Foundation to Year 2 Sample Lessons

Weekly Lesson Sample Year 2

Family Time and Read Alouds

Poetry: A Book for Kids: Charming Gentleman and The Baker

Classic Read Aloud: Dot and the Kangaroo: Chapter 1

Music Appreciation

This is a weekly activity. You can select from a number composers and musical pieces. Our Kindergarten children have a resource to teach you the basics of music appreciation.

Art Appreciation

This is a weekly activity. You can select the art work you wish to study as a family. Our Art Appreciation course comes with four year's worth of picture study suggestions.

Primary Art Lessons

New for 2024: Enjoy a series of step by step video lessons that will teach your child how to draw and paint. These are great to do as a group activity.

Listen: World Languages Year 2 Links: Video French Numbers

Year Two Subjects

My Homeschool English Year 2: Week 1 & 2 provided

New for 2024: This English resource has been written to follow the Australian Curriculum V9, the NSW Syllabus English (2023) and the ideas of Charlotte Mason. It also draws inspiration from The Writing Revolution and the Hochman method of teaching writing. All of this has been adapted to suit homeschoolers. It is a simple straightforward curriculum that cuts out the busy work and gets children writing, reading and thinking. My Homeschool English is simple to teach as it requires minimal preparation. You will need to be present to start a lesson as there is a lot of teacher/student interaction. In most cases one lesson shall represent one day’s work.

Downunder Copywork 1

Copywork is a key element of the My Homeschool English program. In Year 2 children continue to work on improving their handwriting style modelling Foundation Font, the recommended font for Australian schools. Literature includes passages that are thoughtfully selected using, quality, age appropriate, Australian and New Zealand poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

First Math Lessons Year 2: Lessons 1- 4

Offering 4 lessons per week, this is a full year maths course aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9 and the new 2022 NSW Syllabus. Inspired by the Charlotte Mason method and current good practice, it provides a range of hands-on activities for your child each week to practice and enjoy maths.

Living Maths Links

Includes additional hands-on maths activity and living math books to enjoy.

Earth Science Conversations: Lesson 1

Each week your child will discover something new about the Solar System. The goal is for them to get a basic understanding of the ideas presented and develop some scientific recording skills.

Australian Book Traveller

Australian history and geography unit study exploring Australia. Online links to picture books and downloadable map journal provided. History Makers, our world history resource is also offered in Term 1. This is optional.

Notebooking Activities & Extensions

Add the map marker to your map journal. Both these resources are provided with our courses.

Enrichment Activities 

• Free Reading /library visit - Classic or Historical Read Aloud
• Nature Walk
• Sports Activity
• Music Lesson Practice
• Artistic Pursuit
• Handicrafts
• Foreign Language Study (Additional)