Description
WELCOME and Introduction to Second Grade with Teacher MellieBONUS: This purchase includes mp3s of all your verses for the year PLUS it also includes 917 bonus mp3s of all your second grade stories and lessons for the year!
Living Lessons included in this Second Grade Package
We will update this list as we add more lessons. Currently the following lessons are included (all of these have been provided by Waldorf teacher Simone and teacher Amy Williams. See “Our Team” for more information)
Living Lesson Circle Time/Movements/Beanbag Games
Verse and Craft with Teacher Simone
Using Beanbags in Circle Time
Opening Song and Main Lesson Book Song
6’s with Bean Bags and Expanded Form with Adding
Living Lesson Main Lessons: Form Drawing
Form Drawing Practice
Jack and Jane Story & Drawing
House, Person, and Tree Development Exercise
Living Lessons: Main Lessons: Heroes & Role Models Block
Lesson One: Dr. Martin Luther King
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 40:11
Hello Earth Schoolers, welcome to our Heroes block! There are countless fantasy stories about incredible characters from different worlds who commit amazing deeds and perform fantastic feats of bravery, but in these next lessons, we’ll be focusing on some truly brilliant heroes from OUR world. Let’s join Teacher Mellie and listen while she shares these real-life hero stories, beginning with Dr. Martin Luther King. We’ll start with a morning verse to help us get focused. Next, we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse called Brave and True and our second verse called I’m a Knight, both heroic poems that will put us in the mindset of the people we’ll be learning so much about. After this we’ll get into the big portion of our lesson where we’ll hear the story of Doctor King. His early life, his parents, his hard work in school and life, his passionate speeches, and the swift and successful actions he took to end segregation in the United States. After the excitement of this true tale, we’ll wind things down by doing some spelling and writing practice. Then we’ll do one last movement activity and verse before we get to our final part of the lesson, drawing our hero of the day, and summarizing what we learned about him in our main lesson book.
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- True hero stories: Martin Luther King
- Bus boycott
- “I Have a Dream” speech
- The Magic E
- Vocabulary
- Spelling practice
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “Teacher Mellie’s lesson plans are wonderfully organized, watching her class is always such a pleasant experience”
Lesson Two: Mahatma Gandhi
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41:12
Welcome back to our Heroes block! Let’s join Teacher Mellie while she shares stories of real-life hero. Today’s hero is Gandhi. We’ll start with our morning verse to help us get focused. Next, we’ll do our two movement activities Brave and True and I’m a Knight. After this we’ll review our hero from last time, Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. We’ll think up some new vocabulary words to describe him and use those words to practice our writing and sentence structure. After this we’ll hear the story of Mahatma Gandhi – a hero born in India who sought to end racism. He was actually an inspiration to our previous hero MLK. After this we’ll do some spelling practice with th-, ch-, sh-, and wh- words and then we’ll do one last movement activity and verse before we get to our final part of the lesson, drawing our hero of the day, and summarizing what we learned about him in our main lesson book. These heroes create a never-ending chain of inspiration. Who will be your inspiration?
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- Review Doctor MLK
- True hero stories: Mahatma Gandhi
- The Magic E
- Vocabulary
- Spelling practice
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “I like how many fun verses Miss Lonnemann has. There’s always something new in each block she teaches!”
Lesson 3: Wangari Maathai
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:19
Hello Earth Schoolers, welcome back to our Heroes block! Today’s hero is Wangari Maathai, a female activist from Kenya who founded the Green Belt Movement, an organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights. She became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But before we get into her story, we’ll start with our morning verse to help us get focused. After that, we’ll do our two movement activities, Brave and True and I’m a Knight. Next, we’ll review our previous lesson’s hero, Mahatma Gandhi. We’ll take what we learned about him and create a summary on the back of our drawing to practice vocabulary, writing, and sentence structure. Then we can move on to our next hero and begin the story of Wangari Maathai. She went to school and learned to read during a time when this was not common for women to do. She went on to become a biologist, win the Nobel Peace Prize, and she devoted her whole life to environmental activism and women’s rights. After the excitement of this true tale, we’ll wind things down by doing some spelling and writing practice. We’ll focus on -ai, -a, th-, ch-, sh, and -wh words. Then we’ll do one final movement activity and verse before we get to our final part of the lesson, drawing our hero of the day.
