2nd grade - starting out

Our school year began in July using these resources:

• Home Education Curriculum: Grade 2

• Second Grade Big Workbook

• Time Money & Fractions, Grades 1-2, an I Know It! Book

• Math Basics 2

• Time and Money-Grade 2

• READING 2002 PRACTICE BOOK GRADE 2.2 Workbook edition by Scott Foresman (2001) Paperback

The core of our curriculum comes from following the Home Education Curriculum: Grade 2 as our guide.

Here's why this book is my favorite of all the curriculum I've considered using:

• It provides a 36 week lesson plan that allows for a structured format. But it's easily adapted for families that want to skip around and do different subjects at different times (which is what works best for us).
• It covers a wide variety of subjects: reading, grammar, writing, spelling, social studies, math, and science.
• It was easy to find used for a reasonable price.
• Some of the subjects and formats look really fun!

We used some of the READING 2002 PRACTICE BOOK GRADE 2.2 Workbook edition by Scott Foresman (2001) Paperback last year, and it worked really well. We continued it for this year, but for some reason it isn't working well for us anymore. There are plenty of other ways to incorporate reading, writing, spelling, and reading comprehension (such as the Home Education Curriculum: Grade 2 book) so we'll be dropping this resource from our lineup. Also, this resource was only $0.75 from a thrift store, so I definitely feel like we've gotten our money's worth out of it already.

There is overlap with some subjects (such as math and money) and for those we will use the materials we like the most for learning and review.

Aren't doing 2nd grade? The Home Education Curriculum by Jean Wolff is available in 6 grade levels.