Curriculum Anyone?

So, what did children learn during this time? Mostly children learned their alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, counting, a few sentences from the Bible, and prayers. However, young girls were often taught cooking and sewing as well. This is because they were not expected to join any sort of work force, which was escpecially true in the Southern Colonies. Obiviously, religion was a big aspect of education during Puritan times, especially in the New England Colonies. However, it should be noted that the "dames" who taught the students were somewhat illiterate themselves. Dames only taught the students what they knew.