treestarfae Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 What's your favorite unit studies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystika1 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 five in a row:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 KONOS, the original volumes (not KONOS in a Box or a Bag). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Yep what they said! FIAR and KONOS are tops. Also there are the Time Travelers by Homeschool in the Woods that I hear are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflowerlady Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I love the looks of Far Above Rubies.:) I purchased the older edition used and have been collecting resources for it from Paperback Swap and used book sales. We have not used it yet, but we plan to start when dd is in seventh grade. She will be in sixth next school year. That will give me time to obtain more books and we should be all set. I looks like somethink I will be able to pull of even though I am not a typical unit study type of mom.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zantoc Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 FIAR and BYFIAR!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Five in a Row homeschoolshare.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacefully Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osaubi Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 What age range were you looking for? I just finished George Washington Download n Go by Amanda Bennett. I used it with just a few George Washington books I had around the house. I thought it was ok, but my kids really liked it and retained the information so I bought a 4 unit study. I think we are going to do Pizza Party next. I also use homeschoolshare.com stuff. I am getting things ready for my son do some of the Sir Cumference books. When my ds was smaller we did FIAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneP Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 The unit studies that work for are of the 'rolling' variety. That is, not really a planned unit study, instead it is an ongoing interest for one or more of the kids. We then just gravitate to doing things related to that subject. Over the months we'll have done things like projects, fieldtrips, movies, writing, etc all about that topic. So it adds up to a unit study but it isn't done on any timetable, but just as the interest naturally unfolds in our family. I have noticed there is great retention from letting things happen this way. Usually though if I went to a lot of trouble to do unit studies, I'd wind up frustrated because my kids would balk and I'd be kind of burned out by all the planning. But there have been exceptions. Long ago when I first started homeschooling, we did a year of Konos in a group where we met 3 Friday afternoons a month and my kids loved that. Unfortunately that only lasted a year. And about 4 years ago we did the Beautiful Feet Geography thru Lit. Though for that we didn't really do most of the projects. I just read the books aloud and we looked up stuff in our maps and then colored the maps from the unit. All that said, I am about to do a Time Travelers unit on the Early 19th C in Am. So we'll see how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time4tea Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 KONOS So many activites and books to choose from. Very flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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