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Free Living Lesson Samples for Second Grade

FIRST LESSON FREE: Fables: Lesson 1 with Waldorf Teacher Mellie

FREE LESSON: Heroes: Lesson 6 with Waldorf Teacher Mellie

FIRST LESSON FREE: Gnomes and Form Drawing with Waldorf Teacher Simone

FIRST LESSON FREE: The Letter M with Ms. Amy

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Meet Your Main Teacher – Waldorf Teacher Mellie

BONUS: This purchase includes MP3s of all your verses for the year, PLUS 917 bonus MP3s of all your second grade stories and lessons for the year!

Keep in mind that as a full curriculum with Living Lessons member, you receive access to both the “by the week” page layout option and the “main lessons only” option. You can see both options below. You will always have access to both options and can choose between them at any time:

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With secondary page: Handwork, Music, Art & Eurythmy

Living Lessons included in this Second Grade Package

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
6s with Beanbags 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! Countless fantasy stories feature incredible characters from different worlds who commit amazing deeds and perform fantastic feats of bravery, but in these next lessons, we’ll focus 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 that, we’ll get into the main part of our lesson, where we’ll hear the story of Dr. King. We’ll cover his early life, his parents, his hard work in school and life, his passionate speeches, and the swift, 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 reach the 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 heroes. 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 that, we’ll review our hero from last time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We’ll come up with new vocabulary words to describe him and use them 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 Kenyan activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an organization focused on planting 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 at a time when this was uncommon for women. 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 reach the 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 that, we’ll review our hero from the previous lesson, John Muir, and come up with 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 main part 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 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 with our morning verse to help us focus. Next, we’ll review our hero from last time, Rachel Carson. We’ll learn new vocabulary to describe her and use it to practice writing and sentence structure. After that, we’ll review last week’s spelling 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 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 down by 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 ambiance of all Mellie’s lessons in this block is 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. As in previous lessons, we’ll start with our morning verse to help us focus. 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 hero, Jane Goodall. After that, we’ll do some movement activities while we recite our first verse, called Two Little Hands. We’ll wind down by 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.”

Second Grade Math Block with Waldorf Teacher Mellie

Lesson 1: The 2 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 18:44
Welcome to our second-grade math block! We’ll start by learning a verse that we’ll recite at the start of each lesson. Next, we will sing a song to help us review our 2 times tables all the way up to 24. We’ll do some chalkboard practice with our 2s, then a more tangible exercise where we count rocks, or whatever small objects you can use to count with. We will focus on the relationship between 14, 7, and 2. We will work our math equations back and forth so we can fully understand why they yield the answers they do. Next we’ll practice an activity called Best Friend’s Ten, which gives us a visual and physical way to remember which numbers add up to ten. For example, 8 and 2 are best friends because they make 10! 7 and 3 are best friends because they make 10! Creativity and art are important in every aspect of learning, so we’ll do a crayon drawing of our Best Friend’s Ten in our main lesson book.

• Morning verse
• 2s song
• 2 times tables
• 14, 7, and 2
• Counting with rocks
• Multiplication
• Best Friend’s Ten

Member Feedback: “Wow, Teacher Mellie can do it all! Language arts, science, history, art, and math too”

Lesson 2: The 3 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 28:08
In this lesson, we’ll review our 2 times tables and learn our 3 times tables. In this block, repetition is essential. We will start with our morning verse, then review our 2s song from the previous lesson. After that, we’ll take out our counting rocks to visualize the 2 times table. Then it will be time for our rhythmic movement activity. Teacher Mellie will first show the hand-clapping pattern, then go over each 2 times table with the clapping pattern. Next, we’ll introduce the 3 times table, and we’ll play a chalkboard game. Then we’ll try some word problems to apply what we’re learning to real-life situations. After our word problems, we’ll quickly review our Best Friend’s Ten activity. Then we’ll create another piece of art in our main lesson book. This time, we’ll draw a geometric shape to help us better understand our 2 times table, and we’ll use the other side of the page to write out our 2 times table.

• Morning verse
• 2s song
• Counting with rocks
• Clapping pattern
• 2 times table review
• Introduce 3 times table
• Word problems
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “The visual with the rocks was so helpful, since math is sometimes a harder subject for students to comprehend”

Lesson 3: The 4 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: Part 1 is 20:44, part 2 is 10:17
We’ll start this lesson with our morning verse, then we’ll review our 3 times tables from last time. Next, we’ll move on to 4s, starting with counting by 4s using our leapfrog rule; then we’ll learn a song to count by 4s all the way up to 48. We’ll also practice with all kinds of equations and talk through them as we solve. After that, we’ll do some word problems, then geometric drawings to help us visualize counting by 2s and 3s.

• Morning verse
• 3 times table review
• Clapping pattern
• Introduce 4 times table
• Word problems
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “Teacher Mellie has this energy that is so comforting and nostalgic. She is such a wonderful presence in the Earthschooling classroom!”

Lesson 4: The 4 Times Tables
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 30:55
We’ll start with our morning verse, then jump right into the lesson. We’ll begin by reviewing our 3s with the snap/clap movement activity. Then we’ll review counting by 4s, and we’ll sing the 4s. Next, we will practice some word problems with 4s, and after that we’ll do more practice with the geometric pattern we have been studying. We’ll add 4s to the pattern this time, then draw the 4 times table.