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- True hero stories: Wangari Maathai
- The Green Belt Movement
- Spelling practice (th-, ch-, sh, and -wh, -ai, a)
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “Mellie’s lessons are rich with content. Much appreciated!”
Lesson 4: John Muir Parts 1 & 2
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41
Welcome back to our Heroes block! Today’s hero is John Muir, but before we get into his story, we’ll start with our morning verse to help us get focused. After that, we’ll do our two movement activities, Brave and True and I’m a Knight. Next, we’ll review our previous lesson’s hero, Wangari Maathai. We’ll take what we learned about her and create a summary on the back of our drawing to practice vocabulary, writing, and sentence structure. We’ll also practice spelling with ai, a_e, and -ay words. After that, it’s time for our last movement activity and verse, but with some added variations. We’ll get back into some spelling and learn about -igh, and -y words, then we can move on to our next hero and begin the story of John Muir – a Scottish man with a love of trees and nature who would later move to America and become a conservationist. After the excitement of this true tale, we’ll draw our hero of the day.
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- True hero stories: John Muir
- 1000-mile walk
- Spelling practice (-igh, -y)
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “Teacher Mellie has the best paced lessons ever. Right when students might be getting a little jittery, bam, movement activity. Always at the perfect time.”
Lesson 5: Rachel Carson
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41:27
Welcome back to our Heroes block! Let’s learn about a new hero named Rachel Carson. We’ll start with a morning verse to help us get focused. Next, we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse called Brave and True and our second verse called I’m a Knight, both heroic poems that will put us in the mindset of the people we’ll be learning so much about. After this, we’ll review our hero from the previous lesson, John Muir, and we’ll come up with some vocabulary words to describe him. We’ll use these words to practice writing and sentence structure on the back of our drawing of him. Next, we’ll review our -igh and -y words before we do our last movement activity. After that, we’ll get into the big portion of our lesson where we’ll hear the story of Rachel Carson, a writer and marine biologist. After the excitement of her true tale, we’ll wind things down by making a drawing our hero of the day and summarizing what we learned about her in our main lesson book.
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- True hero stories: Rachel Carson
- Vocabulary
- Spelling practice (-igh, -y)
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “I feel that Mellie really understands the age group she teaches, and she knows just what to say and how to say it best!”
Lesson 6: Black Elk part 1 & 2
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41
Welcome back to our Heroes block! Like previous lessons, we’ll start out with our morning verse to help us get focused. Next, we’ll review our hero from last time, Rachel Carson. We’ll come up with some new vocabulary words to describe her and use them to practice writing and sentence structure. After that, we’ll review our spelling from last time and become more familiar with Gentle C and Gentle G, and -igh and -y words. Then it’s time to learn about our new hero Black Elk, a Native American man who was blessed with beautiful visions and a connection to his Gods. After we learn about Black Elk we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse called Two Little Hands. We’ll wind things down by making a drawing our hero of the day and summarizing what we learned about him in our main lesson book.
- Morning verse
- True hero stories: Black Elk
- Vocabulary
- Spelling practice (gentle c and g)
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “The natural ambience of all Mellie’s lessons in this block are birds or crickets chirping. I don’t know if this was intentional, but it’s a wonderful touch!”
Lesson 7: Jane Goodall
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:51
Welcome back Earth Schoolers. It is time for our seventh and final lesson on these real-life heroes. Like previous lessons, we’ll start out with our morning verse to help us get focused. Next, we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse called Brave and True and our second verse called I’m a Knight, both heroic poems that will put us in the mindset of the people we’ll be learning so much about. After this, we’ll review our hero from the previous lesson, Black Elk. We’ll come up with some new vocabulary words to describe him and use them to practice writing and sentence structure. After that, we’ll learn a new spelling rule about double o’s. Then it’s time to learn about our new, Jane Goodall. After we learn about her, we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse called Two Little Hands. We’ll wind things down by making a drawing our hero of the day and summarizing what we learned about her in our main lesson book.
- Morning verse
- Brave and True movement activity
- I’m a Knight movement activity
- True hero stories: Jane Goodall
- Vocabulary
- Spelling practice (double o’s)
- Writing and sentence structure
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “Earth Schooling is great because they are there for whatever you need. If you need assistance with all subjects, they make it happen. And if you only need a couple of subjects, that is also accessible.”
