Second Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices! Language Arts, Math, Reading, Spelling, and Handwriting

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Hey friends! We're coming upon another school year, and my youngest (at the time of this video) will be going into 2nd grade! I'm sharing all of my resources for her individual subjects (I teach her these, but she has group subjects she will do with her sisters as well). In this video, I'll show her language arts, math, handwriting, spelling and what I'm most excited about...her reading curriculum! We have resources from Abeka, The Good and The Beautiful and also incorporating BJU Press into our curriculum this year as well. I'm really excited about all of our homeschool curriculum for next year and can't wait to share more!
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@worldofweeze Жыл бұрын

Great choices!! That reading course looks lovely❤ Zoe is really excited about starting level 3 handwriting in the fall because of the cursive portion😊

@IsabelRodriguez-nv2ue 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for sharing all your experience and knowledge on homeschooling! Your videos are lovely and so well organized! Thank you for showing the contents of each book! In this way we can see what the child needs to accomplish! Many blessings to you and all your subscribers!

@melissacardona1747 Жыл бұрын

That BJU Reading looks pretty awesome. Love that you can do the reader and student work text without the teacher’s guide. I might just have to look into that for future years for my little one 😅

@nicolentwiga7049 Жыл бұрын

Love your picks! I have an upcoming second grader too. We are doing TGTB level 2 as well but doinf bju for spelling because the level 1 TGTB spelling wasnt a great fit for us. I am going to look into the bju readers though because they look good!

@sonja1803 Жыл бұрын

Nice curriculum choices. We also use TGTB's original math line. We never moved to the new updated SGBM just because I could tell up front, it wasn't going to be a good fit. The original math line continues to do the job and does it well.

@patriciajackson346 Жыл бұрын

I've been watching you for as long as I can remember.... how did I not realize our girls are in the same grade!? 🤦‍♀️ you're going to have an awesome year! We're doing LOE Foundations D and CLE Math 2 this year. Can't wait to hear how your year goes!

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Haha it happens! Best wishes for next year ☺️

@bethart1985 Жыл бұрын

Looks like great picks! I remember watching a video of someone who bought the entire BJU curriculum for their child for one year and i was so shocked at how many workbooks they pulled out. It was so overwhelming to watch so I definetly hear you on why you didn't need the extra stuff. My girl will be in 2nd next year also! My son is 3 so we will just be doing preschool things with him but i hear once you start 3rd it gets a little harder so we shall see. Thank God for curriculum that guides the parent!!!

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Yes big box curriculum can be a lot. I really like to research on what actually need vs what is extra and I can leave out.

@GardenMinistry. Жыл бұрын

Good Afternoon! We have a rising 2nd grader also, she's using pretty much all Abeka (Reading Comp 2, Arithmetic 2, Language 2, Spelling 2) plus Explode The Code 4 as enrichment. Her learning style is "straight to the point" traditional, so we try to sprinkle in Charlotte Mason into our History and Sciences instead with lots of picture books, activities, and hands on things. Im eye-balling that cursive penmenship book though from TGTB 👀 lol It looks enjoyable compared to others I've seen! Those BJU readers look so pretty too! ❤️

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

That’s my ideal too! (Traditional LA and more Charlotte Mason history and science) but all my kids all have varying preferences. But yes, the handwriting is great!

@whitney5581 Жыл бұрын

Great picks!!

@schultesweeties Жыл бұрын

Love that you are going to do the old TGTB math! We switched from simply beautiful too. My youngest is doing Math With Confidence and my middle is now doing Apologia. I like both but after just a few days doing Apologia, I think I prefer that one over MWC

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

O really? Good to know! I think most people who’ve tried MWC really love it!

@schultesweeties Жыл бұрын

@@thepracticalhomeschooler yes! I don’t not love MWC but so far like Apologia slightly more 😂

@elizabeth0265 Жыл бұрын

I think you will love TGATB level 2. We sure have so far😀

@tatyana1324 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing 😊

@AllAboutE1128 Жыл бұрын

We absolutely love BJU. We have done BJU since kindergarten and my daughter learned soooo much. We are currently in grade 3 reading

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Nice! Wish I would have looked into them sooner!

@AmongStouts Жыл бұрын

I almost went with BJU reading for my daughter, it looks really good!

@f3nw1ckfamily Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the flip-through! I didn't realize there are multiple BJU readers.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌

@brandybernardini2191 Жыл бұрын

BJU readers are the best! My daughter loves them!

@katrinakim4145 Жыл бұрын

I also love the old math better! My kids just thrive with a kinesthetic learning approach and love the games.

