Home School in the Woods - Á La Carte Projects- A Review

Spring is a great time to freshen up your regular home school studies, and this month, we've had the opportunity to do just that as we've been reviewing a few digital  Á La Carte Projects  from Home School in the Woods. Home School in the Woods?, you might be asking, who, or what is that? I'm glad that you asked. They are a business, headed up by homeschooling mom, Amy Pak, with her family working beside her. (And here's a fun fact, they did home school in the woods!)
It was during her years of schooling her children,that she began creating various printable history lessons and projects. There's much more to it, and I hope that you'll visit this wonderful
website, and check out the rest of Amy's testimony, as well as the great resources there. Right now, I want to share the products that we've had the joy of using.

Our family was given three different digital products from the Á La Carte Projects collection. These are various printable downloadable projects, games, and/or crafts to be used with some of the larger projects that are offered on their site. In the Á La Carte collection, you can add them to your personal studies however you like! We received:

* Composers through History Timeline

* The Jamestown Replica

* The Art of Quilling

Alright, as it only makes sense to begin at the beginning, I'll start with the Composers through History Timeline. This was originally a resource that was paired with the Composers Activity-Pak .
As the title states, it's a, wait for it...timeline. The printables in this package provide 42 composers that span the various periods of music,- Romantic, Classical, Modern, etc.. Conveniently, the featured composers are grouped into their specific music genre. Besides those, there are a couple of timelines to print as well. These also are ordered by genre and date, and have the names of each composer on the page, making it simple to categorize each one. As you study a composer, you can cut out, and then put the picture of him up on the timeline. We've used this product as an extra side study in our schooling. We've approached it somewhat informally. After collecting an assortment of books at the library, and researching on the Internet, we would gather at the table, and share what we learned about certain composers. My daughters are musicians, so they found this a fun and interesting little project. We've enjoyed listening to pieces of music that were previously unfamiliar, and sharing fun facts about a few of the more quirky composers.

Our next project is The Jamestown Replica, which was first created for the larger study, Time Travelers: The American Revolution . This project is a 3-D project once completed. It is, a replica of the Jamestown fort. We printed out the base, fences, houses, and bulwarks, colored them, cut them out, and glued everything together. My 12 year old and I were pleasantly surprised at the great details that went into providing the tabs that fold down, and show where to cut and fold. The design is fantastic! We had no trouble putting this together. It is now proudly on display in our family room! We found this to be a fun project, and are already deciding the next one that we ant to build.

The third, and final project that we received is actually my favorite. The Art of Quilling was first  made for the study Time Travelers: Colonial Life . With this instructional guide and pattern for teaching how to paper quill, I have found my new favorite hobby! This was so fun and relaxing. You do need to purchase the quilling materials separately (A good way to use those Hobby Lobby Coupons for 40% off), but that's not a big deal. This pack provides detailed instructions, the basic shapes of paper coils (all in color, by the way), and a pattern to create your own paper quill Forget-Me-Not. I was pleased with how it came out, and now I'm searching for more patterns! If you're studying Colonial life, this is a great, and easy craft to present. Love, love, love!

The Home School in the Woods Á La Carte Projects is a fantastic collection of history resources. I am so excited about this business! Every digital product that we received includes detailed instructions, colorful pictures, and easy to use designs. In addition to those aspects, the prices are great value. No stalking the delivery folks, because you purchase, then download. Done. Why not pop over and visit their site today?

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