• Morning verse
• 4s song
• Clapping pattern
• Word problems
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “I like how much repetition is in the videos”

Lesson 5: The 5 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 33:15
As we’ve done in previous lessons, we’ll begin with our morning verse. After that, we’ll jump right into reviewing our 3 and 4 times tables. We’ll start by practicing the snap/clap activity with 3s, then we’ll sing our 4s song. Next, we’ll be ready to learn our 5s! We’ll learn to count by 5s using the leapfrog rule, then we will do some word problems and learn about odd and even numbers. To finish up, we’ll work on our geometric pattern, add our 5s to it, and then write out our 5 times tables in the main lesson book next to the drawing. The last part of our lesson will introduce the 6s, but we’ll cover that in more detail in the next lesson.

• Review 3s
• Review 4s
• Clapping pattern
• Word problems
• Introduce 5 times table
• Odd vs even
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “The geometric pattern drawn in this block is so cool. It’s a great way to incorporate art and creativity into the math lessons, and it also is good for visualization!”

Lesson 6: The 6 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: Part 1 is 13:27, part 2 is 19:34
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, then we’ll practice our 6s with the snap/clap movement activity. Next, we’ll review since repetition is key to math! We’ll do our 4s song and review our 5s portion of the geometric drawing we’ve been working on, plus we’ll go over the 5 times tables with the snap/clap movement activity. After that, we’ll learn more about our 6s and see how they relate to our 3s. Next, we’ll practice word problems and do some chalkboard equations. Once we’re done, we’ll add our 6s to the geometric pattern and then write our 6 times table.

• Introduce 6s
• 6s song
• Review 4s
• Review 5s
• 6 in relationship to 3
• Odd vs even
• Word problems

Member Feedback: “It’s great how Mellie points out all of these patterns in numbers”

Lesson 7: The 7 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 35:00
Like previous lessons in the block, we’ll begin with the morning verse. After waking our minds up a bit, we’ll review the 6s song. Next, we’ll do a quick little story time about a squirrel and turn it into a word problem. After this, we will introduce the 7s! We’ll learn a 7s song, do some chalkboard practice, and add 7 to our geometric drawing.

• Review 5s
• Review 6s
• Introduce 7s
• 7s song
• Word problems
• Even vs odd
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “I love that there are so many different methods Mellie gives us for all the different kinds of learning styles”

Lesson 8: The 8 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 30:19
We will start with our morning verse to wake up our minds. After this, we will review our 7s, which we learned in the previous lesson. Next, we’ll introduce our 8s with the leapfrog rule and a song. After that, we will do some word problems, then add 8 to our geometric drawing. We always practice the drawing on chalk before moving to the main lesson book, because the pattern is quite complex. 

• Review 7s
• Introduce 8s
• Down by the Banks song
• Odd vs even

Member Feedback: “You can tell how much Mellie loves to teach and how happy she is to be doing it!”

Lesson 9: The 9 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 29:24
After doing our morning verse, we’ll get right into practicing our 8s. After our 8s song and snap/clap activity, we’ll move on to word problems that review previous material. Next, we’ll learn our 9s! We’ll start by learning the song, and Teacher Mellie will show us a unique and interesting pattern to help us remember the 9 times table. After that, we’ll add our 9s to the geometric drawing, which we’ll practice on the chalkboard before transferring to our main lesson book.

• Review 8s
• Word problems
• Even vs odd
• Introduce 9s
• 9s song
• Geometric drawing

Member Feedback: “I think it’s really clever of Teacher Mellie to teach the number songs with tunes and rhythms that students will already be very familiar with!”

Lesson 10: The 10 Times Table
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 30:28
After reciting our morning verse, we will review both 8s and 9s. Then we will get to learn our 10s. After learning our 10s, we will do some practice on the chalkboard with word problems. Next, we will add our 10s to our geometrical pattern. We will first practice on the chalkboard, then move on to the main lesson book to create our final version of the drawing. Lastly, we will write all our 10 times table next to our drawing for future reference.

• Review 8s
• Review 9s
• Introduce 10 times table
• Odd vs even
• Geometric 
• Word problems

Member Feedback: “Mellie never skips over anything; she always explains so thoroughly!”

Lesson 11: The 11 Times Table
Teacher- Mellie Lonnemann
Length- 25:17
We’ll start this lesson with our morning verse, then warm up our minds by reviewing our 8s, 9s, and 10s. After this, we’ll learn our 11s with a simple pattern and a fun song, of course. Then we’ll practice our equations and word problems on the chalkboard. Next, we’ll add our 11s to the geometrical pattern we’ve been drawing. We will practice on our chalkboard first, then draw the pattern in our main lesson book, and on the next page we will write out our 11 times table.

• Review 8s
• Review 9s
• Review 10s
• Introduce 11s
• 11s song
• Word problems
• Odd vs even
• Geometrical drawing

Member Feedback: “The consistency in Mellie’s lessons is so important, especially for math!”

Lesson 12: The 12 Times Table
Teacher- Mellie Lonnemann
Length- 33:53
We’ll start this lesson with our verse, then jump right into our review of the 9s, 10s, and 11s. We will do some word problems and equations, then review more content from earlier lessons in this block, like the Best Friend’s 10 Rainbow. After that, we’ll learn our final number times table: 12s! We’ll learn the pattern to remember our 12s, then we’ll add our 12s to our geometric pattern. This time, we will add ALL the numbers 1-12 to our geometric drawing, and we’ll discover what beautiful pattern it creates. After practicing with chalk, we will transfer the drawing to our main lesson book, then use the next page to write down our 12 times table.

• Review 9s
• Review 10s
• Review 11s
• Introduce 12s
• 12s song
• Word problems
• Odd vs even
• Geometrical drawing

Member Feedback: “Mellie has such clever tips and tricks for mind math!”

