Contents: Introduction to the Second Year
Forward
to the 2010 Edition 1
Introduction
to the Second Year 2
The
Live Education Books for the Second Year 3
The
Fourfold Daily Process in the Main Lesson 4
Example
of a Typical Main Lesson and Materials Needed 8
Main
Lesson Block Rotation 9
Contents: Nature Arithmetic and
Form Drawing
Introduction 11
The Nature Story in Relationship to Childhood
Development 11
How to Describe Nature Phenomena 14
An Example of a Nature Story 15
Creating Nature Vignettes and Stories 17
Nature Themes for the Second Year 19
When Mother Earth Awakens (a story) 25
Math in Rhythm and Movement 28
Mental Math and Practicing Math Facts 34
Visualizing Number Patterns 37
Times Tables Geometry 40
Column Addition, Place Value and Carrying 42
Column Subtraction 45
The Hundreds Column 46
Place Values 47
Math Goals for the Second Year 48
Form Drawing with Nature Stories: Eleven Activities 49
Mirror Symmetry Form Drawing 56
More Lesson Activities 58
More Ribbon Forms for Practice 59