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(Ages 7-
Second Grade Curriculum (Ages 7-
Language 1 (Grammar, Creative Writing, Reading Comprehension)
Language 1 (Grammar, Creative Writing, Reading Comprehension). The biggest change I make in school with my second graders, is completely changing their reading/language program. Up until now, we’ve been primarily using the Reading Eggs program, but I found that the Reading Eggs program changes very drastically when it gets to second grade, and I just didn’t like their new approach for older students. So, even though we still do the Mathseeds program in second grade (made by the same company that makes Reading Eggs), when my kids get to second grade, we switch up our reading/language program and start using Abeka instead.
However, I’ve also noticed over the years that Abeka tends to be a grade ahead in a lot of the content it teaches, which may be really good for the extra “brainy” child, but can be a bit overwhelming for your average student. For this reason, even though the child is in 2nd grade, I find that this 1st grade book is actually more inline with what they should be learning in 2nd grade (their 2nd grade language book read more like a 3rd grade workbook), which is why we are using their 1st grade book here.
Mathseeds Second Grade Workbook
Mathseeds Second Grade Workbook. Just to be clear, we have moved away from the Reading Eggs program by second grade, but are still using the Mathseeds workbook.
Since this is a very familiar program for my kids (and they still want to use the online program for one more year), we keep on using this company for Math, but basically view second grade as a “transitional” period, where I begin to introduce other curriculum companies, and other workbook styles, to help transition my kids out of using this program (since we won’t be using any of the Reading Eggs or Mathseeds curriculum in any future grades).
Note: If you have a child you is especially good at math, you might consider this slightly more challenging Math book: Abeka Second Grade Arithmetic Workbook.
Mathseeds Online Program
Mathseeds Online Program. When my kids get to second grade, we start to “phase out” of using this online program. It’s been fun, but my experience has been that this program really excels more with the younger kids and hasn’t been as helpful when it comes to the higher elementary grades. I do still let my kids do the Mathseeds program online, and occasionally they still enjoy the Fast Phonics program (or the “Yeti Games” as they like to call it), but by second grade we aren’t doing the online Reading Eggs anymore, and we didn’t much like the Reading Express program, either.
Handwriting Practice Book (Hippidoo)
Handwriting Practice Book. We have tried a lot of different handwriting books over the years, but the Hippidoo series has turned out to be our favorite. It’s just very simple and straight forward, but doesn’t overwhelm the kids with too much repetition, but does a really good job of mixing things up enough to keep handwriting interesting.
This particular book covers both the upper-
As far as school workbooks go, this is a rather small book (only about 100 pages), but it usually takes my kids anywhere from 1 to 2 years to complete this books, since I let them work at their own pace. So, even though they are starting this book in second grade, they will continue to use it in third grade as well.