“look mommy i made a Lego weapon. it’s called the SICKENER. it makes people throw up and gives them a headache”
Posting the 2nd Grade Curriculum I’m planning for our youngest at the request of homeschooling friends.
(And as always, this is subject to change at any time for any reason.)
Religion:
Faith and Life 2
Baltimore Catechism First Communion
A Life of Our Lord for Children (we’re already reading this but have to finish up)
Vision Saint Books
Languages/Reading/Literature:
Prima Latina and/or Lingua Angelica (will be playing this one by ear, might go slow/fast accdg to interest)
All-of-a-kind Family
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Farmer Boy
Five Children and It
The Enchanted Castle
Emil and the Detectives
Misty of Chincoteague
Peter Pan
Kensuke’s Kingdom
[He had a few other choices from the book A Landscape with Dragons, but I can’t find it right now — will edit when I do!]
[And he said he wants to learn Japanese, and I haven’t explored that at all, so who knows. I may add it when I’ve done the research. Though I remember my cousin learning it when we were both in college and she lived at home, and it wasn’t bad at all and I had a great time learning alongside her. Marking this one a “maybe”.]
Math:
G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book
Singapore Math
– finish this up and move on to the next
Handwriting/Copywork/Memorization:
Selections from The Harp and Laurel Wreath
History/Geography (the Ancients):
We’re starting a wall timeline this year which we did with the other kids and was lots of fun.
Boy of the Pyramids
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
Rereading The Gilgamesh Trilogy
Fun things to do:
Pharaoh Headdress
Hieroglyphic Typewriter
Egyptian Lotto
Moses’ Story — this is a link to lesson plans etc. which we’ll probably modify to suit our needs
Make a pyramid using mini-marshmallows and toothpicks
We’re going to be cooking from Nile Style
And because “the moms” are just so awesome with book recommendations, we may supplement with several from the list Mary compiled here. Those with girls may like Suzanne’s list even more.
The plan right now is to do Ancient Egypt for the first semester, then Ancient Greece for second. But we’ll have to play that one by ear. If we decide to do Ancient Greece, I’ll update this post with Ancient Greek resources.
We’ll also be reading these:
Day of Ahmed’s Secret
One Green Apple
The Butter Man
Sitti’s Secrets
Science:
Plant Secrets
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
The Tarantula Scientist
Birds (National Audubon Society First Field Guides)
Insects (National Audubon Society’s First Field Guides)
How a Seed Grows
If You Plant a Seed
From Seed to Plant
The Reasons for Seasons
Nature Journaling
He also requested these:
Kids First Chemistry Set
Programmable Rover
SomeBody Game
Motors and Generators Experiment Kit
Sunprint Kit
I haven’t said yes to this: Cubelets, but we’ll see.
Music:
Piano Lessons
Continued exposure to classical music
Art
Child Size Masterpieces
Artistic Pursuits Book 1
Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning (TM))
A Child’s Introduction to Art: The World’s Greatest Paintings and Sculptures
The Art Book for Children
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