2024-2025 GROUP SUBJECTS HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM PICKS || SECOND GRADE + KINDERGARTEN

The only reason build your library puts ages on their curriculum is if you are using it as your base for language arts other than that, you really won’t have to build anything up. It’s an absolutely wonderful program for around the world. I even used it with a third grader. 😊

I'm interested in knowing more about how you do your 4 year history cycle. You said 1- is ancient, 2- is medieval, 3 - is early modern, & 4- is modern. What more specifically what delineates your years in this cycle. For instance, ancient history usually goes up until the fall of the Roman Empire, medieval history usually goes from there through the reformation of the church. Early modern might go from there til just before WW1. Just curious. And then where/ when do you cover US History? Is it combined into one of your other years somehow or is it a separate study? Is it a 1 or 2 year study? What resources do you use or plan to use?

Thank you for sharing. I personally have a 12 year that would enjoy some of these books, I really like some of the books that are used in the Around the World curriculum, we will be going through world geography soon, I usually put together our own geography curriculum and I will most likely be adding some of these that you showed here.

I love what you've got planned for the year! We're actually six weeks into the the Blossom and Root K Space and Nature Study for this year, and my kiddo is loving it! We'll be doing the Build Your Library Level 0 next year. We plan to use Build Your Library long-term for history, and are planning at this time to move into the pre-history combo with Build Your Library and Blossom and Root before jumping into Ancients. I delayed the history cycle for us, so my kiddo was slightly more mature to appreciate the information she's learning. She'll be seven going on eight by the time we delve into ancients.

Looks like it is going to be an amazing year!! Well done. I love the title of the book, Africa is not a country. As someone who lives in Uganda, I sometimes get frustrated when people ask me what, say, Nigeria, is like....well I've never been! ;) Africa is HUGE and so diverse! Anyway. We've been doing all around the world studies this year for 2nd grade, and if you allow screen time at all, I want to recommend "Let's Take a Journey" country videos from miacademy here on YouTube. The guy shares a "letter" from a child in that country and talks about their life there. My daughter LOVES the videos, and has taken pages of notes for each one. Thanks for a great video!

I would highly recommend Classical Conversations. If possible, you might want to try an Open House. You and I are very similarly minded.

We are on month/girl 4 in American Girl History and loooove it. It is my favorite thing we have done this year.