Second Grade Math Lessons with Teacher Simone

Lesson 1: Inches, Centimeters, and Subtraction
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 14:16
We’ll start this lesson by moving around a bit and singing two songs together. After waking up our minds, we’ll talk about inches and centimeters. We’ll use Cheerios, or any similar snack you may have available, to measure in inches or centimeters. What other objects can we use to measure things? Next, we’ll talk about Flamingos in a set of subtraction story problems.

• Santa Lucia song
• Measuring
• Inches
• Centimeters
• Subtraction
• Flamingo story problem

Member Feedback: “Simone has a very beautiful voice; it’s so nice listening to her sing!”

Lesson 2: Advent and the Color Bar Graph
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 12:38
We’ll begin this lesson by singing together. Our verse lineup for today is Morning Has Come and The Kookaburra Song. After that, we’ll read about Advent Elf and learn about the holiday Advent, which runs throughout December. Advent is about the light within the universe, and each week of December, we celebrate a different kind of light. Teacher Simone shows us a special verse that reminds us which kind of light we celebrate each week of Advent. After learning about Advent and reading the story, we’ll do a comprehension check by recalling what happened. We’ll split it up into three sections: the beginning, middle, and end. Our last activity of the day will be the Color Bar Graph. We’ll introduce the concept of graphs and statistics by putting together our own Bar Graphs and asking peers and family what their favorite colors are.

• Morning Has Come song
• Kookaburra song
• Advent Elf story
• Advent Lights Verse
• Beginning, middle, and end
• Color Bar Graph

Member Feedback: “The color bar graph is a really effective way to introduce graphs to younger students. It’s such a simple activity. After doing it with colors, they’ll want to do it with animals, foods, seasons, and anything else they can think of!”

Lesson 3: Hannukah and Estimation
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 10:18
In this lesson, we’ll learn all about Hannukah and the Menorah. After hearing the story about the Menorah, we’ll do a comprehension check and try to recall the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We’ll work together and do a crayon drawing for each section of our story. Next, we’ll learn about estimations.

• Hanukkah and the Menorah
• Beginning, middle, and end
• Estimations

Member Feedback: “It’s very effective that there are a lot of short lessons rather than a few long ones. It’s like every concept is pre-cut into bite-sized pieces, so students don’t get overwhelmed with information.”

Lesson 4: The Number 17
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 8:14
We’ll start by singing My Lantern and learning a verse called The Leaves. After warming up our minds, we’ll learn about the number 17. Is it even or odd? What number combinations can we use to add up to 17? What number combinations can we use to subtract down to 17?

• My Lantern
• The leaves
• The number 17
• Addition and subtraction 

Member Feedback: “I love how Simone acknowledges that not all students will learn at the same rate. She put up two different sets of questions for students to choose from!”

Lesson 5: Counting by 6 and Expanded Form Adding
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 16:33
This lesson starts with a fun beanbag activity and a song. We’ll incorporate counting by 6s into the song. Next, we’ll practice addition problems together, and we’ll look at triple-digit numbers differently by splitting them into three columns: 100s, 10s, and 1s.

• Beanbag activity
• Triple-digit addition
• 100s, 10s, and 1s
• Expanded Form Addition

Member Feedback: “It’s nice that Simone puts practice problems of different difficulty levels”

Lesson 6: Lowercase Letter ‘m’ and the Math Maze
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 12:37
We’ll begin this lesson with our verse The Leaves, then we’ll hear a story. The story is about an adventure in the mountains and the lowercase ‘m’. We’ll do a crayon drawing of our story, and then we’ll move on to another drawing of a maze to get our math minds activated. This math maze goes with a story-word problem combination. We’ll learn to problem-solve and use addition and subtraction to find our way out of the maze together! Lastly, 

• The Leaves verse
• Lowercase ‘m’ story
• Lowercase ‘m’ drawing
• Math maze drawing
• Story problems
• Point

Member Feedback: “Learning such a wide variety of verses is actually a fantastic way to expand vocabulary”

Lesson 7: Countdown 20 to 1 and a Dragon Story
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 30:12
We’ll start off with two verses. Morning Has Come and Deep Peace. Next, we’ll hear a fantastical story about a dragon, and we’ll apply this story in various mathematical ways. After this, we’ll practice counting backward from 20 while we stomp: moving our bodies and brains at the same time! Next, we’ll go back to our dragon story, and we’ll draw a crayon drawing of the dragon in our main lesson book. Teacher Simone will help us understand a dragon’s outline so we can do our best when drawing. A good tip is to draw the first outline with a light-colored crayon. Our last activity will be making a vocabulary chart.

• Morning Has Come verse
• Deep Peace verse
• Dragon story
• Dragon story problems
• Counting backwards
• Dragon drawing
• Vocabulary chart

Member Feedback: “These Waldorf story problems are stellar.”

Lesson 8: Odd Todd and Even Steven
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 18:07
We’ll start this lesson off with our verse The Leaves and our song Deep Peace. Next, we’ll talk about even and odd numbers, and we’ll draw two dragons named Odd Todd and Even Steven. After drawing, we’ll tell a story about the dragons to help us better understand odd and even numbers.

• Dragon story
• The Leaves verse
• Deep Peace verse
• Odd and even numbers
• Dragon drawing

Member Feedback: “How did Earthschooling find all the best teachers in the land?!”

Lesson 9: Numbers 10-20
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 15:13
We’ll start this lesson with our Morning Has Come verse, then we’ll sing a song called If the People Live Their Lives. After waking up our minds a bit, we’ll do some practice counting backward, and we’ll use our magic dragon gems to complete a few addition problems. Lastly, we will sort our numbers into odd and even categories to get more practice in with that.

