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Can you help me assess KONOS History of the World?
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Hello all!
I have started some research for high school next year. I came across Konos History of the World. Having used Konos extensively in the past, I was plesantly surprised at their high school offerings, which I had never looked at before. Volumes 1 and 2 are sold only in paper/text format, and Volumes 3 and 4 are only sold as downloads. If you look at year three, you can click to see the table of Contents and Intro, which explains how to use the book: http://www.konos.com/www/how3.html
Then if you click on next, and go to the next page for year 4, you can see a week of work from that book. There were several typos in it, but I am not that concerned about it, since I think they’ve probably fixed them, and I can fix whatever because I am a certified English teacher myself. It’s the content & program layout that I am most interested in. http://www.konos.com/www/how4.html
I feel that this program looks rigorous, interesting, and I think it will teach solid thinking skills. I like that it is student led and will also teach independence, study skills, and time management. It also looks like it will really help me keep track of time and credit hours.
Would any of you dear ladies be willing to look this over and just give me your thoughts, opionions, and feedback?
Love in Him,
Amy
I have looked at it. I love Konos :). We actually did Konos for a while…my kids actually love it best out of all the types of schooling we have done. It was just too labor intensive for me to do alone. When we were successful at it we met as a co-op with a few other families. It would be interesting to actually get my hands on the hs curriculum and see it up close. I have a dd who is starting hs next year.
From what I know of Jessica Hulcey and what I see…the curriculum would be more than challeging enough for a highschooler.
The KONOS high school editions look really interesting. I remember that KONOS was one of the first curriculas I came across when I first started looking at homeschooling. I remember liking the fact that the unit studies were based on Character traits for elementary and seems to cover most subjects other than math/spelling/grammar. It does seem quite intensive from just glancing at the scope and sequence, maybe not very CM. I am not overly concerned about history sequentially right now, but as a Canadian, I struggle with the work involved in replacing much of the US history in this type of curricula with that of our own country.
I’d be very curious to know what your elementary students liked best about this program and how you felt it worked for meeting the needs or multi-aged students? How have you ued it in the past? Pinkchipsticks, how did your co-op use it? I’m not part of a co-op, but there are a couple of other families in our church that as hsing now also, so maybe it’s something they might like to explore. There kids are younger than mine, but if it was a case of meeting once in a while for a craft day or field trip that might work out very well.
We used Konos with a wide variety of ages. And we have co-oped with a variety of number of families. I think the favorite for the kids was all the activities…they really enjoyed the hands-on aspect. For example…they did reports on people from the wild west…everyone dressed as their character to give their presentation. I found that it was easy to scale activites based on age. Sometimes the youngers just participated with what they could and then went off to play while the older children worked. It works nicely with co-ops because it can easily be used as “supplement” without having to fit a certain time period of study…thereby having wide appeal. The benefit of the co-op to me was the accountability. I would not have the follow through on my own to do all the activities…maybe that is why my kids liked it so much…it is something that tends to be lacking in my house.
Thanks, Pinkchopsticks. That’s what I struggle with, too. Coming up with all the fun activities. I don’t know what to think about it. Their are a couple of other HSing families in our church. We’ve never really talked about starting a co-op. Between us we have a preschooler, 2 kindergarten, 2 grade 2 and a grade 5 student this year.
I just saw this post. I used KONOS IV American History for my dd (who graduates from college in Dec!) who was pulled from public school when she started. She used it in 11th grade. She liked it a lot. Jessica writes to the student in the curriculum. They learn how to manage their time, choose activities they want to do (she mainly chose activites she could do on her own) or want credit in, e.g., every activity has a picture representing a subject. If she wanted a full credit, half or quarter credit in writing, she can choose activites with the quill pen and document her hours she spent on that specific subject. There wasn’t an available coop to do a Ball of any sort, although I would have loved to have one. My dd mentioned that she really learned a lot. It is rigorous since there’s a lot of reading, but there’s also a track for junior high students which lists different literature books for that level. I also had my dd share activities she was doing with me and since it was my first year of homeschooling (also pulled out my then 2nd and 4th graders), I didn’t have a lot of time to spend teaching one-on-one, but the curriculum is set up for more independent study which I liked. If you want to test, I think Jessica wrote 2-4 tests for the beginning chapters, but I can’t remember. I just had my dd narrate back to me what she was learning (I was doing CM without realizing it!). She enjoyed it so much that at the end of the school year, she spent over 300 hrs with the curriculum because she wanted to. Let me know if you have any other specific questions. I would have loved to have used it for my current high schooler, but since we’re involved in speech and debate, it would be too much for her. I plan to use it for my junior high student.
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