Homeschool Happenings: Home School in the Woods ~ A Review

Monday, March 19, 2018

Home School in the Woods ~ A Review

Home School in the Woods offers many À La Carte Projects for students of all ages on their website. My kiddos had fun playing Name That State! File Folder Game. These projects come in easy to download pdf files. There is something for everyone in grades K-12.

Home School in the Woods, À La Carte Projects offers students a fun way to enhance their academic studies. These hand-on activities let the child learn while having fun too! New projects are continually being added. I have found that my kiddos learn so much better when they actually do hands-on projects verses just reading and taking tests about a subject matter. My kiddos favorite projects are lap books.

The state cards include a cut-out form of the state shape on one side and on the flip side the following information is included:

state name
capital city
rank in order
date of admittance into the Union
region
blank lines are also include to add other state information

There are three different game boards:

blank
state abbreviations
state names

Directions are given as to what to print out for each of the game boards for the corresponding state cards needed. I opted to print out all three of the game boards since my kiddos are a bit older and using this are a refresher for the states and capitals.

How Did We Use It?

Since my kiddos already know their states and capitals so we used this more as a refresher. While they know their states and capitals they have forgotten where all of the states are located on the map and cannot identify a state based on its shape alone for some of the states. My 4th and 6th graders used all three of the game boards on their own to quiz themselves before challenging each other. Like most all things, if you do not continually practice you tend to forget. It did not take much time for either of my kiddos to brush up on their state and capital skills again. They both commented that this was a fun and easy way to get the job done.

For optimal durability it is suggested that the material be printed out on card stock. My printer does not print card stock well so I opted to use thicker quality paper instead. Often times if I know that I am going to be using a specific project with younger siblings down the line I will laminate a game or timeline in order to make sure that it holds up to the wear and tear of use.

Over the years we have used many À La Carte Projects from Home School in the Woods and my kiddos have always come away having learned so much. I keep all of the games and timelines stored in Ziploc bags in a storage file for future use. From games, lap books, timelines, and so much more these hands-on projects are very reasonably priced. Definitely check out all of the amazing options.

Some of the other À La Carte Projects are: