tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post4715758425005046610..comments2023-09-30T09:14:50.616-05:00Comments on Sprittibee: Updated KONOS Unit Planner and Upcoming School PlansSprittibeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992769339576987845noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-33653579468389172242010-12-30T12:09:27.227-06:002010-12-30T12:09:27.227-06:00I had just started using your KONOS planner that I...I had just started using your KONOS planner that I downloaded long ago toward the end of the year. I came back to print another and the link is no longer valid! :( Will you please send me a copy? mary.hawkins.wol@gmail.comMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738768005139772557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-32597448315879507022010-07-28T12:08:12.200-05:002010-07-28T12:08:12.200-05:00I was just wondering, if the konos planner is stil...I was just wondering, if the konos planner is still available? I would love to see it, but, when I click on the link, it goes to geo cities and says that link is no longer accessible. <br />Thanks!Shae128https://www.blogger.com/profile/16759674647316608211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-65820203787827274712008-05-11T11:30:00.000-05:002008-05-11T11:30:00.000-05:00Hi!Thank you so much for sharing your planners and...Hi!<BR/>Thank you so much for sharing your planners and so many Konos ideas. Please know you are a blessing. <BR/>BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-37534563328099677882007-04-21T14:29:00.000-05:002007-04-21T14:29:00.000-05:00Thanks Jenny. A lot of the planning for KONOS is a...Thanks Jenny. A lot of the planning for KONOS is already laid out in the book, I just like to write it out on the paper because when I WRITE notes, I remember them better. If you don't like writing, you can buy the KONOS book and make notes in your margins in pencil (or make photocopies and mark them all up in pen and check things off as you do them). You could make photo copies of the KONOS Volume and cut them and put them on baseball card holding pages also - and pull out each individual cut assignment and throw it away as you do them. Or you could use my planner or one of the many other great planners out there. Cindy Pilling has a great planner, I hear. I just haven't ever been able to afford to buy a planner, so I made my own after seeing what a few other KONOS moms did. <BR/><BR/>I also tend to get distracted and have a hard time with follow through... so here is my method:<BR/><BR/>1. Read through the Volume in the Unit I am wanting to do and use my Planner to write down the books, examples, bible verses, activities and other items that I plan on doing (sometimes I even do this on scratch paper first and then re-copy it onto my planner because I might cross off activities as I need to save time in the unit).<BR/><BR/>2. When I write the activities down, I NUMBER or LETTER them so that I can add them to the calendar page on the days we hope to accomplish them (so I'll only have to write 1. or A. instead of the activity in such a small space).<BR/><BR/>3. Now that my unit is planned out, I use the checklist to remind myself of the things I need to get done, make notes as I need to as I plan wrap-ups or field trips, and I use the book list to check the books out at the library instead of taking my KONOS Volume with me (too heavy). If I don't find the book, I don't put a checkmark by it.<BR/><BR/>4. As I do the unit, I cross out the items I do while adding them to my teacher planner as completed items. That way, my teacher planner (lesson planner) has the completed items I've done as records for the children. The teacher planner is what I use to create my final lists of what we did for my blog. I have one for each year we have done school and continue to keep a book list that has all of the names of every book we have ever read at home.<BR/><BR/>If you can't tell, I like to make lists and keep records. I don't think I'll ever have any trouble if we end up moving to a place where records are necessary. I also keep boxes of paperwork from each year that we do school... so most of their work is available if I need to go back and look at it. One summer after we move to another house, I plan to let the kids help me make "Portfolios" from each year and get rid of the things they don't care about anymore. Then I'll have binders on a shelf instead of boxes in a closet!Sprittibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992769339576987845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-58229864716141472122007-04-20T10:51:00.000-05:002007-04-20T10:51:00.000-05:00Wow! That planner is awesome! But, do you really...Wow! That planner is awesome! But, do you really need to do that much of the legwork yourself with KONOS? It looks like a great curriculum program but I need things a bit more pulled together as I tend to get distracted easily and soon would end up spending 3 hours researching books on the specified topic.Deletehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953289304417871977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-20295011070385350802007-04-18T17:18:00.000-05:002007-04-18T17:18:00.000-05:00Thanks Fee. ;) I wish you lived closer. You seem l...Thanks Fee. ;) I wish you lived closer. You seem like such a fun lady. I voted for you!Sprittibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992769339576987845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517164.post-39669819840473867162007-04-17T12:40:00.000-05:002007-04-17T12:40:00.000-05:00Hi SprittibeeI want to thank you SO SO much for th...Hi Sprittibee<BR/>I want to thank you SO SO much for the Homeschool Blog Awards that you and the other ladies organised. I was one of the nominees, and enjoyed the 2 fun weeks! You did well and I feel you ladies need a pat on the back!<BR/>I look forward to the next event!<BR/>Thanks<BR/>FeeFifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08801493355377231468noreply@blogger.com