Living Lesson Main Lessons: Math
Knights and Dragons Place Value Story and Lesson: Quality of Number 11
Zodiac Story, Twelve Gemstones, and the Properties of Numbers One and Two
Countdown 20 to 1, Dragon Story
Odd Todd & Even Stevens and a Dragon Story
Numbers 10 to 20
Lower Case ‘f’ practice and Making a Dodecahedron: Part II
Lower Case ‘e’ and Making a Dodecahedron: Part I
Sight Words Story, New Main Lesson Book, Subtraction
The Letter G: Grape on the Ground, Number 13 Facts
The Number 17
The Color Bar Graph
Estimation
Inches, Centimeters & Subtraction
Nature Symmetry with Bees and Number Practice
Squirrel and Bunny Math & Square Fun
Number Patterns and Gnomes
Number Operations and 7 x to 70
Paper Cutting a Circle and The Balavisx
Violet: Adding and Subtracting 10 and 100
Living Lessons with Waldorf Teacher Mellie: Form Drawing: Complete
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 1
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 2
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 3
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 4
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 5
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 6
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 7
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 8
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 9
Second Grade Form Drawing: Video 10
Living Lessons Math: With Waldorf Teacher Mellie
This is a second set of math lessons provided by teacher Mellie Lonneman. She will take your student through what she teaches her second grade class each year. Her lessons come with chalkboard drawings and main lesson book work. Her style is engaging. We recommend using her lessons as the main lessons and the other lessons above to supplement and review her lessons…
G2 Math: Lesson 1
G2 Math: Lesson 2
G2 Math: Lesson 3: Part One
G2 Math: Lesson 3: Part Two
G2 Math: Lesson 4
G2 Math: Lesson 5
G2 Math: Lesson 6: Part One
G2 Math Lesson 6: Part Two
G2 Math: Lesson 7
G2 Math: Lesson 8
G2 Math: Lesson 9
G2 Math: Lesson 10
G2 Math: Lesson 11
G2 Math: Lesson 12
Living Lesson Main Lessons: Fables
Lesson 1: The Fox and the Crow Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 40:12
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse followed by an energetic rhythmic clapping activity to wake our minds up. After this, we’ll calm things down with a rhyming story about two little kittens. Next, we’ll get into our fable for the day called The Fox and the Crow. We’ll use this story as a way to learn of some new vocabulary words. We will also learn about words that use -er, -ir, and -ur. Teacher Mellie explains why the words are pronounced the way that they are, despite looking like they should maybe be pronounced in a different way. We’ll finish this lesson by using our main lesson book to draw a crayon picture of the fox and crow to summarize the fable we heard.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Spelling (-er, -ir, -ur)
- Drawing activity
- Sentence structure
- Vowel rules
Member Feedback: “I love the inclusion of the numerous rhythm and rhyming activities. It keeps students engaged the whole way through!”
Lesson 2: Anansi and the Melon Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41:01
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse followed by our energetic rhythmic clapping activity to wake our minds up. After this, we’ll do our rhyming story about two little kittens. Next, we’ll do a brief vocabulary review with the fox and crow story from last time, and this will lead us into our first big part of the lesson: writing with lowercase letters. Teacher Mellie gives us some great techniques for writing straight across the page to make sure we are getting the most out of our paper and not writing down or uphill. We’ll pay attention to sentence structure details to make sure we are communicating as clearly as possible in our writing. After this writing activity, we’ll go over spelling -er, -ir, -ur, -or, and -ar words and then we have another two rhythmic poem activities! Next, we’ll get into our fable telling portion of the lesson and we’ll hear the story of Anansi and the Melon. We’ll finish this lesson with a colored pencil drawing activity of the fable we learned about.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
- Spelling (-er, -ir, -ur, -or, -ar)
- Drawing activity
- Vowel rules
Member Feedback: “This lesson is dense with content; I can’t believe we get all of this for such a kind price. You can really tell the Teachers and Creators responsible for Earth Schooling truly care about educating.”
Lesson 3A: Lion and the Mouse Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:30
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse followed by our energetic rhythmic clapping activity and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. Next, we’ll review our previous fable and come up with some new vocabulary words to describe those characters. These vocabulary words will be used to practice some sentence structure in our main lesson book. Next, we’ll do some more practice with -er, -ir, -ur, -or, and -ar words, and we’ll learn something new about the Magic E, which when put at the end of a word, changes the sound of the vowel. After taking a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, we’ll start our new fable called Lion and the Mouse. Then, we’ll add this fable to our main lesson book by making a drawing of it.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
- Spelling (-er, -ir, -ur, -or -ar)
- Drawing activity
- Vowel rules
- The Magic E
Member Feedback: “I really can’t believe how much content is in each lesson. Thank you, Earthschooling!”
