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Grade 3          History & Geography

Grade 4          Science & Nature

Grade 5          Literature & Reading

Grade 6          Imagination & Play

Grade 7          Languages

Grade 8          Where's the Queen?

 

 
Ordering Options:

Ê Buy items separately (not in kits): items are sold at retail price, and of course shipping on purchases over $50 is free!

   *If you purchase over $150 worth of individual items (not including kits) you will receive a 10% discount!

Ë Buy a full subject kit (i.e. 1st grade history kit): all contents of kit are discounted 10%

 
  

    We thank you for joining us, here, at Tanglewood.  We know you have many options as to where to purchase your homeschooling materials and we are glad to have your support.

 

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    The second year is a quest for information.  Second graders want to know why things are the way they are and how they work.  This is a fun age for teacher and pupil alike. 

      The Tanglewood Curriculum equips these young explorers with the basic skills they need and supplies them with plenty of enthralling books to let them experience times and places they've never dreamed of.

     Our signature teacher's plan book, or Corebook, helps you to organize your daily schedules and record what you have done to ensure that you meet the objectives for the year.  The Corebook also provides schedules for narrations and copy-work, timetable lists, and  outlines for teaching geography and health.

    By the way, we know every child is different-- feel free to mix and match between the grade levels to create the best "fit" for your child!

 2nd Grade Basic Reading and Grammar Kit:  $44.03 (save $4.90)  
    
Our second grade language arts program continues with daily phonetic instruction combined with enjoyable short books used as readers.   Merrill Phonics workbooks provide further practice with phonetics (and help prepare students for the types of questions encountered in standardized tests).

Grammar:
First Language Lessons by Jessie Wise, Co-author of The Well-Trained Mind -$24.00 hardcover
                                                                                                                                 ($18.95 softcover also avail)
Language Practice 2- $10.95

Phonics:
Merrill Phonics Skilltext C
-$8.95

Spelling:
Tanglewood's Second Speller
-$4.99
(Children's Illustrated Dictionary
-used in grades 1-3, included in First-Time Buyer's Supplement Kit)


Reader Kits:  Click on programs below for pricing
Readers:
*Choose one of the following:
Reader Program A *click for more info!
Reader Program B
Reader Program C

 
     Our second graders continue studying mathematics with MCP Math.  This enjoyable math series teaches concepts quickly using a variety of visual and mental aids while providing just the right amount of review and drill.  *We don't carry MCP products at this time, but the link below will direct you to the best place from which to purchase the math book.
MCP Mathematics B &Teacher's Guide
2nd grade History  Kit: $112.35 (save $12.48!) 
(You may also purchase items individually.)    
     Your second grader will continue his journey through time studying the medieval period using H E Marshall's outstanding Our Island Story as the "anchor" book.  Your student will enjoy filling in and personalizing the Book Of the Centuries, a Charlotte Mason concept, and will have fun learning geography using our "natural" approach.
An Island Story (by H. E. Marshall -excellent book used in CM's schools!) -$19.99
Book of the Centuries: Medieval -$5.50

Time Traveler Book of Knights and Castles
-$6.95
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest
-$3.99

A Treasury of Shakespeare Verse
-$11.95
A Story about Johann Gutenberg
-$5.95

The Minstrel in the Tower
-(not available at this time- check your library)
The Viking Raiders
-$6.95

The Sword in the Tree
-$4.25
St. George and the Dragon
-$6.99

Favorite Medieval Tales
-$19.95
Hill of Fire
-$3.95

The Canterbury Tales
-$3.99
The Story of King Arthur
-$1.50

The Story of Money
-$7.99
The Discovery of the Americas
-$6.95

Red, White, and Blue: The story of the American Flag
-$3.99

~The following books are recommended, but not included in the 2nd grade History Full Kit~
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page -$19.79 (save 10% off retail of $21.99!)
Shaka, King of the Zulus -$5.95
Peter the Great
-$14.40 (save 10% off retail of $16.00!)
Marguerite Makes a Book
-$17.05 (save 10% off retail of $18.95!)
The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology - (Out of print-  check your library)

 2nd grade Literature Kit: $ 69.58 (save $7.73!)
(You may also purchase items individually.)    
     Your child will not want to wait for the thirteen quality read-aloud books we have selected for this year!
(Favorite Poems Old and New) *in supplement kit
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
-$19.99
Just So Stories
(Kipling) -$1.00
Lassie
-$4.50
Pollyanna
-$4.99
A Bear Called Paddington
-$4.95

Li Lun, Lad of Courage
-$5.95
The Sword in the Stone
-$3.99
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
-$4.99
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
-$5.99

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
-$5.99
The Big Wave
-$4.99
Little Lord Fauntleroy (boy's kit)
-$5.99
A Little Princess (girl's kit)
-$5.99

Peter Pan
-$3.99
2nd grade Science Kit: $25.15  (save $2.79) 
(You may also purchase items individually.)    
     During these early years, we follow Charlotte Mason's guide with an  emphasis on the great outdoors and an interactive approach to science .  We offer a fine science book of crafts that has well designed, beautiful, and fun-to-make crafts illustrating the beauty of earth and physical (physics) sciences and illuminating the awesomeness of creation .  We also provide a Nature Notebook designed for little fingers to record exciting finds. Health lessons are fully contained in the teacher's Corebook.
Science Crafts for Kids -out of print and not included in kit
I Wonder Why the Sun Rises and other questions
-$11.95
Greg's Microscope
-$3.99
Nature Notebook
$12.00
Items available for individual purchase:
I Spy a Freight Train: Transportation in Art
by Micklethwait (not available at this time)
Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Classical Kids)
-$8.98 cassette
The Farewell Symphony -Hayden
-$19.95
Matin Latin I -or- Latin's Not so Tough 1
Supplement Kit: $90.94  (save $10.10!)  
*includes Star-Spangled pictureback rather than D'Aulaire's version
 (upgrade to D'Aulaire's for $10.53 on order form)

(You may also purchase items individually.)
*The products in the supplement kit are used in each grade of The Tanglewood Curriculum.

Handbook of Nature Study
 -$24.95    *by Anna Botsford Comstock
All the Birds of North America
-$19.95 *the easiest and most comprehensive guide we've found!
The Burgess Bird Book for Children -$7.95 *one of my absolute favorites
Favorite Poems Old and New 
-$24.95 *fabulous poetry book you may remember from your childhood, used in literature programs for grades 1-4
The Star Spangled Banner (pictureback) $3.25 *cute, contains entire song along with short illustrated notes about famous pieces of Americana
The Star-Spangled Banner  -$14.95 *D'Aulaire's sumptuously illustrated book -we use it every morning
Children's Illustrated Dictionary -$19.99 *Best we've found for grades 1-3. (not included in 4th)

 

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