Homeschool Crew Review: Home School in the Woods Á La Carte Products

Home School in the Woods offers a variety of different types of products that help bring history to life.  I have used many of their products over the last 10 years and have been impressed with all of them.  Recently they started offering some of the projects that are part of their larger studies as Á La Carte products able to be purchased separately to enhance any study you may be using in your homeschool. We recently had the opportunity to use and review the Early Nineteenth Century Timeline and the Orchestra File Folder Project.



The Early Nineteenth Century Timeline is a 26 page PDF download that was originally created as part of Time Travelers of the Early 19th Century.  The download contains tips, tricks, and instructions for printing and creating the timeline, 9 lined pages spanning from the years 1790-1850 that are labeled with where to place each figure, 4 pages of timeline figures, and an answer key showing all of the figures placed on the timeline.  You can purchase a family license for the download for $5.45.


We chose the Early Nineteenth Century Timeline because we are studying American History this year.  We have used Home School in the Woods timeline figures in the past to go along with other history studies we have done and they are the best timeline figures I have ever seen.  This project was very easy to print out and put together.  It includes 98 different figures with clear direction on how to place them on the timeline.  I think using a timeline is a great way to bring history to life and make it make more sense to children and am impressed with the finished result of this one.  Instead of connecting our pages, we 3 hole punched them and placed them in a notebook.

Our second project was the Orchestra File Folder Project.  This was a 13 page download originally created for the Composers Activity Pack.  It includes tips, tricks, and instructions for printing and assembly, 2 pages of stage background, 2 pages of instrument cards, 2 pages of period cards, 2 pages of pockets, and one page of cover art.  You will need a file folder to complete this project along with scissors, glue, double sided tape, and colored pencils if you wish to color.  You can purchase this download for $4.95. 
I chose Orchestra File Folder Project because we were getting ready to start a Music Appreciation course and I wanted the children to have an understanding of the orchestra and the instruments that it is made up of.  The instructions for the project were easy to follow and everything was easy to print out.  Putting it together does take a bit of time, especially cutting and folding all of the pockets.  But I thought it was a great project that enhanced our understanding of the orchestra.

Members of the Crew reviewed a variety of the available Á La Carte products. Stop by the Crew Blog to read the reviews.  I thought that the Art of Quilling and the Art Gallery File Folder Game looked very interesting!