Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
Home School in the Woods is an amazing company that will take the blahs out of your school work. We have enjoyed several of their digital activity kits over the years, and I was happy to have another occasion to add some pop! to our history and social studies material this semester. They provided us with a family license to their Timeline Collection: A Collection of Historical Timeline Figures for grades K-12, to use and review.
I'll begin with the company itself. Home School in the Woods is made up of the Pak family, who began homeschooling back in 1996. Fun fact, they actually do live in the woods! Each member of the family contributes their talents that make these history studies the amazing collections that they are. Whether it's writing, illustrating, designing the activities, creating the web design, researching, marketing, or trekking out to conventions, the family does it all.
Amy Pak, who is the mother and teacher of this industrious group, got the ball rolling for HSITW when homeschooling her kids. As many parents are, she was not enthusiastic about teaching history, as it had not been a great subject in her own education. But, a homeschooling mom's gotta do what she has to do. She decided to use timelines as a basis for teaching, thinking that those would pull historical events together visually. Rather than sticking with the textbooks that she had disliked reading in her classes, Amy created her own curriculum by utilizing a variety of living books, incorporating drama, and writing activities. As it happens, that experience caused her to get pretty excited about history, and...a company was born. Isn't that an inspiring story? I love it! Homeschoolers all around the world now benefit from one mom's positive approach to a challenging subject. I would encourage you to visit their website, and read the "About" section, it will encourage your faith!
Working on the timeline:
Now then, on to the product that we received. The Timeline Collection: A Collection of Historical Timeline Figures is simply immense. If you need it, they have it. There are over 1260 figures, as well as 80 bonus figures. This resource has the figures for you in 2 different formats. The first includes text descriptions, and one with simply the name of the figure, and the corresponding date.
Included in Part 1:
PDF's of all of the sets, with different sizes, and with or without text descriptions. These are:
-Creation to Christ
- Resurrection to Revolution
- Napoleon to Now
- America's History
- 80 more bonus figures
Included in Part 2:
The same figures that are in Part 1, but in a high quality format, allowing you to create:
- Timelines
- Coloring pages
- Games
- Whatever else you can come up with to meet your project's needs
The figures are categorized in over 30 ways, so you should be able to locate what you need very quickly.
Finishing up the timeline:
There are also Timeline helps that offer tips and ideas for projects. There are some great ideas! Whether you have a tiny bit of space in your homeschool, or as much as you could ask for, there are ideas for notebooking and creating timelines that suit your needs.
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| Coloring pages to fit most any historical theme. |
Our children are teens now, and having homeschooled from the very start, we've tried out quite a few history curriculums and resources. Over the past few years, we keep circling back around to Home School in the Woods. My youngest in particular, loves the hands on aspect of the studies. She loves having freedom to create, and given the choice, will choose to put together a notebook, timeline, or other display, over reading an often stuffy, monotonous text.
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| More coloring pages. |
We've been focusing quite a bit on WWII this year, and so for this review, have used the helps provided for figures that relate to that era. We've pulled from many resources, books, articles, movies, etc., The materials we've found in this download are fantastic. This is a great option for students who are visual, and learn better by "doing". My 16 year old does not like most traditional history curriculum because she finds most of them beyond dull. When we combine the projects that are offered in these studies, with other living books and such, she actually moves up to not asking me, "Do I HAVE to do history today?" Lol. It's a win.
There are so many options to choose from that will amp up your learning, and I hope you'll consider giving them a go.
For further fun, check out a variety of great posts at
Amy's Blog .
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Home School in the Woods has a great activity pack just in time for elections. Consider taking a look at their U.S Elections Lap-Pak.
Read about it here:
https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/blogs/words-from-the-woods/studying-u-s-elections-hands-on-with-an-incredible-lapbook
Buy it here:
https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/collections/hands-on-history-lap-paks/products/lap-pak-u-s-elections
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