We are in our 13th year of homeschooling. Oh where, oh where have all those years gone? Over those years, we have used most of the products offered from Home School in the Woods. I can't express to you enough about how much we have enjoyed their unit studies. When we were given the chance to review for this outstanding homeschool curriculum company, I was thrilled. Since Therese has expressed an interest in art history, I choose the Activity-Pak: Artists.
Amy Pak, a fellow homeschool mom, created the company Home School in the Woods. The company offers families an amazing selection of unit studies to help them with their homeschooling journey. Families can bring history to life with Home School in the Wood's timelines, lap books, maps, and in-depth history unit studies. Their unit studies are filled with tons of information and offer students hands-on learning that is fun, engaging, and educational. There are no boring history lessons here. I promise your students will love them and you will not find them staring out the window with glazed over eyes.
The selection offered from Home School in the Woods is amazing!
History Through the Ages Timeline Materials
Creation to Christ
Resurrection to Revolution
Napoleon to Now
Timeline Collection
Add-on Pak
Notebook
Binder for Timeline
Mystery of History Timeline Figures
Olde World Style Maps
World Maps
United States Maps
Project Passport World History Projects
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Middle Ages
Renaissance & Reformation
Time Travelers U.S. History Studies
New World Explorers
Colonial Life
The American Revolution
The Early 19th Century
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression
World War II
Hands-on History Lap-Paks
Knights
Benjamin Franklin
U.S. Elections
Wonders of the World
The 20th Century in America
Hands-on History Activity-Paks
Make-a-State
Composers
The Old Testament
The New
Testament
Hands-on History Activity Studies
History of Holidays
Great Empires
The company offers some of their materials from the history studies in an A La Carte Projects section. This allows families to order just what they need. We've used and reviewed the Science, Inventions, and Mathematicians Timeline and the Art of Quilling project.
You can read about the review here. The Art of Quilling project is a lot of fun.
~ Activity-Pak: Artists~
For this review, we received the download format of the Artists Activity-Pak. It can be purchased in CD form too. The Artists Activity-Pak introduces students to 33 artists whose lives span the centuries. Students will learn about the different art movements over the centuries...Baroque, Renaissance, Impressionism, Realism, Americana, Cubism, Modern, etc. The Artisst Activity-Pak is geared for grades 3rd-8th. It can easily be used for older students too.
The Artists Activity-Pak includes the projects to complete a lap book. Students will learn about famous artist, various styles of artwork, the different art movements throughout history, different type of medium used to create art, and a wonderful collection of vocabulary words pertaining to art.
Activities included in the lap book...
~Art Media
~Art Movement
~Vocabulary
~Paint Like the Masters
~Artists Exhibition
The 33 artist covered are Da Vinci, Renoir, Van Gogh, Monet, Wood, Picasso, Seurat, Cassatt, Sesshu, Michelangelo, Remington, Rembrandt, Rubens, Matisse, Potter, Manet, Juan de Pareja, Cezanne, El Greco, Dore, Gauguin, Rivera, Degas, Rousseau, Holbein, Dali, Copley, Grandma Moses, Rockwell, Raphael, Audubon, Goya, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
The Artist Activity-Pak also includes a printable artist sketchbook that students can use for their sketch practice. The sketch book contains 20 quotes from various artists.
To go along with the study of all these famous artists, the Activity-Pak includes 10 Paint Like the Masters! projects for the students to complete. While completing these projects, students will get a chance to try various artist techniques.
Beside the lap book, the Artist Activity-Pak includes a file folder game, Art Gallery, to print out and play. Players of the game will travel around the board game answering various questions about the different artwork of 18 artists they have studied. The printable cards will have students answering questions about famous paintings, famous artists, medium used, and the year the artwork was created.
Since Therese is a little older and we've studied art throughout the years, we used the Artists Activity-Pak a little differently. One of the great advantages of holmeschooling.
I printed out the lap book projects and Therese completed them. My plan is to use this folder as a quick reference for when she does an in-depth study of art history next year as an elective for high school. This lap book will go in the front of her binder for a simple, yet effective reference guide.
I opted not to print out the artist sketch pad since she already has one(actually a few) . I figured we didn't need to waste the paper. I do like the idea of the quotes. I may have her look up quotes from famous artist to add to her own sketch book. Research skills and penmanship practice at the same time.
The Paint Like a Master! projects are great. I didn't have Therese complete any just yet. Shes' done most of these when she was younger when I taught art at a local co-op. Having a mom who studied art does have its advantages. She's been more focused on her drawing skills lately. I'm hoping I can encourage her to give the ideas a go in the next few weeks, now that things are starting to calm down here.
So far I have not printed out the file folder game. I've looked it over and I am planning on printing it out for next year. I just didn't get a chance to print it out because of our ink situation for our printer. The kids have been busy with co-op work and I needed to conserve the ink. I didn't want them to run out for the work they needed to send in for grades. Ink is ordered, we're just waiting for it too arrive.
The Artist Activity-Pak is filled with so much information. It's a great introduction to artist and the different art movements. It's the perfect tool for parents that have little or no background in art. It includes everything a parent and student would need to get a good introduction into the world of art and famous artist. Years ago, I actually created a whole art curriculum for my children. It took me weeks (maybe months) to collect the information, worksheets, projects, etc.
This Activity-Pak eliminates all of that. It's simple and all planned out for parents.
So if your child has an interest in art, I definitely recommend this art lap book. It will teach them all about the artist and they'll have a blast creating their own masterpieces.
As I mentioned earlier, we've used most of the unit studies offered from Home School in the Woods. I'm amazed with all the ones the kids have used over the years. We've used all of the Time Travelers U.S. History Studies. We've used and reviewed the U.S. Elections Lap-Pak (perfect for the upcoming election), Wonders of the World Lap-Pak, Project Passport Ancient Greece , Project Passport The Middle Ages, Project Passport Ancient Egypt, and Project Passport Ancient Rome.
With the upcoming election, I would definitely recommend the U.S. Election Lap-Pak.
It's great at explaining the entire process. You can read more about this fantastic resource over on the Home School in the Woods Blog.
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Till Next Time,
Monique
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