symbol and Connection
With the coming of March and some flowers poking through the soil, we have reinstituted an esteemed tradition at Primary Day that was set aside during COVID: the morning handshake. […]
