Form 1A, First Year
(2nd Grade)
Welcome to Form 2A, First Year!
Form 1A, First Year is the equivalent of 2nd grade.
The following course consists of one school year, designed to be spread out over three terms. Many Charlotte Mason homeschoolers complete a 36-week academic year. This typically includes 10 or 11 weeks of lessons plus an exam week for each term with three terms per year.
In this form, most lessons are 10 to 20 minutes each.
Please note, some books are spread out over multiple years.
Remember, you do not need to do everything included here for a complete feast. Especially if you are new to homeschooling, completing the readings under Faith; Literature, Fairy Tales & Fables; and Mathematics will give your child a solid foundation. Begin there and add additional readings and activities as you can.
Faith
Protestant
The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski (Old Testament)
The Ology by Marty Machowski
Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History by Richard M. Hannula
Teach Me the Faith: A Scripture Memory Catechism
Our Hymns, Our Heritage: A Hosanna Hymnal
Catholic
Story of the Bible: The Old Testament from TAN Books
Our Holy Faith, Vol. 2: Lamb of God from TAN Books
Renewed by Jesus: My Guide to Reconciliation from Ascension Press
Picture Book of Saints by Lawrence G. Lovasik
Daily Truth for Kids: Scripture for Every Circumstance Set 1 from Ascension Press
Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church
Literature, Fairy Tales & Fables
Literature
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald
Fairy Tales & Fables
Read from Lang’s fairy books, beginning with the Blue Fairy Book
D’Aulaires' Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
Reading Instruction
Option 1:
Choose the McGuffey reader that fits your child’s reading level.
Original McGuffey readers can be found on Project Gutenberg.
Rainbow Resources provides excellent grade level equivalents that can serve as a good starting place if you are new the the readers. Original and revised editions are available there too.
Option 2:
The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington
Option 3:
Dash into Learning’s Learn to Read Program
Spelling
The Grammar of Spelling, Grade 2 by B. J. Loyd
Picture Books
Rapunzel
King Midas & Golden Touch
Pegasus
The Tale of the Three Trees
The Ugly Duckling
The Little Match Girl
Rikki Tikki Tavi
The Tale of the Firebird
Over River Thru the Wood
Monkey and the Crocodile
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
The Ant and the Elephant
Amos and Boris
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
Wee Gillis
The Gardener
Mirette on the High Wire
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Alligator Under My Bed
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
St. George and the Dragon
Roxaboxen
Where the Wild Things Are
Owl Moon
Horton Hears a Who
Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Andy and the Lion
The Biggest House in the World
The Paper Crane
Thunder Cake
World History
The Middle Ages (Cycle 2)
Spines
Story of the World, Volume 2: The Middle Ages
DK Eyewitness Medieval Life
Chapter Books
The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla
Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard
Castle Diary: The Journey of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt
Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Johann Johansen Burch
Picture Books
Sundiata: Lion King of Mali by David Wisniewski
Chinese History Stories Volume 2: Stories from the Imperial Era
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Rober Browning
A Medieval Feast by Aliki
Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson
Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Cooney
Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China by Deborah Noyes
The Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley
The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz
American History
Biographies
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson
Columbus by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library by Barb Rosenstock
Science & Nature Study
Science
Burgess Flower Book by Thornton S. Burgess
Nature School: In the Garden by Stephanie Hathaway and Lauren Giordano
Up in the Garden Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
Humongous Fungus (Underground and All Around) by DK
Tales of the Mushroom Folk by Polly Lawson (translator)
Nature Lore
Eyes and No Eyes: Volume I with All Original Illustrations by Arabella Buckley
This volume contains the first three books in the series.
Trees and Shrubs
Plant Life in Field and Garden
Insect Life
The other three are assigned to be read in Form 1A (2nd Grade).
Mathematics
The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series: Book 2 from Simply Charlotte Mason
Foreign Language
French
Continue working through Speaking French with Miss Mason and François from Cherrydale Press
Physical Education
Swedish Drill Revisited