How to read this page
Prince Edward Island publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Numbers stop being abstract this year — they become things your child can count, compare, build, and explain. In Prince Edward Island, that's Mathematics, Grade 2 — 4 units, 34 skills.
Number
- Skip-counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s from multiples
- Even and odd numbers
- Showing numbers to 100
Patterns and Relations
- Describing increasing patterns
- The meaning of equal and not equal
Shape and Space
- Days in a week and months in a year
- Bigger length units, fewer needed
- Describing and comparing 3-D objects
See the full Mathematics, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading and writing grow fast at this age — this is the year the letters turn into stories. In Prince Edward Island, that's English Language Arts, Grade 2 — 3 units, 17 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Describing experiences and explaining opinions
Reading and Viewing
- Using print features and choosing texts
- Self-correcting and cross-checking your reading
- Making connections and supporting opinions
Writing and Representing
- Writing for different jobs and making notes
- Prewriting and drafting your ideas
- Spelling with sounds
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science at this age is guided curiosity — observing, sorting, asking why, and testing ideas hands-on. In Prince Edward Island, that's Science, Grade 2 — 4 units, 55 skills.
Life Science: Animal Growth and Changes
- Changes through a life cycle
- Finding out about life cycles
- How humans grow and change
Earth and Space Science: Air and Water in the Environment
- Air takes up space
- Evidence of moisture
- Water in the environment
Physical Science: Liquids and Solids
- Sharing ideas about water
- Questions about liquids and solids
- Choosing materials and tools
Physical Science: Relative Position and Motion
- Building objects that move
- Describing motion
See the full Science, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 2 in Prince Edward Island?
Prince Edward Island's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies for Grade 2 — 120 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers life science: animal growth and changes and earth and space science: air and water in the environment. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Prince Edward Island curriculum?
It's built from Prince Edward Island's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies starts close to home — family, community, and how people live together. In Prince Edward Island, that's Social Studies, Grade 2 — 4 units, 14 skills.
People
- Changes in my life and how I reacted
- How individuals and groups contribute to change
- How decisions result in change
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Technology
Economics
- How families make consumer decisions
- How supply and demand affect price
- Comparing work then and now
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Environment
- How nature changes the environment
- Changing interactions with the environment
- Sustainable development and our future
+ 1 more skill in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →