In the past I have done one big wrap up post for all three of my kids. I may go back to that but for now I wanted to do a post for each grade level, since I have more to share about each of my children this year. Recently I shared our first month of 9th grade here, and our first month of 5th grade here.
Today I will be sharing about our 2nd grader. Here is the post about the curriculum choices we made for her.
Ladybug is our avid learner who mostly enjoys school and complains little about it. She is a joy and we are thankful for her love of learning. Here’s a peek at one of her recent lesson plans from Lessontrek. All of the extras are listed on Friday but we don’t do them all that day. I spread them out throughout the week and use that list to check them off. We also don’t do them all every week {like Art and Kidstir}, but I list them to remind myself!
Note – SFS = Songs for Saplings, LOF = Life of Fred, TT = Teaching Textbooks
Math
I seriously cannot say enough fabulous things about Teaching Textbooks 3. This is our first time using level 3, so our first kid to begin with TT. The boys use it but they started later. For the first few weeks {as she got used to the computer}, I sat at my desk with the book open to her lesson while she sat at her desk and worked.
As time has passed, she has become almost completely independent. Although I get asked for help with the true/false questions almost daily. She lets me know if she has a question but otherwise works on her own. She hasn’t gotten below a 95 yet so I would say she is understanding it!
She also uses the Math Drills app, which I have customized for her. This is to work on being quick with memorize math facts.
Spielgaben is still a fun addition to our math. You can see the latest two posts by clicking on them below.
She still does Life of Fred with her daddy about twice a week, I just don’t have any photos!
Grammar
We use First Language Lessons Level 2 & Growing with Grammar 2 simply because I like both of them and neither takes too long. I do not correlate the teaching topics, we just work straight through each book, which provides some review when one book covers something at a different time. This is partly why I like using both books. She likes me to use the dry erase board for our First Language Lessons now, which you can see below.
Spelling
All About Spelling Level 2 is a great fit, she loves writing on the dry erase board during our lessons. We do one lesson per week, using the board one day and then writing the words in her notebook the other day.
Geography
I love our Evan-Moor Geography book! She does too! It is the perfect fit for her. You an see our full review as well as a video peek in the book here.
We also practice US states and capitals using our wall map. She puts up a few states a day. Below she was adding the last states for this round!
Then I had her take them all down so we could begin again! Consistent review all year long! We love this map!
SCIENCE
She does Apologia Swimming Creatures with her 5th grade brother and her dad. She is VERY into this as she loves sea creatures.
History
She also does The Mystery of History with her brother and Dad. She takes the best notes, I love seeing her learn and work!
Bible
We are using our Songs for Saplings Questions with Answers Volume 1 printables which you can see here! She absolutely LOVES these songs and is learning so much.
We are also using Friends and Heroes! We decided to stick with the Family Devotional that we reviewed here. Even though this was written for families, I use it for her and she loves it. It’s a great way to go back through the movies with her. We usually watch one episode per week and do one devotion and one printable activity.
She often eats lunch while watching, which she enjoys!
Reading
My girl loves to read! See our recent post all about what we are doing for reading this year! See her ongoing books read list here – I am trying to keep it updated! She is very into The Puppy Place series right now and zipping through them. Currently we are reading Little House on the Prairie {3rd in series} aloud together.
Art
We are using Home Art Studio 2nd grade this year. I am aiming to do one project per month. She absolutely LOVED the watermelon painting project!
All the Rest
KidStir has been a fun addition. She loved her first box and we are planning to order a subscription soon.
She is going to an enrichment class once a week with a local homeschool group. Her class is called Classic Tales and they read a book and do activities. She LOVES it!,
She continues Ivy Kids Unit Studies. Our latest was Over in the Ocean!
She recently asked to take swimming lessons because she wants to join a swim team like her biggest brother. She already knows how to swim, so we signed her up for lessons so she can learn the strokes. She goes once a week and LOVES it!
2nd Grade Subjects
- Math Teaching Textbooks 3, Life of Fred, Spielgaben
- Reading See our reading plan here!
- Spelling All About Spelling Level 2
- Grammar First Language Lessons Level 2 & Growing with Grammar 2
- Handwriting Logic of English Cursive Handwriting
- Geography Evan-Moor Beginning Geography
- Science Apologia Swimming Creatures {with Krash, 5th grade}
- Bible Questions with Answers Volume 1, & Friends and Heroes
- Art Home Art Studio 2nd Grade
- History ~ The Mystery of History {with Krash, 5th grade}
Follow along with us on Instagram to get peeks at our homeschool life {and our life in general!}. see our 5th grade wrap-up here and our 9th grade wrap-up here.
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