This isn't really a post intended for public consumption, I'm just thinking in blog form here. As I stated last week, Em will likely be homeschooled next year for second grade. It will be my first year of homeschooling both of them, and Em's first year home. I'm trying to plan a
very gentle second grade year, so I have been looking at
Ambleside and other Charlotte Mason suggestions. I also checked out the
Core Knowledge sequence (this is different from
Common Core: CK is a
curriculum, CC is a set of
standards) for second grade, and I'm thinking of using library books to gently cover the topics suggested in
What Your Second Grader Needs to Know (by "gently," I mean introducing the topics, and reading grade-appropriate material about them. No testing involved.) As I make changes/additions to next year's curricula choices, I will edit this post.
Daily lessons in:
- Handwriting- possibly New American Cursive
- Math- definitely stick with Singapore Primary Math, Standards Edition. She's about to start 1B, so second grade will probably include finishing up 1B, completing 2A, and beginning 2B. For this program, I need the Home Instructor's Guides, Textbooks, and Workbooks. I don't know about any additional Singapore books though.
- Language Arts- probably Primary Language Lessons (PLL) by Emma Serl, 1911
For literature, we will just keep doing what we're doing. Everything else will be pieced together from Core Knowledge recommendations, library books, and whatever her brother is working on at the time. Overall, I want to start out easy. If she wants more, I can add more.
Other thoughts:
I might want a
teacherfilebox.com subscription for daily paragraph editing, geography, science, health, etc. for both kids.
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