Description

About our Digital Curriculum

This product grants you a 4-year long subscription to a digital ebook version of our printed 2nd Grade + K-3 Essentials Package. The digital curriculum is for use on electronic devices and cannot be printed or shared.

Please allow 2-4 business days for us to grant you access to your digital subscription. Digital eBooks will be accessible through the Kitaboo platform.

Click here for more information about Oak Meadow's digital curriculum subscriptions.

What's Included

The following resources are included with the digital 2nd Grade + K-3 Essentials Package:

Please note:

The Heart of Learning, OM Guide to Teaching the Early Grades, OM Crafts for the Early Grades, OM Circle Time CD, and Healthy Living From the Start are used through grades K-3. These items are sold separately as they only need to be purchased once. The recorders, which are used in the music curriculum, are included in the craft kit (sold separately) or can be purchased individually.

Additional Materials Required

The following items are recommended to complete the 2nd grade coursework:

The Book of Cultures
Old Mother West Wind
Circle Time Songs CD: provides musical inspiration for your circle time, and includes all the songs listed in the OM Guide to Teaching the Early Grades
2nd Grade Craft Kit With Recorders: optional kit containing craft items used in the 1st grade curriculum.
Essentials Craft Kit: optional kit designed to be used alongside our K-3 Essentials Package, and includes many of the common craft items you'll need in your homeschool.

2nd Grade Overview

View a sample of our 2nd grade curriculum here.

Oak Meadow’s 2nd Grade curriculum expands on your child’s natural intelligence and growing confidence as a reader and writer.

In language arts, reading emerges from writing, and observations of animals and nature become the subject of poems, writing, and stories. The rhythmic nature of rhyming poems becomes a natural and playful means of working with phonetic letter sounds as students develop their independent reading skills.

In social studies, students continue to develop their understanding of history, geography, economics, and civics. Fables and folktales provide the backdrop for learning about ancient cultures, and universal human themes. Students explore the themes of good citizenship by learning about the lives of inspiring individuals.

In math, the second grader’s growing understanding of mathematics and confidence in manipulating numbers leads to work with the multiplication tables and gaining skill with the four processes.

In science, students continue to develop their observation skills as they explore the world of animals. Themes such as interdependence, natural rhythms, and classification provide the foundation for close-up investigations into the plant and animal kingdoms.

Through hands-on and investigative activities in art, crafts, music, and health, students engage in explorations of color and craft, develop their recorder playing skills, and conduct inquiries into topics related to their healthy development.

Projects, crafts, and activities through the year include: