Homeschooling Second Grade

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This was our second time around homeschooling a second grader in our house. So, what did we do this time? Since this was our daughter's second-grade homeschool year, we used Adventures in U.S. History from My Father's World as our spine. We also used a variety of other resources to make this year educational and fun. 

Resources for Second Grade 

With Adventures in U.S. History as our starting point for our daughter's education, we added in lessons from Math Mammoth, Skill Sharpeners Geography – Grade 2, Stepping into Science Kit, and Science: Lessons and Investigations - Grade 2. We also used Math Challenge from Memoria Press and I Can Do All Things Book and DVD for art.

We read wonderful books for history and as read-alouds. These included: 

• Pilgrim Adventures 
• The Courage of Sarah Noble
• On the Banks of Plum Creek
• Sarah Whitcher's Story
• In Grandma's Attic
• Mountain Born
• Farmer Boy
• Squirreled Away (The Dead Sea Squirrels) 
• Crossroads at Galilee 

One of our favorite resources was the Patriotic Songs of the U.S.A. CD that was part of the second-grade curriculum. It contained the following songs: 

• God Bless America 
• America
• Yankee Doodle
• America the Beautiful 
• There Are Many Flags
• The Star-Spangled Banner 
• You're a Grand Old Flag
• The Stars and Stripes Forever
• Columbia the Gem of the Ocean 
• The Battle Hymn of the Republic 
• Armed Services Medley 

We spent the year listening to each song for two to three weeks and learning the words. It was fun singing along with the songs with our children. We also spent time looking for different versions of the songs to hear the different lyrics and musical choices. 

Homeschooling Second Grade Science 

We used a variety of science resources including those that are part of Adventures in U.S. History: 

• First Encylopedia of Science 
• Science in the Kitchen 
• Sicnece with Air 
• Birds, Nests, and Eggs
• Fun with Magnets Kit 

And a fun science kit we reviewed, courtesy of Timberdoodle, brought science to life with more experiments. There were quite a few experiments from all these resources that our children loved doing! 

A Fun Year 

Homeschooling second grade was so much fun. Our daughter built upon the skills she started in kindergarten and first grade with My Father's World. We spent time working on speed and accuracy in math. We read more books and dug deeper into U.S. History with Drive Thru History, our read-alouds, timeline, and more. And we also worked on adding more Scripture to our memorization work. 

Adventures in U.S. History was a great curriculum for both our daughter and son. It was our spine for our daughter and we used the history, scripture, and read-alouds for our son. I can't wait to see where Exploring Countries and Cultures will take our family!