Homeschool Review Crew - Home School in the Woods A La Carte Projects

I was thrilled to get a chance to review three of the Á La Carte projects from Home School in the Woods. Specifically, I got to use:



Get Your Kicks on Route 66 File Folder Game
Composers Through History Timeline

The Art of Quilling

Other members of the Homeschool Review Crew got to review:

Name that State File Folder Game
New World Explorers Timeline
American Beginnings Newspaper Collections

...and so many more to choose from!

What is Home School in the Woods and all of these product options?

If you are not familiar with Home school in the Woods, let me tell you they are fantastic at providing PDF downloadable ready-to-print and use full unit study lap books, timelines, file folder games, and newspaper style hands-on projects that supplement lessons you are studying to create an amazing hands-on way to learn. Now, they are offering several of their projects in an A La Carte fashion where you can purchase one section from their larger units to use and focus on one segment of the larger package at a time as it fits your individual home schooling needs.

Home School in the Woods makes learning hands-on and fun with a wide array of projects that are offered A La Carte. These projects include creative writing, three-dimensional constructing, crafting, file folder games, timelines, and lapbooking. I received three downloads in PDF format that included:  The Art of Quilling, which is the art of paper rolling used by nuns, monks, and artists during the Renaissance period. The art was introduced to the colonies with early settlers and has fairly recently made a come back. It only requires strips of paper and a stick of sorts to roll the paper with to create 3-D art pictures. The download was originally found in Time Travelers, Colonial Life from Home School in the Woods and includes 10 pages and is intended for Grades 3-8. Composers Through History Timeline is a hands-on way to learn about composers. It includes a download to print out that includes pre-dated lines and composers pictures that you cut out and put together. All that is required is to download, print, cut, and glue. We added some color as well. The end result is a nice timeline to refer to or to file away with school work projects. It is intended for Grades 3-12 and was originally found in the Activity-Pak: Composer from Home School in the Woods. It includes 42 figures, 22 of which are new and not included in the Timeline Figures Collection. Take a virtual trip - Get Your Kicks on Route 66 File Folder Game was originally found in the Time Travelers: The Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression from Home School in the Woods, for Grades 3-8. Included is a download that includes the game board, cards, and tokens. You are given the option of printing the game cards individually or on 2-sided paper. Once you assemble the game by downloading the PDF, printing, cutting, gluing to a file folder, and coloring as you please, you can begin game play. Game play is meant to be done with between 2 to 6 players and includes trivia questions and answers about Route 66 during early American Industrial Revolution, World War I, The Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression.

How Did We Use It?

The Composers Through History Timeline was fun and very easy to work with. I was excited to receive this, because we had started a unit on composers and had never finished it from about a year ago. Since my hubby is a musician full time, I only thought it appropriate that we include the study of any musical whenever possible. I sat down with my daughter and showed her how to set up the timeline, and then added a bit of color to the finished product to color code the composers based roughly on their era, but that was just something I thought would add to the project. It's not required to color it.

Get Your Kicks on Route 66 is a file folder game. I was so excited to get this one because I grew up along Route 66 in the St. Louis portion of the route, and we had just taken the family to a museum in town that had a special limited time exhibit about Route 66, and we had also touched on Route 66 when we visited the Ford Museum a couple years ago as well. So, it was still fairly fresh in my daughter's mind when she started coloring and assembling the game. I also knew my husband would LOVE to play this game since he grew up all of his life (my Route 66 memories started when I was my daughter's age). Plus, he's a big fan of automobile history. I got her started, and then I finished the file folder game assembly. 

The Art of Quilling was a fun experience, though it took my daughter a bit of challenging attempts to get the hang of it. Once she did, she enjoyed it. I had done quilling before, but it's been awhile. In fact, I think I was my daughter's age now when I was introduced to it, so I thought how perfect is that! Once we started twirling those little strips of colored paper, we became a bit addicted to it and could have gone on for awhile. But, we stopped with the one project that was provided with a template we printed and followed.

What Did We Think?

