afterschooling a 2nd grader for enrichment & looking for curriculum suggestions

[it's pretty fun]

I plan to afterschool my 2nd grader this year. She was offered enrichment in both math and reading last year but still regularly complained of being bored. She was reading at a 3rd grade level toward the end of first grade, so she's not extremely advanced, but I'd still like to challenge her a little more. I'm curious to know if there are certain curricula generally considered to be well suited to afterschooling and/or well suited to afterschooling for enrichment?

 

My 8th grader (who will be homeschooled) is studying ancients this year, so I plan to use SOTW (vol 1) with DD. I'd also like to work on writing and math but am undecided on curriculum. I'm leaning towards Singapore for math and am wondering which components we would need if we go that route. I'm not at all certain about a writing... Is WWE a good fit for afterschooling? I would love to also throw in some grammar, but I'm worried that I'm already getting carried away. I'd love any recommendations that you have for us!

 

 

[kiwik]

WWE is easy to after school as it only takes about 10 minutes and they can eat while you read. Audio SOTW in the car is supposed to be good. For maths it depends what you want but you really need open and go and short for after school.

 

BUT if you already home school one why send her to school and then have her do extra work? You could do the whole lot in little more time than it takes to after school. I can think of several reasons I just wondered whether you could reconsider.

[it's pretty fun]

WWE is easy to after school as it only takes about 10 minutes and they can eat while you read. Audio SOTW in the car is supposed to be good. For maths it depends what you want but you really need open and go and short for after school.

 

BUT if you already home school one why send her to school and then have her do extra work? You could do the whole lot in little more time than it takes to after school. I can think of several reasons I just wondered whether you could reconsider.

 

I've really been going back and forth on that. I realized when I posted that my decision to afterschool DD probably sounded a little strange, but this will be our first year homeschooling. I made the decision to keep DS13 home just recently, and I'm still working on pulling things together. DS is on the opposite end of the spectrum; he struggles with math and, although he's come a long way over the last couple of years, his reading level is still behind most students his age. He is also strongly opposed to DD being homeschooled. Of course, that's not his decision to make, but I'm worried that he will not be as productive if DD is here - when DS and I can work one-on-one, things go really well, but when DD or DS15 are also working with us there's a whole different dynamic. I think he feels insecure, and my hope was that we could build some confidence (and skills!) and then revisit the question of whether or not to have DD join us next year or even mid-year (which would also give me some time to map out some plans for DD).

 

Also, in second grade, there are a few more opportunities for advanced students, so part of me wants to see if this year will be more challenging and fun for DD, though perhaps that's just wishful thinking. ;)

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We listen to SOTW and like it. The only downside IMO is not having a map/globe near when they're talking about geography, as well as a synopsis or outline to review later when I'm checking out library books that correspond. I'm slightly considering getting the books for reference.

 

You could use afterschool to introduce subjects not taught in your school (languages, history, computer coding, whatever), advance on strong subjects with fun maths, advanced books and topics, etc. or it could be just fun for whatever subjects are of great interest and focus on fun educational things to do (science kits to experiment with, dream box fun math, etc).