Lesson 3B: Lion and the Mouse Drawing Activity
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 29:56
Teacher Simone shows us how to draw a scene from our fable Lion and the Mouse, as told by Teacher Mellie. We’ll use form drawing techniques from our previous blocks and apply those concepts in our art. Simone goes into detail about every form and shaped used and how they are put together to create that larger picture. We are always encouraged to be creative and embrace any accidents in our drawing! For the next activity of the lesson, we’ll hear the story of The Little Blue Hand, which teaches a wonderful lesson of friendship.
- Crayon drawing
- Form drawing in context
- Fable drawing activity
- Writing practice
- Storytime
Member Feedback: “I love Simone’s sound effects and visuals in her story time.”
Lesson 4: Anansi and the Sky God Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:48
Like our previous lessons, we’ll begin with our warmup sequence, which includes our morning verse, energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. Once we’ve woken up our minds a bit, we’ll do a quick review of our previous fable of Lion and the Mouse, and we’ll create some new vocabulary words to add to our main lesson book above the summary drawing from last time. After this we’ll review our vowel boat activity, which explains the rule of two vowels side by side like -ai, -oa, -ay, and -ea words. After that, we’ll take a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable called Anansi and the Sky God. We’ll complete this lesson by drawing a picture of what took place in our fable in the main lesson book.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Spelling (-er, -ir, -ur, -or, -ar)
- Writing practice
- Drawing activity
- Vowel rules
Member Feedback: “This block, much like the rest of the living lessons, is very consistent in each week’s content.”
Lesson 5: The Tortoise and the Hare Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:37
Like our previous lessons, we’ll begin with our warmup sequence, which includes our morning verse, energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. After this, we’ll do a review of our previous fable, Anansi, and the Sky God. We’ll come up with some vocabulary words for that story and use those words to practice writing and sentence structure. Once we finish writing our summary of the last fable, we will learn a brand-new movement activity called Trip, Trip, Trill. This activity will lead us into our next portion of the lesson where we’ll practice learning about tr-, dr-, fl-, bl- and other words beginning with two consonants. Next, we’ll take a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable called The Tortoise and the Hare. Lastly, we’ll add this fable to our main lesson book by making a drawing of it.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Writing practice
- Sentence structure
- Spelling (tr-, dr-, fl-, bl-)
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “It’s good that there is a variety of movement activity to keep things fresh and new!”
Lesson 6A: The Fox and the Grapes Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 41:16
Like our previous lessons, we’ll begin with our warmup sequence, which includes our morning verse, energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. After this, we’ll do a review of our previous fable, The Tortoise, and the Hare. We’ll come up with some vocabulary words for that story and use those words to practice writing and sentence structure. Once we finish writing our summary of the last fable, we will do our newer movement activity Trip, Trip, Trill, but this time we’ll speed it up a bit. This activity will lead us into our next portion of the lesson where we’ll practice learning about sl-, sp-, st-, sw-, str-, spl-, scr-, spr-, and other words beginning with two and three consonants. Next, we’ll take a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable called The Fox and the Grapes and we’ll add this fable to our main lesson book by making a drawing of it.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
- Spelling (sl-, sp-, st-, sw-, str-, spl-, scr-, spr-)
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “I like that Teacher Mellie gives students a moment to say the word themselves before giving the right answer.”
Lesson 6B: The Fox and the Grapes Drawing Activity
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 15:34
In this lesson we’ll get right into our main book to draw a summary of our previous story called The Fox and the Grapes. Teacher Simone shows us step by step how to draw a scene from this fable, and we get into the
- Crayon Drawing Activity
- Drawing tutorial
Member Feedback: “Such a nice and detailed tutorial!”
Lesson 7: Another Anansi Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 44:38
We’ll begin with our warmup sequence, which includes our morning verse, energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about two little kittens. After this, we’ll do a review of our previous fable, The Fox and the Grapes. We’ll come up with some vocabulary words for that story and use those words to practice writing and sentence structure. Once we finish writing our summary of the last fable, we will do our newer movement activity Trip, Trip, Trill, but this time we’ll use some different consonants than the original. This activity will lead us into our next portion of the lesson where we’ll practice learning about str-, spl-, scr-, spr-, and other words beginning with three consonants. After that, we’ll learn about words ending in -nd or -mp. Next, we’ll take a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable called Another Anansi Fable and add this story to our main lesson book by making a drawing of it.