I already knew that Home School in the Woods lapbooks and such were a winner in the eyes of my art-loving, hands-on learning daughter. So, I was jumping up and down when I saw I was chosen for three of their A La Carte projects. This was such a blessing to our household. We love the hands-on nature of every one of the projects that we've used. I also appreciate that we now have a nice little record for my daughter's school file that shows she did the work. These downloads in PDF format are perfect for us and are so easy to use to add to our lessons as a complete supplement to learning that really brings learning to life.

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Homeschool Review Crew - Make-A-State Activity Homeschool In The Woods

I cannot wait to tell you about this hands-on history activity I was given a chance to review. I am absolutely thrilled to have been able to review Make-a-State Activity from Homeschool in the Woods which is part of their Activity-Paks series. Homeschool in the Woods is a hands-on history company that offers multiple product lines and plenty of historical learning for everyone.

Before I get started with the review, I want to tell you about their most recent addition to the hands-on history company's product line:

A NOTE ABOUT AN ALL NEW PRODUCT FROM HOMESCHOOL IN THE WOODS!

Home School in the Woods just announced a new A-La-Carte projects ! This is a way to piece together each of the projects you are interested in without having to purchase the entire unit study!

SPECIAL OFFER:

Use the code alacarte at checkout to get the Erie Canal project on that page for free. The Erie Canal project has specifically been chosen because it is the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the canal this week!

Other members of the Homeschool Review Crew got to try out additional Activity-Paks:

Activity-Paks 
*The Old Testament
*The New Testament
*Composers 
*Artists 

Still other members of the Crew have been working with tons of additional products, so be sure to check out what they have to say about:

Time Traveler American 
*New World Explorers
*Colonial Life 
*The American Revolution 
*The Early 19th Century
*The Civil War
*Industrial Revolution through Great Depression 
*World War II

Lap-Paks 
*U.S. Elections
*20th Century in America
*Wonders of the World
*Benjamin Franklin
*Knights

Timeline Trio 

The following video explains the differences between each of their multiple product lines:

   

What is Make-a-State Activity?

Make-a-State Activity Pak is part of the Homeschool in the Woods Activity-Pak line of products which is just one example of what this hands-on history company offers from their multiple line of products. If you've ever done a unit study that uses a Lap Book as the central focus activity, then you have a pretty good idea about how this works. However, the Activity-Pak series offers more than just a lap book. It also provides suggestions for games and additional activities that correspond with the study. The nice thing about the Make-A-State Activity Pak is that everything is right there on the computer in a download, and you click on the links to print the materials as you need them for study and to make your Lap-Pak. There is always a Timeline included along with all of the printables needed. This study allows you to make a lapbook for each of the 50 states, and this particular study also came with a State Folder Game - Name That State.

Each of the 50 state lapbooks cover 20 activities:

1. Key State Facts
2. Origin of State Name
3. State Motto
4. State Symbols
5. State Song
6. State Industry / Agriculture / Climate
7. State Wildlife
8. Regions
9. State Geography
10. State Government
11. State Seal & Flag
12. State History
13. Famous People From...
14. Native Tribes
15. State Landmarks
16. Sports Teams
17. State Quarters
18. Recipes
19. State Vocabulary
20. State Timeline

Bonus:

1. State Pages that provide summary information about each state as well as Washington D.C.
2. Name That State File Folder Game

How Did We Use It?

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

I previously had the privilege of reviewing Project Passport World History Study: The Middle Ages, and HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World  History Study: Ancient Greece from Homeschool in the Woods, so I was excited to get to take a look at the Make-a-State Activity-Pak.

My 10-year-old absolutely loves lapbooks and anything hands-on or artsy/craftsy. So, this is right up her alley. I was so excited because we began the study of the states last year but never finished so this couldn't have come at a better time. Also, we are planning a trip to WI and MI this summer, so I wanted my daughter to be fully knowledgeable about her surroundings as we visit.

What Did We Think?

I absolutely love the in-depth study that corresponds with the hands-on activities in these Paks. Of course, it requires making sure your ink cartridges are full and ready to print before you begin, but the final product is a nice, easy-to-file record of your child's work. Ultimately, anything that is hands-on is a hit with my youngest, so Homeschool in the Woods hits the mark for us since it's a hands-on history company that offers multiple product lines, with the history information-packed Activity-Paks series being one of them.

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