A beautiful second-grade year built around living books
Short lessons, parent read-alouds, oral narration, and steady literary growth — all ready to open and teach.
Grade 2 — English Language Arts
Parables from Nature and Shakespeare continue, Pilgrim's Progress begins in Term 2, and poetry continues with A Child's Garden of Verses. A rich second-grade year built around beautiful books — fully scripted, so you can just open and teach.
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What's inside each lesson
Every lesson follows Charlotte Mason's method — living books, oral narration, and gentle grammar.
Read Aloud
Exact passage marked — just open and read. Parent reads aloud while child listens.
Narration
Child tells back what they heard in their own words. Prompt provided for each lesson.
Grammar Noticing
2–3 minute observations on capitals, punctuation, and quotation marks. Never drilled.
Copywork
One beautiful sentence per lesson — copied slowly and carefully.
Required books
This curriculum is a teacher's guide. You'll need these books to read from, purchased separately.
Parables from Nature
Margaret Gatty · Amazon edition linked in curriculum
Beautiful Stories of Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit · Living Book Press edition linked in curriculum
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan · Amazon edition linked in curriculum
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson · same poetry book used in Grade 1