We are a few weeks into our third year of homeschooling. I’m finally getting around to sharing our homeschool plans. This year I have a second grader and a kindergartner… and a toddler who asks for school work daily. Our life has drastically and thankfully settled down this year compared to the previous two. I have a really great feeling about this school year and that isn’t something I honestly experienced during 2014 & 2015 because life was just so messy. This feeling of contentment and acceptance that has settled into my heart is a good thing and it’s extra sweet when it comes to being home with 3 kids constantly.
Bryson | Second Grade | Homeschool Plans
Keep in mind that we do not tackle every subject daily. Geography, history, and science are rotated. Our writing curriculum is only 4 days per week.
Art · Pinterest Inspired Projects
Bible · Leading Little Ones to God
Geography · DK Workbooks First & Second Grade + Evan-Moor Beginning Geography
Grammar · First Language Lessons Level 2 + Language Arts & Grammar Bundle
History · The Story of the World Volume 1: Ancient Times + SOTW Activity Book
Math · Horizons Math 2 (finishing up 1)
Reading · All About Reading Level 3 + many books
Science · Evan-Moor Daily Science 2 + First Encyclopedia of Science
Spelling · All About Spelling Level 2
Writing · Writing with Ease Level 1
We will be using several resources from Teachers Pay Teachers as well.
Second Grade Morning Work from Second Story Window
Daily Calendar · 1+1+1=1 + Confessions of a Homeschooler (we combine pages from each of these to create our daily notebook)
Math Tools
Math & Literacy No Prep Bundle
Homeschool Plans | Schedule
I had our schedule all mapped out with 4 day weeks and our time off, but we’ve already blown it to bits. We’ve schooled 5 days each week when I had only planned 4. I am not a well scheduled person so I should just accept this about myself. It’s easy to look at other homeschool moms with their days mapped out to the hour and think I should be like her, but that’s not who I am. We are an extremely flexible homeschooling family. We usually don’t even begin school until after lunch. Every year I sit down and schedule our 150 days with the best of intentions and within days, we are not sticking to that schedule so I should quit wasting my time making it! As long as we are schooling, learning, and covering the needed material, I am satisfied.
Overall I’m excited to jump into this second grade year with Bryson. I’m praying for a great year filled with fun and learning. We have a cruise planned for later this year and I hope to work in a lot more field trips than in the past. I’d love to take a trip to the zoo, the aquarium, and the discovery museum.
Awesome work.
I homeschool my child. It was based on my finances. I got a few cheap workbooks at a bookshop. We do art, cookery, gardening and creative writing. We visit the museums, and spend a lot of time at art galleries. I use a lot of free unit studies in addition. We play so many board games. I also teach history, geography, bible study, French, literature, math, and woodwork. We do sports and thinking skills.