katiejean Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 What's your favorite if you are in favor of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) SOW, a 6 year unit study, covering the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelations, basing every lesson possible, on the Bible text being covered that week. Love it, love it, love it, especially the new beta worksheets. The Bible is the Great Book and always agreed to be the foundation of every Western Great Books list Edited June 2, 2011 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I really enjoyed doing GTG when my kids were younger. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morosophe Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Well, I've really only done the one unit study. Five in a Row was a lot of fun to do with my oldest son in kindergarten, and I look forward to doing it with his younger brother when he reaches that level! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I am hugely in favor of them. Our favorite so far: Farmer Boy Unit Study http://www.homeschoolshare.com/farmer_boy_unit.php We're currently doing a unit study thru In the Hands of a Child, but the 6 yro (who's working thru it) is not really getting into it. I've really eyed Konos for years. If we have time in late middle school, we might have a Konos year. :D My kids really retain a LOT when we do unit studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Well, I never got to use this, but Prairie Primer looked like it would be a lot of fun. A World of Adventure is another that I've looked into and heard great things about. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 KONOS, the original volumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinD Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 We love all forms of FIAR around here. I was also lucky enough to be given the chance to test out Intellego unit studies (http://www.intellego.com or currclick.com) earlier this spring and we loved it so much that we're about to embark on another one. (We did Ancient Rome, we're about to study the Great Lakes.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 We're going to try Portraits of American Girlhood in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singbanshee Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My favorites in no particular order are: Konos Five In A Row Christian Cottage Units Christian Cottage is awesome if you're just breaking into unit studies. I think of it as Konos Lite. It also goes by chronological order and you can do all the kids (including high school) together. Five In A Row is great and since you can only do it when they're young I prefer it for the littles. And well Konos...what can you say? The biggest and the best. Don't be freaked out by people saying it takes a lot of planning. It really doesn't have to be that way at all. There are so many things you can do that don't involved hours of shopping, planning and going to the library with it. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 And well Konos...what can you say? The biggest and the best. Don't be freaked out by people saying it takes a lot of planning. It really doesn't have to be that way at all. There are so many things you can do that don't involved hours of shopping, planning and going to the library with it. HTH! I hardly ever used the library when I did KONOS. I certainly didn't do hours of shopping. With the number of activities to choose from, it was possible to find activities that only used things I had right in my house, and no library books at all. The only time I planned activities that used outside resources was if I knew I would have time to go get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 The Five in a Row collection of guides. They have lit, nature studies, holidays... Great Char. mason type approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kht2006 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 We're going to try Epi Kardia in the Fall. It covers the history of the world in one year over units that are about 8 weeks long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejean Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'm looking at In the Hands of a Child.... SOW does look amazing, and yes the farmer boy one is on my list as well as Cadron Creek's stuff. I just want to get input before I make any final decisions. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejean Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thank you! I'm soaking all this in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What is SOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejean Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 It's Students of the Word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystika1 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 KONOS, the original volumes. We love all forms of FIAR around here. ) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 SOW link http://www.sowcurriculum.com/sow/sow1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I just got my KONOS volumes in the mail yesterday! I am REALLY looking forward to getting started. I plan to go through all 3 volumes. I've also looked longingly at A World of Adventure and the Cadron Creek studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejean Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Oh my goodness...I just looked at AWOA. I am so impressed. I am so torn as to what to do. I am having difficulty deciding between that and Cadron Creek. My younger students in 2nd and 3rd really want to do American History even though they are supposed to be doing Ancient, we've decided we want to have fun with American because they are so obsessed with it. But the AWOA volume 1 looks so fun I just know they would love it. Why oh why did I not find this sooner? Wishing I could turn back the hands of time for sure. Now, my dd13 wants to do CC Where the River Meets the Brook-and we were planning on doing Pioneer Primer with the youngers. Leaving me unsure about ds12 whom we were debating using the Narnia from CC but I'm getting concerned I will not be able to handle all these various studies. Am I crazy? Should I stick with one unit study for my younger 3 (dd7,ds8 and ds12)and let dd13 do her thing. (she is very independent) Or should I allow ds12 to have his own? I'm trying to stick with standards for him but I'm not totally convinced just yet that I should. I could always supplement areas if I feel the need. Ohhhhhh no offense to anyone but I knew I shouldn't have asked this question now I'm more confused than ever! It's ok though it's all good-this will help make good decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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