• Morning Has Come
• If the People Live Their Lives
• Counting backwards
• Numbers 10-20
• Dragon gem math
• Odd and even numbers

Member Feedback: “I absolutely love the incorporation of the dragon story throughout this block!”

Lesson 10: Sight Words Story
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 15:59
We’ll begin this lesson with a movement activity and a song called If the People Live Their Lives. Next, we’ll learn a verse called 5 Little Pumpkins. After waking our minds up with some music, we’ll begin in a new main lesson book and welcome it into our hands with gratitude and joy! After we draw in our first page of the main lesson book, we’ll practice reading together. 

• If the People Live Their Lives song
• 5 Little Pumpkins
• New Main Lesson book
• Reading practice

Member Feedback: “There is so much care put into each main lesson book”

Lesson 11: The Letter G and The Number 13 
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 19:08
We’ll start this lesson by singing If the People Live Their Lives and doing the stomps that go along with it, then we’ll do our 5 Little Pumpkins verse. After that, we’ll practice addition and subtraction with the number 13. Next, we’ll hear a story about The Grape on the Ground, and we’ll do a crayon drawing in our main lesson book. We will also practice summarizing our story and writing sentences for the beginning, middle, and end.

• If the People Live Their Lives
• 5 Little Pumpkins
• The Grape on the Ground
• The number 13

Lesson 12: Recall Letter H and the Hiding Hut
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 11:41
This lesson begins with our 5 Little Pumpkins verse, followed by our song If the People Live Their Lives. Next, we’ll do a quick review of the letter G, and then we’ll talk about the letter H. After hearing a story about the letter H, we’ll practice our summarization skills, and we’ll write a sentence for the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Lastly, we’ll review an addition worksheet and then practice adding numbers.

• 5 Little Pumpkins verse
• Review the letter G
• The letter H
• Beginning, middle, and end
• Addition

Lesson 13: The Number 11
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 10:33
We’ll start with our Morning Has Come verse. After that, we’ll hear the story of Crying Cloud, write a sentence summarizing it, and practice writing our letter C. Next, we’ll look at the number 11, and we’ll learn a magic trick to help us multiply 11 by other double-digit numbers.

• Morning Has Come verse
• Crying Cloud story
• The Number 11
• Multiplying double-digits

Lesson 14: The Properties of Numbers 1 and 2
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 23:45
This lesson begins with our Autumn Verse, followed by a story about the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. After that, we’ll learn our 1 and 2 times tables. The rule for the 1 times table is simple, and we’ll do a beanbag activity while we count by 2s.

• Autumn verse
• Beeswax crafting activity
• The 12 gemstones
• Chinese zodiac story
• Times tables for 1 and 2
• Beanbag activity

Member Feedback: “Great story about the Chinese Zodiacs. The 12-year cycle is an interesting way to incorporate a cool story into a math lesson.”

Lesson 15: Lowercase ‘e’ and Making a Dodecahedron 
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 17:07
We’ll start this lesson with our Autumn verse, and then we’ll hear a story about an Easter Egg hunt. After our story, we’ll write a one-sentence summary and then practice writing our letter ‘e’. When we finish our writing practice, we’ll move on to a fun activity where we will create our own dodecahedron out of paper and decorate it with the 12 Chinese zodiacs or the 12 Gemstones.

• Autumn verse
• Easter Egg story
• Lowercase ‘e’
• Dodecahedron pattern
• Crayon drawing Chinese zodiac

Member Feedback: “The 12-sided dice pattern is really cool!”

Lesson 16: Lowercase ‘f’ and Making a Dodecahedron
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 20:03
We’ll begin this lesson with our Autumn verse, and then we’ll hear the story of The Feeling Flowers. After the story, we’ll write a one-sentence summary, and we’ll practice writing our lowercase ‘f’. Next, we’ll talk more about our Dodecahedron from the previous lesson. This time, we’re going to cut out the dodecahedron we decorated in the last lesson and glue it all together.

• Autumn verse
• The Feeling Flowers story
• Lowercase ‘f’
• Dodecahedron pattern
• Creating a Dodecahedron

Member Feedback: “I like how Teacher Simone does the entire Dodecahedron activity in the video”

Lesson 17: Knights and Dragons Place Value Story
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 10:31
We’ll begin this lesson with our Morning Has Come verse and our Joy song. Next, we’ll take a look at a tough subtraction problem with triple digits. We’ll hear a story and learn a special technique for solving this problem together. After this, we’ll talk about the special qualities of the number 11.

• Morning Has Come verse
• Joy song
• Triple Digit subtraction
• Place Value
• Special qualities of 11

Member Feedback: “The dragon story is so creative!”

Lesson 18: Nature Symmetry with Bees and Number Practice
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 9:55
We begin this lesson by practicing verses that focus on alliteration. Next, Teacher Simone will share a story with us about bees. We’ll learn about how bees fly in a form-drawing-like pattern and how the symmetry of that pattern occurs in nature. We’ll finish this lesson by practicing number names.

• Alliteration verse
• Bee story
• Form drawing bee pattern
• Number name practice

Member Feedback: “So cool how bees fly in a form drawing pattern!”

Lesson 19: Squirrel and Bunny Math and Square Fun with Math
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 11:41
We’ll begin this lesson with a brand-new verse that focuses heavily on alliteration. Next, we’ll hear the story of Squirrel and Bunny. This story will help us practice subtraction. After this, we’ll talk about squaring numbers. 

