Homeschool In the Woods - Old World Style Maps

Olde World Style Modern and Ancient Maps: World Maps
Old World Style Modern and Historical Maps: United States Maps
Published at Home School In The Woods

This is my first review on the second year of the TOS Homeschool Crew. I got asked back in February to join the team again and gladly accepted. It has been a hard year in 2009 (as it was for many I am sure) but to be asked to come aboard the Crew was a blessing for our family. So when I received my first products to review from Home School In The Woods, I quickly look at it.

My first impression was to be overwhelmed with emotions as I discovered the Olde World Style Modern and Ancient Maps for the World and for the United States. And honestly, I am still speechless and in awe every time I open the files.

The details in these maps are absolutely stunning. The folks at Home School In The Woods have taken the time to create a quality product to help you teach geography. The first map I printed was CANADA obviously and my son who is 9 was all excited to practice learning the provinces and territories of our country. He even did more than I asked him to do and learned the countries surrounding Canada, seas, bays and rivers on the map as well.

I was even more impressed with the products when I realized that you could also get some interesting pages related to the theme of the products. For example, in the Old World Style Modern and Ancient Maps: World Maps you would find recipe cards, flags, special identification graphics for the countries, geography terminology to learn, Flora and Fauna, History timeline and so much more! You will also get the maps from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the voyages of Paul, Palestine time when Jesus came, and so on.

However, in the Old World Style Modern and Historical Maps: United States you will be able to get the State Facts pages to write down information about all the various states. This would be very fun to do when we go on a trip in the US with our RV. Two years ago, we went to PA, MA, ME before heading to NB and PE in Canada. Consequently, I am thinking of starting a project with my oldest son so he can keep track which states we have visited so far in a notebook. Theses pages are simply wonderful! This product is a wonderful addition for our Little Man in The Maps that I reviewed previously.

My only regret is that there isn’t pages for the different provinces and territories of Canada like the ones for the various states in the US. I personally think it would be a great addition. Why not create an Olde Word Style Modern and Historical Maps: CANADA. After all we have a lot of history in our land and to think that Nunavut is a territory only since 1999. It would be very interesting to have the progression of Canada on maps with this concept. And we could include pages for Canadian recipes from natives as well as French Canadians and immigrants in the country. Don’t you think it would be a great idea? And with the number of homeschoolers in Canada, I am sure that this would be a product that will be popular among us Canadians.

In conclusion, I absolutely recommend these products for anyone who want to discover geography with their children.   They are well done and fun to use.   I know that these products will be used a lot in our household and in our trips.   The world is right at our fingertips!

Downloads are priced at 18.95$ each, and the CD version is 19.95$ each. They also have a COMBO-PACK (both sets together) priced at 28,95$ for the download and 29.95$ for the CD set.   The Old World Style Maps are available direclty from Home School In the Woods.

Discovering the New Testament while being creative!

I discovered Homeschool In The Woods a couple of years ago through a friend who was using their timeline figures. I am now a proud owner of the timeline figures CD and we use it while doing our history lessons. But this time, I was able to discover another product that Homeschool In The Woods has. Homeschool in the Woods has come up with an interesting way of studying the New Testament. The child will create a lapbook at the same time as learning about Jesus, the disciples and Paul while using the New Testament Activity Pack.

The activities included in this lapbook are The Lineage from David to Jesus, Birth of Jesus, Miracles of Jesus, The Beatitudes, Fruit of the Spirit, The Parables of Jesus, The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, The Ascension, Pentecost, Prophesies Fulfilled, The Twelve Disciples, Paul’s Missionary Journeys and Postcards from Paul. You will also create a newspaper call The New Testament News as well as a poster with The Armor of God which you can personalize with a picture of your child in it.

I used the product with my oldest son, Alexandre. We had fun to create this lap book. Alexandre was able to go through the major stories in the New Testament and also discover the various travels made by Paul. As I write this, we are not completely finished with it. I can’t wait to do the armor of God with him and put his lovely face as the soldier. I really enjoy sitting down with him and guiding him in putting the lapbook together. The images are well done and the activities are just wonderful. The Last Supper is especially interesting as you have to make sure that the arms of Jesus move up and down while he is presenting the bread and the wine. This Activity Pack is packed (literally!) with very well illustrated stories from the New Testament. We really enjoy working on the beatitudes as we learned to create a pizza book. That was very fun! It was a pleasure to see my son sharing what he did with his dad when it was done. So sweet!

What is even more interesting with this vendor if that you can have the same kind of activity pack for the Old Testament. And this product is on my want-it list for next year. In the meantime, we will finish the New Testament and enjoy spending time learning about Jesus, the early church and Paul’s missions. I am especially looking forward to create the NEW TESTAMENT NEWS. I am keeping this activity for the end as a wrap-up of all the information we learned while doing the lapbook.

I strongly recommend that you visit Homeschool In The Woods to discover the various activity packs as well as their other products they have for your students. The New Testament Activity Pack is priced at 18.95$ US for the download version or 19.95$ US for the CD version. What is nice about the download edition is that you don’t have to pay shipping since you get it immediately. You can then keep the file on your PC and use it whenever you want to. This product is recommended for grades 3-8 but my son is finishing is grade 2 and was able to do the activities without problems.