Grade 2
Second grade serves as a bridge between the dreamy playfulness of 1st grade and the dramatic transformation of the individual identity in 3rd grade.
At this age, children still have some of the imaginative consciousness of early childhood, but are becoming more aware of themselves and others. Solid bases continue to be laid on three primary fronts: language arts and the ongoing preparation toward strong reading and writing skills; arithmetic through solid acquisition of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and place value; and nature stories providing the basis for later studies in science and geography.