• Alliteration verse
• Squirrel and Bunny
• Subtraction Practice
• Squaring numbers

Lesson 20: Number Operations and 7 x to 70
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 24:23
We’ll begin this lesson with our Morning Has Come verse, then we’ll decorate our main lesson book page together. We’ll be learning about number operations! Next, we will turn the page, and we’ll practice our 7 times table by drawing rainbows.

• Morning Has Come verse
• Number operations
• 7 to 70 rainbows

Lesson 21: Number Patterns and Gnomes
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 14:26
We’ll begin this lesson with our Morning Has Come verse, then we’ll draw 7 triangles for each color of the rainbow. We’ll use these triangles – or gnome caps – to do some more practice with our 7 times table. We’ll hear a story about the Rain Gnomes that will help us expand our 7 times table charts. Lastly, we’ll look at some subtraction problems and practice that as well.

• Morning Has Come verse
• Crayon Drawing
• 7 times table chart
• Rain Gnomes story
• Subtraction practice

Member Feedback: “The Rain Gnomes chart is wonderful”

Lesson 22: Violet: Adding and Subtracting 10 and 100
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 25:09
We’ll begin this lesson by singing our I Am A Star song and reciting our Golden Gates verse. Next, we’ll do a block crayon drawing from our story from the previous lesson. This drawing and story will help us remember how to count by 10s and 100s. We will also review our Rain Gnomes from previous lessons.

• I Am a Star song
• Golden Gate
• Crayon drawing
• Counting by 10s and 100s 

Lesson 23: Paper Cutting a Circle and The Balavisx
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 21:05
We’ll begin this lesson with a few different songs and verses. First, we’ll sing our song, “Oh, Be Joyful.” Then, we’ll get out our beanbags to use while we sing My Lantern. For our last verse, we will keep our beanbags out and do our Two Squirrels verse. After that, we’ll do a paper-cutting activity, and each of us will create our own paper chain to hang on the wall!

• Oh, Be Joyful
• My Lantern
• Two Squirrels
• Paper cutting activity

Member Feedback: “The paper cutting activity is so much fun. There are so many ways to do it, and it can be done for any season or holiday!”

Form Drawing with Waldorf Teacher Mellie

Lesson 1: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 1
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 10:58

We’ll begin each lesson in Teacher Mellie’s portion of the block with a verse. For lesson 1, our verse will be the Golden Sun verse. After that, we’ll hear a story that will inspire our drawing for the day. Next, we’ll hear more about the form we’ll be drawing, and we’ll act it out with our hands and draw it in the air. Once we’re done with that movement, we’ll be ready to practice the form drawing with chalk. Chalk is a great opportunity to draw without worrying about making mistakes. We’ll practice on our chalkboard as many times as needed until we feel comfortable moving to our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 1
• Air drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Sword form drawing

Member Feedback: “The stories that preface each form drawing are wonderful.”

 
Lesson 2: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 2
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 12:35

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse, then add to our story about the brave knight and dragon from the previous lesson. Once we’ve finished this part of the story, we’ll know what the next form drawing will be, and like last time, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 2
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Sun form drawing

Member Feedback: “It’s really nice how Teacher Mellie lays out all the lessons. It’s organized and easy to follow.”

Lesson 3: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 3
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 10:21

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished this part of the story, we’ll learn the next form drawing, and like last time, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 3
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Mountain form drawing

Member Feedback: “I like how the story is connected throughout all the lessons.”

 
Lesson 4: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 4
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 13:12

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse, then add even more to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished this part of the story, we’ll know what the next form drawing will be, and just like last time, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 4
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Scale form drawing

Member Feedback: “It’s cool how all the form drawings connect to each other and to the story!”

Lesson 5: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 5
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 15:27

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add even more to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished this part of the story, we’ll know what the next form drawing will be. But before we get started, we’ll do a clay crafting activity to sculpt our form drawing and see it in three dimensions. After that, we will transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 5
• Clay crafting
• Reflection form drawing

Member Feedback: “It was nice to have a sculpting activity in this block among all the drawing. Always such a good variety from Mellie!”

Lesson 6: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 6
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 13:18

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished part 6 of the story, it will tell us what the next form drawing will be, and, as before, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 6
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Zigzag form drawing

Member Feedback: “I like that the lessons are realistic and not overly edited. It really feels like a live classroom!”

Lesson 7: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 7
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 11:58

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished part 7 of the story, it will let us know what the next form drawing will be. We will start by crafting our form drawing with string, then go through our other steps: acting it out and air drawing, practicing with chalk, and finally transitioning to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 7
• String activity
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Fly loop form drawing

Member Feedback: “The story this block has been so captivating!”

Lesson 8: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 8
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 13:01

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished part 8 of the story, we’ll learn the next form drawing and, as before, start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 8
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Trot form drawing

Member Feedback: “I like the movement included for every form drawing”

Lesson 9: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon part 9
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 14:04

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished part 9 of the story, it will tell us what the next form drawing will be, and, as before, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 9
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Fly loops II form drawing

Member Feedback: “Mellie’s lessons are always so engaging and fun to watch!”

 
Lesson 10: Form Drawing: The Brave Knight and the Dragon Part 10
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 13:14

We’ll start this lesson with The Golden Sun verse and review the previous part of the story, then add to our story of The Brave Knight and the Dragon. Once we’ve finished part 10 of the story, it will tell us what the next form drawing will be, and, as before, we’ll start by acting it out and air drawing, then practice with chalk, and finally transition to regular paper or our main lesson book.

