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How can one child do dramatizing and plays? We've just completed our first month of KONOS! Last year I used a
regular curriculum and my son was bored; school was really work! We began
with the Animal classification unit. For the first time, my son asked
"Is that all the school we're doing? Can't we do more?" We have
covered more things, and he has learned so much more than I would have
even attempted before. We got the information books from the library, read
animal stories, sang animal songs, and read the original "Jungle
Book" by Rudyard Kipling. I had read the children's version to them
before, but it never occurred to me to read the original. Amazingly, (to
me) my 1st grader, my toddler, and my husband sat and listened to the
story every night. No pictures, big words, and great fun! We had our first
co-op where I learned that KONOS really is like a bus; my toddler hopped
on and off the activity bus and learned a little something, too. We
finished our unit with a "scavenger hunt" at the zoo. The kids
had index cards labeled "animals that live in groups, in the jungle,
in the desert, mammals, etc." Our educational field trip was actually
educational! Studying the information prior to the trip really increased
its educational and enjoyment value. My son now constantly
"dialogues" what he has learned, (to anyone who will listen). My
skeptical (school teacher) mother-in-law is now on board, too, asking me
what she can do to help us along. |
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