Tips for Teaching KONOS

RIP THOSE PAGES OUT! 

Do I have to carry this big volume everywhere when we do a unit?

The answer is no.   When I first purchased my volumes of Konos, I ripped all the pages out, cut the sides neatly, three-hole punched everything, then put all the pages in a big binder.   This gave me much more freedom handling the large books.  While going through a unit, I took those pages out and placed them in a  paperback three-ringed folder.   This gave me pockets for holding extra papers, copies of whatever and notes to myself.  I also gave myself permission to write on all pages of the volumes. This is a practice I don't normally do since I try to sell all used texts, math, L.A., etc. at the used book sales.  I knew I would be keeping Konos for a long time.  Since I thought we would possibly be coming back and re-doing some of the units, I wrote notes to myself, what items I substituted if something wasn't available and wrote dates for when we worked on that unit. 

Both of our daughters love nature.  Our oldest, Victoria, is my gardening partner.  She loves having her hands in the soil and reaping the benefits of the beautiful flowers and herbs as much as I do.  We did the Patience: Plants unit study several years ago and again this year.  All my notes were there for me. 

After we're done with the unit I put it back in the binder and I put that loose pages into folder which I hole punched to fit next to each unit where needed.

Now Victoria is dissecting a sample of every flower in the garden.  I do set limits, but it's exciting to hear her yell across the yard, "Mom, I know where the ovary is on this flower". 

TIME LINE TIPS:

We hang the characters with removable tacky glue.  The characters are placed above the lines instead of on the lines.  That way the lines are not stressed and won't fall down.