• Golden Sun verse
• Dragon story part 10
• Act out drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Ribbon form drawing

Member Feedback: “Mellie tells stories in such a way that you can see everything so clearly”

Form Drawing with Waldorf Teacher Simone

Lesson 1: Form Drawing with Block Crayons: The Lion & the Mouse
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 23:32

We’ll start this lesson with an active bean bag activity. We’ll use our bean bag for a verse about two squirrels and another verse about a little spider. Next, we’ll move into story time, where we’ll hear The Lion & the Mouse. After that, we’ll sit down and talk about block crayons and how to use them with care. Teacher Simone will explain how simple shapes and forms can create full images and pictures from our imagination. We’ll go through lots of different but similar shapes that can be put together in a variety of ways, and then we’ll draw a scene from The Lion & the Mouse story we heard earlier.

• Beanbag activities
• Story time: lion and mouse
• Crayon care
• Form drawing basic shapes
• Applied form drawing

Member Feedback: “The beanbag activities are a great way to get out some extra energy!”

Lesson 2: Form Drawing Practice
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 21:40

We’ll begin this lesson with our Golden Sun verse followed by two new songs. Once our creative minds are warmed up, we’ll be ready to do our form drawing practice. We’ll review what we learned in the previous video using the basic form-drawing shapes to create more elaborate visual ideas. We’ll practice repeating the same form together and combining different ones.

• Golden Sun verse
• Golden Sun song
• Crayon care
• Form drawing basics
• Form drawing practice

Member Feedback: “I loved the songs in this video!”

Form Drawing with Teacher Nicole

Lesson 1: Figure 8 Form Drawing
Teacher: Nicole Martinez
Length: 1:33

A quick lesson with Teacher Nicole on how to draw the figure eight form. Nicole shares a couple of tips and tricks for making our form even, and she encourages lots of practice before we commit to paper and crayons.

• Form drawing
• Figure eight
• Chalk drawing
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “The advice about drawing a vertical and horizontal line during practice is very helpful”

Lesson 2: Running Form #1: Waves
Teacher: Nicole Martinez
Length: 3:04

Let’s practice running form drawings! In this lesson, we’ll learn about the wave form, like the beautiful waves the ocean makes. First, we’ll practice with chalk, using a “watch first and then do” listening style. This will help us to analyze our shapes and be constructively critical about our progress.

• Running form drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Crayon drawing
• Wave form

 
Lesson 3: Running Form #2: Cat Ears
Teacher: Nicole Martinez
Length: 2:56

Our next running form drawing will be the cat ears form. Teacher Nicole helps us practice this combination form drawing, which consists of a spike followed by a horizontal line. We will analyze our practice work, comparing each sector of the form for evenness. Once we are comfortable, we’ll move on to paper and crayons, or our main lesson book.

• Running form drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Crayon drawing
• Cat ears form

Lesson 4: Running Form and Mirror Forms
Teacher: Nicole Martinez
Length: 4:56

Let’s draw some hand-holding ghosts – or our first mirrored form. We do this by drawing a horizontal or vertical line right in the center of the page, and then mirroring whichever running form we choose to use – in this case, it’s our little ghosts. Teacher Nicole helps us practice with chalk. We will analyze our practice work, comparing each sector of the form for evenness. Once we have practiced and feel comfortable, we’ll move to paper and crayons, or our main lesson book.

• Running form drawing
• Mirrored form drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Crayon drawing
• Hand-holding ghost form

Lesson 5: Vertical Mirrored Form Drawing
Teacher: Nicole Martinez
Length: 1:25

Let’s draw a little bug jumping down a tree – or our vertical mirrored form drawing! We do this by drawing a vertical line in the center of the page, then mirroring whichever running form we choose. In this lesson, we’ll be using the jumping bug form. Teacher Nicole helps us practice with chalk, then we will analyze our practice work, comparing each sector of the form for evenness. Once we have practiced and feel comfortable, we’ll move to paper and crayons, or our main lesson book.

• Vertical form drawing
• Mirrored form drawing
• Chalk drawing
• Crayon drawing
• Jumping bug form

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 read our fable for the day, The Fox and the Crow. We’ll use this story to learn 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 they are, even though they look like they should be pronounced differently. 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 of the fox and crow story from last time, which will lead into the first big part of the lesson: writing with lowercase letters. Teacher Mellie gives us great techniques for writing straight across the page to make sure we get the most out of our paper and don’t write down or uphill. We’ll pay attention to sentence-structure details to communicate as clearly as possible in our writing. After this writing activity, we’ll go over spelling -er, -ir, -ur, -or, and -ar words, then do two more 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 the lesson with a colored pencil drawing activity based on 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. We’ll use these vocabulary words to practice sentence structure in our main lesson book. Next, we’ll do more practice with -er, -ir, -ur, -or, and -ar words, and we’ll learn something new about the Magic E, which, when added to the end of a word, changes the vowel sound. After taking a moment to do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, we’ll start our new fable called The Lion and the Mouse. Then we’ll add this fable to our main lesson book by drawing 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 shape used and how they come together to create the 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 warm-up sequence, including our morning verse, an energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. Once we’ve woken up our minds a bit, we’ll quickly review our previous fable of the Lion and the Mouse, and we’ll create 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 for our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then start our new fable, 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 warm-up sequence, including our morning verse, an energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. After that, we’ll review our previous fable, Anansi and the Sky God. We’ll come up with vocabulary words from that story and use them 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 into the next part 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 for our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then we’ll start our new fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. Lastly, we’ll add this fable to our main lesson book by drawing 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 activities 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 warm-up sequence, including our morning verse, an energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about the two little kittens. After that, we’ll review our previous fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. We’ll come up with vocabulary words from that story and use them 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 into the 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 for our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then start our new fable, The Fox and the Grapes, and add it to our main lesson book with a drawing.

