The 2nd grader is just spinning his wheels with Mathusee. I love Mathusee, especially the high school courses, but he is not making much progress with it. He does not like worksheets and the curriculum is not moving fast enough through topics for him.
I don't want to waste money on another math curriculum. So, I am going to teach math without a curriculum for now.
I made a list of topics I want to cover this school year (for 2nd grade):
- Addition and subtraction math facts
- Add 2 and 3 digit numbers
- Subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers
- Round to 10
- Place value to 1,000
- Tell time to 5 minutes
- Money
- Length and weight
- Basic geometry
- Review
- Even and odd
- Tally marks
- Simple graphs
Most math curricula has them learning multiplication in 2nd grade, but I think he has enough on his plate with just mastering addition and subtraction. I'll save multiplication for 3rd grade.
I bought a couple of games to help with addition and subtraction. I bought Mathemagical World. I also bought Math War, Addition and Subtraction.
We are continuing Life of Fred math for fun. I am also planning to get math-themed books from the library to supplement.
So, my plan:
- Life of Fred math
- Living math books
- Math games
- Flashcards for addition/subtraction practice
- Whiteboard - work through problems together on the whiteboard
- I would like to do some math projects
Ideas for living math books: https://www.livingmath.net/reader-index
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