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
- Spelling (str-, spl-, scr-, spr-, -nd, -mp)
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “I LOVE Miss Lonnemann’s organization. Her lesson structure is just perfect and it’s always so easy to review previous lessons because of the way she has student’s fill in their lesson books.”
Lesson 8: Jackdaw and Eagle Fable
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 42:45
Welcome to our eighth and final fable lesson with Teacher Mellie! Just like our previous lessons we’ll begin with our warmup sequence, which includes our morning verse, energetic rhythmic clapping activity (with a twist!), and our rhyming story about two little kittens. After this, we’ll do a review of our previous fable, Another Anansi Fable. We’ll come up with some vocabulary words for that story and use those words to practice writing and sentence structure. Once we finish writing our summary of the last fable, we will do our movement activity Trip, Trip, Trill, but this time we’ll use some different consonants than the original. After that, we’ll review words ending in -nd or -mp and we’ll learn about words that end in -nt or -nk. Next, we’ll take a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable called Jackdaw and Eagle and add this story to our main lesson book by making a drawing of it. Lastly, we’ll summarize our story to practice sentence structure and that will conclude our lesson!
- Morning verse
- Rhythmic poem activities
- Rhyming stories
- Waldorf fables
- Vocabulary words
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
- Spelling (-nd, -mp, -nt, -nk)
- Drawing activity
Member Feedback: “The lessons always feel so natural and organic. You’d think Teacher Mellie was recording in front of a live class if it weren’t so quiet in the background!”
Lesson 9: The Story of a Man, his Son, and a Horse
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 19:22
We’ll start this lesson by singing The Lantern Song and an active rendition of This Little Light of Mine. Next, we’ll practice just the second verse of the Autumn Leaves verse, so that in later lessons we can recite it all together! After this, we’ll get into the big portion of the lesson which is a fable about a man, his son, and a horse. We’ll use this story as a tool to begin learning how to identify the Who, the What, the When, the Where, and the Why in stories we hear. Then, we’ll take the information we gather from this story and practice writing and sentence structure in our main lesson books. Lastly, we’ll do a crayon drawing that summarizes our fable of the day.
- Little lantern song
- This Little Light of Mine
- The Story of a Man, his Son, and a Horse
- Who, What, When, Where, and Why!
- Writing practice
- Sentence structure
Member Feedback: “The fable in this video has a wonderful lesson behind it.”
Lesson 10A: Ant and Grasshopper Fable
Told by guest storyteller, Safia
Lesson 10B: Ant and Grasshopper Drawing Activity
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 21:36
Let’s start with an active song One for the Golden Sun to wake up our minds. Next, we’ll get right into our main lesson book and draw a picture from the fable Ant and Grasshopper. Teacher Simone shares with us her drawing process and goes into great detail about each step she takes to complete this piece of art. Lastly, we’ll do some spelling practice with words ending in -ai and -ay.
- Active song activity
- Applied form drawing
- Crayon drawing activity
- Spelling practice (-ai, -ay)
Member Feedback: “Simone always has such good drawing videos. She explains everything so clearly.”
Lesson 11A: The Foolish Rabbit and the Coconut: Telling the Fable
Lesson 11B: The Foolish Rabbit and the Coconut Drawing Activity
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 17:18
In this lesson, we’ll start with a song called I am a Star. After we’ve sung our song and gotten our minds warmed up, we’ll do a drawing of our previous fable called The Foolish Rabbit and the Coconut. As usual Simone offers guidance on how to complete the drawing. After this, we’ll do some practice with addition and subtraction.
- I am a Star song
- Crayon drawing
- Sentence practice
- Addition +
- Subtraction –
Member Feedback: “I really like Earthschooling’s team of teachers.”
Lesson 12: Tortoise and Geese Fable
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 16:33
We begin this lesson by practicing verses that focus on alliteration. Next, Teacher Simone shares some fascinating facts about rock formation and how sand is made, so that we can use this information in our drawing activity. We’ll practice with chalk beforehand, and once you feel comfortable with the pattern, you can do a crayon drawing to make a more permanent version. After this, we’ll do the drawing one last time, but now we’ll turn it into a wearable headband. Lastly, we’ll get into our fable called Tortoise and Geese
- Alliteration verse
- Rock formations
- Nature form drawing
- Chalk drawing
- Tortoise and Geese Fable
Member Feedback: “Really interesting lessons in here about mountains and rock formation, plus a super fun hat making activity.”
