I’m really excited to share this review and product with you all. I discovered Home School in the Woods at the very start of our homeschooling journey, about 6 years ago – when my oldest child was in kindergarten. I had the privilege of meeting Amy Pak at our local homeschool convention and she is just as kind as she is talented (yes, she is the artist behind all of these beautiful drawings; she does amazing work). At that time, my son was a bit young to use Home School in the Woods products, but I took a mental note that I wanted to use the Pak family’s products in our homeschool as soon as my kids were old enough. Well, now they are old enough – Yippee! Home School in the Woods offers products that brings hands-on to history; some of their products include timelines, maps, lapbooks, and activity studies. We were blessed with the opportunity to review the Great Empires activity study.
The Great Empires activity study is for children in the elementary grades and is available in a downloadable ($18.95) or CD ($19.95) version. As you go through the Great Empires activity study, you will learn about 14 Great Empires from our world’s history. The 14 empires you will encounter are:
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient China
- Arab-Muslim Empire
- Mongolian Empire
- Viking Empire
- Spanish Empire
- French Empire
- English Empire
- German Empire
- Japanese Empire
- Russian Empire
- The United States of America
- Make a Cartouche
- Design a Greek Shield
- Paint Greek Pottery
- Create a Fresco
- Make Viking Coins
- Matryoshka Dolls
- Make a Paper Guillotine
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| Making a Cartouche |
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I agree; this is an excellent history resource. I used it with my 8 year old son, too, and his big sister.
Wow this looks like it was really hands on. Looks like your kids had fun as well. Think I might have to add this to our want list and order it for the next school year. I like how you can get through it in a couple days. I think I might extend it as my son seems fascinated with ancient history.
This looks awesome. I just love hands-on learning! I didn’t do this review, so I was anxious to read one. I will look into this for my kiddos for next year. Have a great weekend! Many blessings, Lisa
I’m looking forward to eventually using this one! We are using their US History series for DS, and DD is doing the Composer one “for fun” over the summer! I like how it’s so thorough!