I purchased our 2nd grade curriculum at the end of March. With prayer, I decided that My Father's World was a very good fit for us and we would continue on with it. Besides, looking at the outlines on their website had me so intrigued. Who wouldn't want to learn about Daniel Boone, Pocahontas, Abe Lincoln and so many other wonderful people?
For those people who are interested, here is what next year entails (this post is quite picture heavy, so just warning you):
ADVENTURES in MY FATHER'S WORLD
2nd Grade
TEACHER'S MANUAL
Complete with Teaching Tips
Suggestions on How to Fit it All In!
With a sample schedule....
Grid's explaining what lessons to do and on what days.
And under each day is information for the teacher - explaining what is to be covered that day and any special dialog needed to help the teacher get it right.
AMERICAN HISTORY
Here are some of the books we'll be reading. These are what came with the curriculum. There are pages and pages of recommendations in the back of the teacher's manual for books to get from the library to go along with the topic for the week.
These are what MFW calls the Read-a-louds
THE UNITES STATES NOTEBOOK
A huge part of 2nd grade is creating the U.S. Notebook.
We'll continue with our timeline of historical events.....
And bible memory verses.
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Continue with lots of copywork onto these fun pages.
I believe I saw in the curriculum that we'll be creating a poster with all the names of Jesus!
Learning lots of patriotic songs.
We'll also be covering all the states in the U.S.
There are state stickers and states sheets with info to be learned about the state.
And we'll be learning about all the state birds.
SPELLING
Spelling by Sound and Structure
Our spelling program comes complete with spelling lists, teachers manual with answers, and recommended lessons and sentences for spelling tests. This will be new for Caleb this year since MFW does not focus on spelling tests in 1st grade.
Language Arts
Charlotte Mason style
MATH
These are the books we've already started working on at the end of 1st grade.
ART
SCIENCE
I've already gone through the entire teachers manual and created a week by week list of supplies needed for all science projects and hands-on projects and activities. As you can see, the list is over 4 pages long.
BIBLE
This bible is definitely a step up from 1st grade!!
But it still has a few colorful pictures tucked inside!
MUSIC
MAPS
And we'll be receiving an issue of God's World News. Love this magazine. You can get it for different ages and it shares the news in the world AT their level.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish
And yes. We are going to start learning Spanish this year. MFW recommends Rosetta Stone. I can only hope that I'll be able to learn along with Caleb.
SUPPLEMENTS and EXTRA'S I PICKED UP
To Go along with American History
To make learning the state birds just a little bit more fun!
A book on load from a friend whose own son LOVED studying birds and they found this science book to feed his love for the winged creatures.
So many MFW mom's talked about these state books they found at Target. Well, Target didn't have them when I looked, but one of the mom's was able to find them on-line at Amazon. I ordered one and have it ready to go. It basically adds a bit more fun to learning details about the states. Each page in the book has two states on it. A short, fun page, to break up the homeschool day.
So, quite a full year ahead of us. Lots of learning to be done. I'm certain that we're going to enjoy this year, probably more than 1st grade, since the hard work of learning TO read is behind us.
God bless you if you hung in there to look at all of this.
Walking with the King,
Pam
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