LESSON 13A: The Quarrelling Quails Story
Lesson 13B: Quarreling Quails Drawing Activity
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 15:18
We’ll begin with a verse about a harsh winter that emphasizes alliteration with the letter B. Next, we’ll go over our previous fable of the Quarreling Quails by making a drawing in our main lesson book. First Teacher Simone will help us practice drawing a bird using form drawing techniques, then we will put what we learned in context and draw our summary of the fable. Lastly, we will review the story of the Quarreling Quails with some sentence structure and writing practice.
- Alliteration verse
- Bird drawing practice
- Quarreling Quail drawing
- Sentence structure
- Writing practice
Member Feedback: “The verse at the start of this video is such a fun one”
Living Lesson Main Lessons: Language & Phonics
Main lesson: Learning About the Beginning, Middle, and End of a Story
Main Lesson: Drawing and Word Sort
-ay Words; Main Lesson
Ant and Grasshopper Fable: -ai and -ay Word Practice
-ea Words and Selkie Story
Selkie Story Writing Practice
Two Goats Story and Word Sorting
Sensory Writing, Comparing -oa and o_e, Sentence about Two Goats Story
Letter Review: Knight and Courage Story
Sight Words Story, New Main Lesson Book, Subtraction
Arrowhead Story and Beginning, Middle, and End Activity
King of Ireland’s Son: Learn about Adjectives & Adverbs & The Guilty Dogs
Guilty Dogs Picture and More Adverbs
Big Red and Little Blue Story with Writing Opinions
Adjectives and Adverbs in King of Ireland’s Son
Recognizing the Beginning, Middle and End of a Story
Quarreling Quails Drawing and Sentences
“In Mary’s Garden” – Learning about Topics and Paragraphs
“In Mary’s Garden” – Learning about Who, What & When
SPECIAL LIVING LESSON: Celebrating Loved Ones Who Have Passed On
Hallows Eve Activity (or any time of year)
Living Lesson Main Lessons: The Lowercase Alphabet
The Letter a: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Acrobatic Apple: Story and Drawing
The Letter b: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Bella Bunny and Lowercase b Practice
The Letter c: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Crying Cloud and Magic Trick for Number 11
The Letter d: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter e: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case ‘e’ and Making a Dodecahedron: Part I
The Letter f: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case ‘f’ practice and Making a Dodecahedron: Part II
The Letter g: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter g: Grape on the Ground, Number 13 Facts
The Letter h: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Recall Letter h and the Hiding Hut, Addition Paper
The Letter i: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Immortalized Icicle, The Pear Story, Working with Beeswax
The Letter j: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case Letter ‘j’ and the Jesting Jack-o-Lantern
The Letter k: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case Letter ‘k’ and the Karate Kick
The Letter l: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter m: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case Letter ‘m’ and the Math Maze
The Letter n: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lower Case Letter ‘n’ and Practicing
The Letter o: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter p: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter q: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter r: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter s: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter t: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter u: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter v: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter w: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter x: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter y: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
The Letter z: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Living Lessons: Art/Handwork Lessons
Felted Pumpkin Handwork Craft
How to Make a Waldorf Lantern
Beeswax and Play
Santa Lucia Crowns
Creating Wax Figures for Stories
Creating a Beeswax Elephant
Handwork: Making a Felt Envelope
Paper Cutting a Circle and The Balavisx
Science Lessons
