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Your second-grader and math

Second-graders continue to learn about money and time. By the end of the year, your child should master addition and subtraction facts.

Your Second-Grader and Music

In a rich music program, second-graders develop their understanding of pitch and melody, play instruments and learn about famous musicians.

Your Second-Grader and Technology

Second-graders use technology in the classroom to learn about a range of subjects.

Your Second-Grader and Social Studies

Second-graders learn about maps, the history of their community and American heroes.

Ask the Experts about second-graders

Find answers to your questions about academic problems and school-related behavior.

Your Second-Grader and Language Arts

Second-graders learn strategies to decode unfamiliar words and figure out their meanings.

Your Second-Grader and Physical Education

In P.E. class, second-graders improve on their movement skills and understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Science and nature books for second-graders

From playful penguins to mighty dinosaurs, there's something to fascinate everyone on this book list. Beyond our recommended critter curriculum, titles on the benefits of recycling and vermicomposting (in which worms do all the good work) will introduce children to the ABCs of environmentalism.

My Second-Grader Works Too Slowly

My second-grader works very slowly. We both work on her homework during the afternoon. She usually needs to do about three to four pages of homework. We start at 6:00 p.m. and she does not finish until 7:30 p.m. I don't know what...

My Second-Grader Won't Follow Directions

My grandson yells at me when I tell him to do something (homework, change his clothes, eat, almost anything). He is very upset when I'm not around him, so it's not that he doesn't like being with me. I just don't know how to stop...

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