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	• What Your Second Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Second Grade Education Revised (The Core ... E.D. Hirsch Jr. Delta, 1999 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful Resource!!!

My preschooler was having behavioral problems at school. One teacher said she needed to be in advanced studies and another said she needed to be held back. I had no idea where she was academically for her age. I had always relied on the school system to tell me how my child was doing and now I had two completely opposing views and a child who was unhappy in school.

I bought this series for grades preschool through second grade to determine where she fell. I used the books to supplement her education where I thought she was lacking. After four months not only was she accepted into a private school that teaches two grades advanced of standard, but they bumped her up a grade as well. She has completely stopped her behavioral problems and is happy in school again.

I would have never known what was the right the path for her, if this series had not helped me determine what a child of her age supposed to be learning.

I highly recommend this series for any parent who just wants to be informed about the educational standards and where their child falls. In addition, its a great resource for supplementing your child's education.

No one knows your child as well as you do, but you have to have the knowledge to make decisions. Without knowing what your child should know, how can you really be sure how well their doing?

In addition, I completely disagree with some reviewers who have claimed the books are racist. I was impressed with the multicultural approach of the books. The history section made a point to include important minorities, including women, asians, blacks, hispanics. The literature section included stories from asia and stories about slavery and women's rights. We did not studies those in school when I was growing up. I thought the book was well balanced.

If home schooling, I thought it made an excellent guide, but it doesn't claim to be a tool as your only resource. It would certainly need to be supplemented, but it provides a great guide for the topics that you would need to cover.

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A Big Help.

My daughter attends second grade at a charter school. She was having a bit of a hard time and we weren't sure how to help her. Her teacher recommended this book and it changed our world. We are able to work on subjects before she gets to them so she is familiar with them. It has helped out a lot. Definitely a good buy.

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Great for overseas parents

I have purchased the Kindergarten and First Grade books. They've been especially helpful to me as an American parent in Switzerland. I read the books to my child to familiarize her with American culture and history because I don't want her to be culturally illiterate whenever we return to the United States.

She very much enjoys hearing the poems, stories and history. I don't do much with the math or science as they are the same in any language. I would, however, like to have quizzes or activities in the book to reinforce what she's learned. I'm looking forward to the future grades.

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Love it!

We homeschool and this book was a great reference for me. It covers all the basics and isn't terribly lengthy or expensive. I like cheap, simple and to the point.

A Successful Student

"What A Second Grader Should Know?"

The fundmentals for this book is speechless!!; I strongly urge any parent wanting the best for their Kindergarten through Second grader. Our son, second grader, was struggling with Reading; Yet, 4.0 Second grader. The poems, stories, and articles of literature gave him something to read everynight, as well as build up his reading level from first grade to second grade, and continue to progress and advance with math, science, and history learning materials. I stumbled across the book in the library and continue to check it out for three weeks until I decided to order from Amazon.

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The author of Cultural Literacy shows parents what their second grader needs to know in order to gain the fundamentals he or she needs to make progress in school and be effective in society. Reprint.

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