Turtle and Geese Story & Rock Formations & a Nature Drawing
Nature Symmetry with Bees and Number Practice
Animals, Seeds & Pollination
Creating a Timeline for an Inventor or Discoverer
Science and Animals/Nature with Waldorf Teacher Mellie
Science and Animals: Turtle Races Beaver
Science and Animals: Monkey and Mangoes
Science and Animals 3: Butterflies
Science and Animals 4: The Monarch
Science and Animals 5: The Walnut
Science and Animals 6: Clay
Science and Animals 7: Clouds
Science and Animals 8: Weather
King of Ireland’s Son
King of Ireland’s Son: Telling the First Stories
King of Ireland’s Son: Learn about Adjectives & Adverbs & The Guilty Dogs
Adjectives and Adverbs in King of Ireland’s Son
Recognizing the Beginning, Middle and End of a Story
The Color Red and King of Ireland’s Son: Chapter 6
King of Ireland’s Son: Chapter 8
The Balavisx & The King of Ireland’s Son
King of Ireland’s Son Chapters 11 & 12
Paper Cutting a Circle and The Balavisx
Living Lessons: Holiday Lessons (optional enrichment)
Santa Lucia Crowns: Handwork Lesson
Create a Holiday: Language Lesson
Advent and the Color Bar Graph: Math Lesson
Amu Nowruz and Santa Claus Comparison: Language Lesson
Favorite Holiday Experience: Language Lesson
St. Nicholas and the Flute: Language Lesson
St. Nicholas and the Red Wagon: Language Lesson
St. Nicholas and the Coat: Language Lesson
Living Lessons: Saints (Optional, Secular, and International)
Second Grade Saints: Saint George
Second Grade Saints: Saint Martin
Second Grade Saints: Saint Lucia
Second Grade Saints: Saint Nicholas
Second Grade Saints: Saint Elizabeth
Second Grade Saints: Rabia all Basri
Second Grade Saints: Jerome and the Lion
Second Grade Saints: Saint Francis
Second Grade Saints: Saint Rabbi Akiva
See Living Lesson Samples Below
Teacher Simone: 2nd Grade: The Main Lesson Book Verse Teacher Simone: 2nd Grade: The Ant and Grasshopper Fable Teacher Amy W: 2nd Grade: Lowercase Letter ‘l’Already included in this package are all the same benefits you receive with our traditional Earthschooling Curriculum Package below..
Theme: Strong Likes and Dislikes. Cultivating and Guiding the Will
Second graders are at the age when they begin to have strong likes and dislikes. Eight-year-olds react strongly to imagery in the fables and in stories of saints. They hear fables and stories of legendary characters such as saints. These stories teach of human fallibility and present a model for overcoming adversity. Reading opens a new world of words, and the children begin to master the multiplication tables. Second graders continue to paint and explore Nature, and present their first dramatic play.
They learn to crochet and play the pentatonic flute. This curriculum includes the following blocks: Second Grade Handwork Block, Second Grade Language Block, Second Grade Math Block, Second Grade Form Drawing Block, Second Grade Arts, Crafts and Stories Block, Second Grade Music Block and Monthly Enrichment Lesson Book. It also contains many extras such as G2 Saints Chalk Drawing (Video), Second Grade Supply List, Second Grade Schedule, German and Spanish Main Lesson Book Samples.
All of your curriculum materials including mp3s and video tutorials are available through a teacher portal immediately after you make your purchase. You can read more about how this works here.
See Supply Lists for Each Grade Here
Testimonials About Earthschooling
Why do we call this a “Curriculum Experience” ? Because when you purchase Earthschooling curriculum you not only receive a full curriculum (without the need to purchase any additional materials) but you also receive:
*Teacher support videos, mP3s and live support worth over $200.00
*Instructional Movement/Eurythmy videos worth over $150.00
*24-Hour member forum
*Bi-monthly Q & A sessions with a Waldorf teacher worth over $180.00 a year
*Access to member photo galleries
*Access to your experience on any device – mobile phone, tablet or computer – from any location
*Member chat forums
*Weekly newsletter with tips, updates and more
*Free updates for life (we add new material every year)
*Cultural & language enrichment lessons including Spanish, German, French, Arabic and more worth over $185.00
Main Lesson Blocks
Lesson Block: Second Grade Arts, Crafts and Stories Block
MLB Sample: Block Crayons by Hannah
Lesson Block: Second Grade Science