@honeyb384 7 ай бұрын

Hello, so my son will be in second grade next year so I am looking for some readers and wondering what you think about Abeka books compared with BJU? I am headed to our local homeschool thrift store to check out readers. With some "look insides" I like how Abeka has character building in their readers, but I guess I need to search that on KZfaq next. My son is still doing TGTB but I feel like I supplement so much for him bc its too easy/quick. Next, year I want to get the Abeka reading comprehension 2 as well as the readers. We do explode the code as supplemental practice, we do sight words and writer's workshop some days. He loves cursive, we are doing CC so I picked up one of their cursive books along with level 3 TGTB so he can switch it up. It's going really well. We did Horizon for math and sticking with it. My 4 year old wants to do cursive so I like that option with Abeka as well. She is starting Kinder in January because preschool/kinder prep TGTB was too easy for her. So, I wanted to try Abeka Kinder to see what it's all about, I started a few lessons already and I like it. There's just so much out there I told myself I didn't want to switch up so much and just stick to 1 curriculum and differentiate it with each of my children's learning styles, but I guess that's the beauty of homeschool. Or is it?

@mymalayaper3766 Жыл бұрын

I love the BJU Reading 2 program. Stories are amazing.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

They seem like it!

@CaileyElise 10 ай бұрын

So far I am loving math with confidence for my kindergartener and second grader. Have you noticed a big difference with the new good and the beautiful language arts compared to the older edition? I am assuming you may have tried the older one. Not sure though.

@juliequezada7504 Жыл бұрын

I love the look of BJU's readers. It's not mentioned very much on KZfaq, so I am interested to see what you guys think of it. 😀

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Yes I couldn’t find a whole lot of info either!

@jessstanley8098 Жыл бұрын

It’s so funny! I emailed the good and the beautiful to see if I could get my hands on their older version bc their new math my son loves but i am wanting better foundation. So we’ve narrowed it down to apologia and MWC bc tgtb said they cannot share older versions but I feel like we prob would have loved it! I have no clue whjch to pick though! Debating doing both but then my son also saw an Abeka workbook flip through and said he wanted to do that 🙃 for practice

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

You can still buy the old versions on Facebook curriculum resell pages! I need to add back in Abeka for some extra practice for her too! She doesn’t love it but it’s a really good supplement

@jessstanley8098 Жыл бұрын

@@thepracticalhomeschooler I am so glad to hear the abeka is good for extra practice! Many have said MWC and Apologia would be enough but I know he has been exposed to a lot so I hate to not have him at least review some of it still. I did consider that and still am I may try to find some look throughs on youtube before tryign to find them. I was nervous I'd not be able to find a level and have to switch in the long run anyways but if it feels like it's the best fit I may just put in the work to find it! Is that what you are going to be doing for your older two also?

@lisaroper421 Жыл бұрын

We did TGATB 2nd grade this year, and I can't remember any situation where the readers were directly addressed in the main book. So, it should be super easy to add the BJU stuff!

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

O ok, good to know! Thanks!!

@_jessci Жыл бұрын

I used both started with TGTB and ended up with BJU after 2nd quarter. BJU reading is nice the videos are about 20-25 minutes but she is learning so much!

@BearBettermentSchool Жыл бұрын

Yup. The workbooks do not refer to the readers.

@amytoren3357 Жыл бұрын

I bought math levels 1-3 of the original TGATB when they were hugely discounted and they’ve been sitting on my shelves also. I’ve been struggling with making the decision to just do them or try Christian Light Education’s math next year. We are currently using the Simply Good and Beautiful math for K and 2nd and I don’t care for them much so I’m worried I won’t like the others either. I’m also worried it will take too much time.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

You could always try them and if you won’t like them, move on. You also don’t NEED to do every part of the daily dose…we skip a lot of that.

@OurInspiredHomeschool Жыл бұрын

We have some of the same picks. We are about 20 lessons into TGTB level 2 LA & we love it. We are are using the old math 3 in August! (Found it new on Poshmark) I prefer the old math and was so happy 😁 we love all the games/hands on in the old levels.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike 😄😄 Glad you’re loving TGTB level 2!

@britt3795 Жыл бұрын

My biggest thing that I've been debating so much is tgatb math it's advanced but I luv the lessons except sum r a Lil more heavy on games but in math lvl 1 they don't do many problems I'm assuming becuz of the games. I've thought of switching but idk which to switch to any ty for ur vid it dies help also I think the reading wuld b perfect for wat I want to do. Also science wat r u using for that I've done tgatb and like it but curious about wat else to use.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

I'll be sharing our science choices very soon! I'm excited for them!

@rachelevans3933 Жыл бұрын

Where is a good place to get the readers used? I am looking for reading 3.

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

Either eBay, Facebook resell group or even thrift books.

@tehillahcomfort6443 Жыл бұрын

how can i get the old level one to 3 maths for the good and beautiful, kindly guide me where i can get them from and what do you recommend for language and art and science please kindly recommend

@thepracticalhomeschooler Жыл бұрын

You can find them on the Facebook curriculum marketplace and I’m sure eBay