• 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 and draw a summary of our previous story, 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 warm-up sequence, including our morning verse, an energetic rhythmic clapping activity, and our rhyming story about two little kittens. After that, we’ll review our previous fable, The Fox and the Grapes. We’ll come up with vocabulary words from that story and use them 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 into the 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 do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then start our new fable, Another Anansi Fable, and add it to our main lesson book by drawing 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 students 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! As in our previous lessons, we’ll begin with our warm-up sequence, including our morning verse, an energetic rhythmic clapping activity (with a twist!), and our rhyming story about two little kittens. After that, we’ll review our previous fable, Another Anansi Fable. We’ll come up with vocabulary words for that story and use them 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 do our hands and toes verse and our turtle verse, then start our new fable, Jackdaw and Eagle, and add it to our main lesson book by drawing 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 Autumn Leaves so we can recite it all together in later lessons! After that, we’ll get into the main part of the lesson: a fable about a man, his son, and a horse. We’ll use this story to start learning how to identify the Who, What, When, Where, and 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 the 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 warmed up our minds, we’ll draw our previous fable, The Foolish Rabbit and the Coconut. As usual, Simone will guide us on how to complete the drawing. After that, we’ll practice 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 fascinating facts about rock formation and how sand is made so 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 that, we’ll do the drawing one last time, but this time 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 Quarreling 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 review our previous fable, The Quarreling Quails, by drawing it 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 into context and draw our summary of the fable. Lastly, we will review the story of the Quarreling Quails with 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
Lowercase ‘e’ and Making a Dodecahedron: Part I
The Letter f: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lowercase ‘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
Lowercase Letter ‘j’ and the Jesting Jack-o-Lantern
The Letter k: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lowercase 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
Lowercase Letter ‘m’ and the Math Maze
The Letter n: Story, Verse, Main Lesson Book Picture, and Extra
Lowercase 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

Second Grade Science 

Lesson 1: Turtle Races Beaver
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 40:56
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. These activities will warm up our creative minds and help us listen well to today’s story about Turtle and Beaver. After we hear our story, we’ll switch to our spelling book to practice spelling “oo” words; then we’ll do another movement activity to transition into our drawing activity, where Teacher Mellie shows us how to create a crayon drawing of a scene from our story of the day.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo”
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “I like Mellie’s calm demeanor throughout her lessons”

Lesson 2: The Monkey and the Mangoes
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 45:03
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time about Turtle and Beaver, and we will practice writing and composition by summarizing the story. After that, we’ll switch to our spelling book to practice spelling “oo” words. Then we’ll do another movement activity to transition into our story of the day, The Monkey and the Mangoes. After we listen to our story, we’ll do our drawing activity, where Teacher Mellie shows us how to create a crayon drawing of a scene from our story.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo”
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “I like how fun these stories are while still encouraging curiosity about animals!”

Lesson 3: Butterflies
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 42:56
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time about Monkey and the mangoes, and we will practice writing and composition by summarizing the story. After that, we’ll get right into our next story, The Butterflies. Before we draw The Butterflies, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice spelling “oo” words and introduce “ou” words. Then we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into drawing a scene from our story of the day.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo” and “ou”
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “Having each activity separated by movement is very effective!”

Lesson 4: The Monarch
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 40:33
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time about The Butterflies, and we will practice writing and composition by summarizing the story. After that, we’ll move on to our next story, The Monarch. Before creating our picture for The Monarch, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice spelling “oo” words and “ou” words, and we’ll introduce “igh” words and see how they are similar to “y” words. After we finish spelling, we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into painting a scene from our story of the day. Teacher Mellie shows us how to paint with watercolors, but you may use whatever paint you have available.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo,” “ou” and “igh” “y”
• Watercolor painting

Member Feedback: “Teacher Mellie does a fantastic job of explaining the complex spelling rules of the English language”

Lesson 5: The Walnut
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 45:46
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time, The Monarch, by writing a summary of what happened, and we will also do a crayon drawing since we previously did only a watercolor painting. After we complete our summary and drawing, we will move on to the next story, The Walnut. Before drawing, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice “oo” and “ou” words, and “igh” and “y” words. After we finish spelling, we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into drawing a scene from our story of the day.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo,” “ou” and “igh” “y”
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “There is so much content in these lessons!

Lesson 6: Clay
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 43:39
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time, The Walnut, and practice writing and composition by writing a summary of what happened. After completing our summary, we will move on to the next story called Clay. Before drawing for it, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice spelling “oo” and “ou” words, “igh” and “y” words, and introduce “ie” and “ck” words. After we finish spelling, we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into drawing a scene from our story of the day.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo,” “ou” and “igh” “y”
• Introduce “ie” and “ck” spelling
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “The clay story is great; you can learn so much from it.”

Lesson 7: Clouds
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 40:48
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time about Clay and practice writing and composition by writing a summary of what happened. After we finish our summary, we will move on to the next story, Clouds. Before we draw it, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice our spelling (oo, ou, igh, y, ie, ck). After we finish spelling, we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into drawing a scene from our story of the day.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo,” “ou” and “igh” “y”
• Introduce “ie” and “ck” spelling
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “I like all of the little verses and poems that accompany each spelling rule. It’s always better when the learned information is then applied in context. Very helpful!”