Teacher Guide: Guide to Science Stories: Preschool Through Fourth Grade
Lesson Block: Second Grade Math & Waldorf Math Poems
MLB Sample: Hannah’s Math Book
Teacher Reference: Waldorf Basics Beginning Math Tutorial
Teacher Resource: Sixth Sense Math Book
Lesson Block: Waldorf Watercolor Stories and Verses for the Year
Lesson Block: Fables, Legends and Animals Block
Lesson Block: Saints and Heroes Block G2
Optional: Second Grade Saint Substitutes
MLB Sample: Cursive by Hannah
Lesson Block: Second Grade Form Drawing
MLB Sample: Hannah Form Drawing
Teacher Reference: Form Drawing Basics
Lesson Block: Second Grade Handwork
Lesson Block: Language: Sixth Sense Reading & Lower Case Alphabet
MLB Samples: Hannah: Block Crayons
Lessons in Music
Pentatonic Fingering Chart (PDF)
Pentatonic Recorder: Book One (PDF)
Pentatonic Recorder: Book Two (PDF)
Pentatonic Recorder: Book Three (PDF)
Second Grade Verses (PDFs & MP3s)
Sheet Music Supplements for the Second Grade (PDFs)
Enrichment & Extra Lesson Blocks
Lesson: Games for First and Second Graders
Second Grade Waldorf Supplemental Enrichment
Vintage Books for Silent Reading for Second Graders (17 PDFs)
Space Clearing Lesson Block (PDF)
Word Family Houses (PDF)
Eurythmy
Guidelines to Second Grade Eurythmy (PDF)
About Copper Rods (Video & PDF)
Qui-qui (Video & PDF)
Little Verses (Video & PDF)
Teacher Resources Specific to Second Grade
Second Grade Planner (PDF)
Second Grade Supply List (PDF)
Chalk Drawing Tutorial: Second Grade Saints by Waldorf Teacher Brian Wolfe
Block Crayon Tutorial Level Two: 3 Drawings: Animal, Figures, Landscape Two Crayon Hacks by Waldorf Teachers Brian & Robyn Wolfe
Legal Support
Lists of Curriculum Concepts to Submit to State Supervising Teacher
Correspondence Charts between Earthschooling & Core Curriculum for State Board
Extra Member Benefits
Member Blog with Extra Lessons Indexed by Grade, Season and Topic
Second Grade Chat Room
24-Hour Member Forum
Free Support
FAQs Page for Second Grade
Second Grade Links Page
Member Galleries of the Second Grade Year, Classrooms & Lessons
Kristie’s Private Galleries of Earthschooling Photos
Teacher Reference Materials
Mini-Course: Waldorf 101 Mini-Course (PDFs)
Webinar: Planning Meeting with Waldorf Teacher Diane Power (MP3 & PDF)
Webinar: Planning Meeting with Earthschooling CEO, Kristie Burns (MP3 & PDF)
Webinar: Rhythm and Stages in Waldorf Education (Video, MP3 & PDF)
Webinar: Basics of Early Childhood Education (Video)
Basic Waldorf Verses: Circle Time, Bread Making, Clean Up Song, Basic Waldorf Verses, Leaving Songs, Lunch Blessing Songs (MP3s)
Reference: Introduction to Basic Waldorf Watercolor (PDF)
Planner: Weekly Scheduler for Multi-Age Classrooms (PDF)
Planner: My Waldorf Year (PDF)
Planner: My Waldorf Year for the Southern Hemisphere
Planner: Earthschooling Basic Planner (PDF)
Planner: For the Choleric, Melancholic, Sanguine and Phlegmatic (PDFs)
Mini-Book: Waldorf Basics (PDF)
Article: A Dozen Lesson Planning Tips (PDF)
Article: Parent & Teacher Modeling (PDF)
Article: The Importance of Free Play (PDF)
Article: Adapting Stories (PDF)
Article: Celebrating Festivals in Early Childhood (PDF)
Article: The Rhythm of Learning (PDF)
Article: The Three Day Rhythm (PDF)
Music for the Classroom: Sheet Music for the Year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December (PDFs)
Available Benefits for an Extra Fee
All the items listed above come with the second grade curriculum. However, we also offer the following services below for an additional fee:
Graduation Certificates & Transcripts Available for Additional Fee
Certified Teacher Consultations Available for Additional Fee
Live Tutoring with a Waldorf Teacher Available for Additional Fee
Live Tutoring with a Handwork Teacher Available for Additional Fee
Second Grade Curriculum Samples
Guide to Earthschooling Second Grade Second Grade Earthschooling Curriculum Sample
If you are unfamiliar with this package and need additional samples beyond what we have provided on this page we suggest that you purchase smaller lesson blocks or subject blocks to sample the curriculum (you will be given credit for your block purchase if you decide to upgrade) or contact us at: CustomerService@TheBEarthInstitute.com. You may also be interested in visiting our Testimonial Page or What is Earthschooling page. You can view our company purchase and privacy policies HERE.
