Grade 2 | Free Charlotte Mason Inspired Second Grade Curriculum

Second Grade

Welcome to Old Fashioned Education's FREE online K-12 curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement.

Directions:

Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
Print the 40-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
Order the Grade 2 Teaching Guide (optional) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons using the FREE Student Weekly Assignment Booklet PDF.

Key: *Free online ❶ Our Pick! ❷ Christianbook

Second Grade
Age 7+
American History
40-Week Schedule PDF

King James Bible

The King James Version of the Bible*

Bible Study

40 Missionary Stories*
Mamma's Bible Stories* and Sequel to Mamma's Bible Stories*
Children may use Bible Atlas * by Hurlbut, for reference.

Optional Sunday Reading:

A Child's Book of Saints by William Canton*

Devotions

Keys for Kids* or Kids 4 Truth Devotionals* or other devotions of your choice

Arithmetic. Choose 1

CIMT, MEP, Primary Year 3*
Everyday Arithmetic Primer (Second Half)* with Answers*
Ray's New Primary Arithmetic* and Ray's free video lessons*
Math program of your choice, purchase separately ❶

Science

Enjoying Science Together or

Chambers’s Elementary Science Reader*

Plus continue the following science books from last year.

Library Skills

Go to the library once a week, learn how it all works. If you go on Fridays then you can check out the books you'll need for the following week.

Language Arts

Phonics: Word Mastery: A Course in Phonics for the First Three Grades*, pp. 65-100
Reading: McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader* ❷ and Book of Cats and Dogs* ❷
Writing: Handwriting Workbook of your choice^, purchase separately ❶
Spelling: McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, lessons 5-22 (included in Enjoying Penmanship)
Grammar: Lessons in the Use of English Book 1, Part 1 (Oral and Written)
Graded Poetry Readers: First and Second Years*, Copywork 1 to 2 times per week

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If you are using all 3 programs of study, the reading below is optional.

Literature

Plus, enjoy reading as desired:

The Bobbsey Twins Series*
Dottie Dimple*
Little Prudy*
5 Little Peppers Series*
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*, continue as desired
Additional books for free reading below.

History

The Beginner's American History by D. H. Montgomery*
50 Famous People by James Baldwin*

Biography

50 Famous Stories Retold* ❶
30 More Famous Stories Retold*
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire

Geography & Social Studies

High Roads in Geography*
The Men Who Found America by Frederich Winthrop Hutchinson*
Lucy Fitch Perkins Twin Stories*
Crayon & Character by James Griswold^
Goop Directory* & More Goops & How Not To Be Them* by Gellet Burgess
Library Books about Good Manners

Free Reading
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3

Additional books for free reading.

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales
A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
Heidi, by Joanna Spyri
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Read alouds to enjoy each week (FREE at your local library).

Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies *
The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Cinderella by Marcia Brown
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Hutchit Bishop & Kurt Wiese
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf *
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh

Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski *
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams *
The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Chrstian Andersen, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
Emily by Michael Bedard
Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine by Evaline Ness

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett *
Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
Verdi by Janell Cannon *
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt *
Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard
The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Lucy’s Summer by Donald Hall
Oh Say Can You Seed? by Bonnie Worth
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorris
Watercolor With Me in the Forest by Dana Fox (optional, continue to enjoy through the summer)

Second Grade Syllabus

Spend about 60 minutes daily on Program 3: Individual Study for Grade 2.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Math (20 Minutes)	Math (20 Minutes)	Math (20 Minutes)	Math (20 Minutes)
Science (30 Minutes)	Language Arts (30 Minutes)	Science (30 Minutes)	Language Arts (30 Minutes)
Seatwork (10 Minutes)	Seatwork (10 Minutes)	Seatwork (10 Minutes)	2222222 (10 Minutes)

Plus Program 1: Christian Study and Program 3: Enrichment Study daily.

Have Second Grade questions or comments? See FAQ's

Notes
^Consumable books less than 10%