Lesson 8: Weather 
Teacher: Mellie Lonnemann
Length: 42:32
We’ll begin this lesson with our morning verse, followed by a movement activity and a song. Next, we will review our story from last time about Clouds and practice writing and composition by writing a summary of what happened. After completing our summary, we will move on to the next story called Weather. Before drawing it, we will quickly switch to our spelling book to practice our spelling (oo, ou, igh, y, ie, ck). After we finish spelling, we’ll do another movement activity to transition us into drawing a scene from our story of the day. After we complete our drawing, we will write a summary to conclude our Animal and Science Block with Teacher Mellie.

• Morning verse
• Movement activity
• Critter song
• Story time
• Spelling: “oo,” “ou” and “igh” “y”
• Introduce “ie” and “ck” spelling
• Crayon drawing

Member Feedback: “Such a lovely block. Teacher Mellie has a knack for explaining these concepts very cohesively!”

Lesson 9: Rock Formations
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 16:33
We begin this lesson by practicing verses that focus on alliteration. Next, Teacher Simone shares fascinating facts about rock formation and how sand is made so 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 that, we’ll do the drawing one last time, but this time 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 stuff in here about mountains and rock formation, plus a super fun hat making activity.”

Lesson 10: Nature Symmetry with Bees and Number Practice
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 9:55
We begin this lesson by practicing verses that focus on alliteration. Next, Teacher Simone will share a story with us about bees. We’ll learn how bees fly in a form-drawing-like pattern and how that pattern’s symmetry appears in nature. We’ll finish this lesson by practicing number names.

• Alliteration verse
• Bee story
• Form drawing bee pattern
• Number name practice

Member Feedback: “So cool how bees fly in a form drawing pattern!”

Lesson 11: Animals, Seeds, and Pollination
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 8:00
We’ll start this lesson by singing our song, “I Am a Star,” then learn about the different kinds of animals classified as Seed Dispersers and pollinators. We’ll choose one of the animals we learned about and ask ourselves, “What does this animal need to survive?” and “Is it a seed disperser or a pollinator?” Feel free to draw your animal in any way you like. Focusing on the animal’s appearance and physical traits can help us understand it better.

• I Am a Star song
• Seed dispersers
• Pollinators

Member Feedback: “Very interesting how all of these animals that look so different have a similar job”

Lesson 12: Creating a Timeline for an Inventor or Discoverer
Teacher: Simone Blanchard
Length: 15:00
We’ll start by singing Morning Has Come, and I Am a Star. After warming up our creative minds a bit, we’ll get out our books about a famous inventor or discoverer of our choice, a loose sheet of paper, and some colored pencils. We’ll look at our inventors and discoverers, talk about what they have in common, and hear a story from Teacher Simone about her life. While she tells her story, she will draw a timeline of events, which we will use as an example for our own timelines.

• Morning Has Come song
• I Am a Star song
• Story time
• Timeline

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 al-Basri 
Second Grade Saints: Jerome and the Lion
Second Grade Saints: Saint Francis 
Second Grade Saints: Saint Rabbi Akiva 

This package includes the same benefits as 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 includes extras such as G2 Saints Chalk Drawing (Video), Second Grade Supply List, Second Grade Schedule, and German and Spanish Main Lesson Book Samples. 

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
*Access to member photo galleries
*Access to your experience on any device – mobile phone, tablet or computer – from any location
*Member chat forum
*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 & Lowercase 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 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 an Additional Fee
Certified Teacher Consultations Available for an Additional Fee
Live Tutoring with a Waldorf Teacher Available for an Additional Fee
Live Tutoring with a Handwork Teacher Available for an Additional Fee

Second Grade PDF Curriculum Samples

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(Looking for options without all the living lessons?)
Second Grade Curriculum Package: HERE

What are Living Lessons?

Students can use these full lessons by watching each video on their own. A Waldorf teacher can teach students using these Living Lessons. However, we also feel it is important that the parent/teacher remains involved in the lessons to stay true to the Waldorf methods. Living Lessons can also serve as a classroom assistant and help you become a better teacher by having another teacher lead, guide, and inspire you. Either way you use them, your student will greatly benefit from these full lessons taught by a Waldorf teacher!

Here are some ways in which you may use the Living Lessons:

1. You are homeschooling multiple ages and need a virtual teacher now and then so you can offer each of your students individual attention.

2. You are looking for a virtual classroom experience with a Waldorf teacher.

3. You need a break now and then from homeschooling full time.

4. You want to enhance your own skill set by watching other teachers present Waldorf lessons.

5. You want to join a community of other parents experiencing Living Lessons with opportunities for your kids to connect with other kids in the program.

6. You are running a business or working from home and need a virtual teacher to help you homeschool.

7. You recently moved or are experiencing health challenges that make it hard to homeschool full time.

8. You are new to homeschooling and need a boost of confidence to start off your year.

9. You are new to Waldorf education.

10. You feel overwhelmed with the prospect of homeschooling, or you have been forced into homeschooling and are feeling lost.

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES & UPGRADES 

If you need additional samples beyond what we have provided on this page, we suggest purchasing smaller lesson blocks, either by individual months or subjects,  to sample the curriculum. You will receive credit for your block purchase if you upgrade from a Living Lessons Block within 30 days of your original purchase. 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.

This package is also eligible for an upgrade to one of our Best Value Collections when you upgrade within 12 months of your purchase date.

*You own this item for life once you make your purchase. However, if you are purchasing from a Charter School that requires us to limit your access, their rules and regulations will override ours.

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