By popular vote the kids chose Inquisitiveness for our next KONOS unit study. There are 43 weeks of studies under this unit. It is a whopper. If we do the whole thing, we won't need another unit for the rest of the year. It has a complete earth science curriculum in it, instructions on how to write a research paper, geography, mapping, way too much to name (especially since I carried the book to the orthopedist's office to work on while waiting and left it in the car!) It's really something. I've been enjoying just reading through the activities. I'm going to try something a little different this time. I'm making notebooking pages for the kids to use to notebook the unit, with the vocabulary words and things like that to use as a guide, to make sure we've studied everything we want to out of this huge unit. I'm excited to get started on it. We may go ahead and do a quick look at the military unit which is under Obedience, right after the Kings and Queens/medieval unit we just did, because the boys are interested in that.
For those dear readers who don't know, KONOS is a complete curriculum for K-8 grade and it will cover all the basics when supplemented with language arts and math, for those of you who are wondering how I'm going to teach everything the kids need to know. I'm aware of scope and sequence and the KONOS book has the same scope, but maybe a difference sequence or order than what the public schools are teaching. Just to be on the safe side, I plan to buy The Checklist and check things off that we have studied. We'll get there and we're having a good time on the trip too. I really like this curriculum.
My older son is doing the Alpha Omega Lifepak curriculum for 9th grade, but he also participates in the hands-on, fun stuff we do for KONOS and he will be writing a research paper this year. ;-)
I visited the KONOS website but didn't see anything under Inquisitiveness. Do you do the KONOS in a box, bag or book?
ReplyDeleteHow does your son like Alpha Omega Lifepak curriculum? I am unsure of buying a whole curriculum, I spent $500 on one from Seton and didn't like it at all!!
Katrina says she hates doing the courses on line. But when I try to teach her, she's too tired to listen to me!!
I feel lost today!!!
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I've got the older KONOS books. I picked them up at various places, a homeschool consignment shop, from a friend and from ebay. The Inquisitive unit is in volume II, I think. (Its still in the car!)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about feeling lost. I've been there. My son does like the Alpha Omega lifepacks, but he is a workbook all the way kid. He loves workbooks.
There are so many curriculum choices, it is very confusing. There are some free samples online here and there you could try. There's even a whole free curriculum at ambleside online. If I were new to KONOS, I'd definitely get one of the in the box things. I also might look at Tapestry of Grace.
If I were you, I might try going to a curriculum fair or book sale or a store that has homeschooling supplies online. I'm a little leary about buying books without seeing them. I've bought some things at Amazon and they turned out not to be what I wanted. I wouldn't have bought them if I'd looked at them in a bookstore.
Thanks for the advice. I need to figure out what my daughter wants, she is the hard one. she was always in the gifted classes, but she changes her mind on learning styles every week. Drives me nuts. I will just keep trying!!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the suggestions!!