KONOS Curriculum

In 1991 during our first year of homeschooling our main curriculum was Volume 1 of KONOS. KONOS is a character based curriculum.
We learned just about everything about birds which included identifying feathers, beaks, feet, eyes, migration and kinds of birds. We made bird feeders and bird books.
During our Attentiveness unit we learned about Ears, Sound and Music. This included Helen Keller, ultrasonics, Alexander Graham Bell, echos, deafness, orchestra, instruments of the symphony, reed and brass instruments, famous violinists and more. We labeled parts of pianos and violins.
Other topics included eyes and seeing, and other senses.
During our mountain men unit we learned about the Lousiana Purchase, tracks, beaver, Daniel Boone, 49ers, California etc. We made "possibles" bags for a project.
While we were studying North American Indians we made Indian necklaces, cardboard shields and made maps of all tribes, their homes and how they lived. We learned about woodland, southeast, plains, southwest, Plateau basin, California, Pacific northwest and sub artic Indians and what made each tribe unique.
We really enjoyed this curriculum since you have a list of items to do which you can pick from. If you are not interested in a unit just go to another. The volumes include weekly lesson plans. Each volume is recommended for 2 years of study. They cover from kindergarten to 8th grade. Bible, science, social studies, arts, music, literature, health and safety are covered in each volume.
A good library is a must. We lived in a small town with a small library. In 1992 we used the Weaver curriculum since we didn't need the library as much for that curriculum.
We have volume 1 and 2 of KONOS and we still use them at times.
One of our next articles will be on the Weaver Curriculum which we do have for sale on our store at www.wabbstersbooks.com. It is an excellent curriculum, however our children are older now and learning thru other programs.