Now the elections are near, this detailed unit study may be just what your child needs to get a good handle on the U.S. Elections. Super Hero, who's been on a Social Sciences and Civics learning

Now the elections are near, this detailed unit study may be just what your child needs to get a good handle on the U.S. Elections. Super Hero, who's been on a Social Sciences and Civics learning

HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections - a Schoolhouse Crew Review - Homemaking Organized

Undoubtedly, your television screen and news feeds are filled with politics these days. As caustic and unreasonable as politics appears to be there is no excuse for being ill-informed. We have been given a roll in this country of ours and we all need to be aware of the political process. I was blessed to have some fantastic teachers in High School and then college who were passionate about our system of government. It can be overwhelming to wade through with all the jargon…“electoral colleges” and “delegates” and “super delegates.” I recently received major assistance from Home School in the Woods with HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections. This has been a fun review for Josiah and a good refresher for me! I have raved about Home School in the Woods for years. They simply do excellent work. Home School in the Woods features lap books, timelines, history studies…did I mention their timelines are simply fabulous? I really believe that lapbooking is a terrific hands-on learning tool. HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections is exciting and interactive. I received the downloadable version, but you can purchase the CD if that is more your speed. The study is intended for grades 3-8. Upon receiving my download, I immediately sat down and got a lay of the land. There are a lot of moving parts with this product. There are detailed project directions and instructions for assembly so I wasn’t left in the dark. There are a total of 21 lapbooking activities as well as a printable reading text. I was THRILLED to discover that there are also audio files of the reading text. This is such a help for my dyslexic boy. Sometimes he just needs another voice besides mom’s (which is easily tuned out). I need to tell you that the reading text comes in a handy booklet to print or a 3-page letter sized layout. The picture below is a pretty copy from Home School in the Woods. We chose to print out the 3-page version which is now covered with ketchup. I have made friends with my local printing company (They gave me a Christmas card) so I bit the bullet and sent the whole kit and caboodle off for printing. This was not the most economical decision, but it was a matter of time management. There is a lot of printing. If you do the printing on your own you will need cardstock, colored cardstock, printer paper and colored printer paper. I went around and made sure I had the supplies I needed for all the projects. I consider myself a "lapbook making pro" so I didn’t have to go far and wide for most of it. Not to worry. The supplies are easily found and the Home School in the Woods folks make sure they have provided a thorough list. Now that my prep work was complete we simply started through each section and completed one each day. One vital tip that I learned years ago was to keep all of the completed activities in a plastic baggie. Just be sure to put said plastic baggie somewhere you can find it again. I speak from experience! Another great thing about this lapbook is that you can personalize it to your child’s ability or interest level. Because Josiah is dyslexic (and hates to write) we used the files with text more often than not. This booklet on Terms Of Office simply provided all the text needed to learn. I felt like the text was easy to understand and interesting for the reader. Not all of our projects reached their potential glory. This is Josiah's Economic Policy. Nothing. Much like most of our current presidential candidates. One of my favorite things about lapbooking is that a student doesn’t have to rely on cramming in short term knowledge to succeed. I am not a huge fan of the worksheet so the hands-on books and projects make for a happy lesson. I think that Home School in the Woods simply have some of the most clever and creative lapbooking projects out there. Take for example this presidential candidate. He is movable! He is literally running the Electoral Race! So fun! And what could better illustrate the Three Branches of Government than a tree? Remember how I boasted of my lapbook preparedness? I had brads..just not brads that were best suited for the project! I am sure this is what the creators of this gorgeous lapbook project had in mind when they created it! Football brads! Can you feel the love? This is such an awesome product. The HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections is of such quality that we will be able to enjoy it for some time. Especially during this long election year! You can click on the banner below for more reviews! Check them out...

Now the elections are near, this detailed unit study may be just what your child needs to get a good handle on the U.S. Elections. Super Hero, who's been on a Social Sciences and Civics learning

I have discovered that my boys do well with unit studies and lapbooks. Not only do they enjoy being able to pull out the completed project to show friends and family, but they enjoy the process that involves coloring, cutting and pasting. We were recently given the opportunity to review the HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections by Home School In The Woods and I had a feeling that this was going to be a great way to introduce the subject of US Government and the electoral process to my oldest son--something very apropos for a presidential election year! Product Summary Home School in The Woods is a multi-award winning company that is dedicated to providing materials to make history come ALIVE in your classroom! Steering clear of the typical history textbook, Home School in The Woods chooses to help your child make living and real connections with the men, women, places, and events they experience through their history experience, with hands on materials. One of the ways they do this is through their Lap-Pak units. Following the concept of lapbooking, Home School In the Woods has newly designed unit studies for teaching history to children grades K-8. One of the newest of these products is the HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections. This lapbook unit introduces your student to the presidential election process by briefly taking your child back to the foundation of our government structure, through important parts of a presidential campaign, and then to how we choose a new president. This product is designed for grades 3-8 and is available as a downloadable version ($18.95) or a CD version ($19.95). The Lap-Pak activities include: * Definition of “Election” * Different Forms of Government * The American Experiment * The Three Branches of Government * Suffrage * Who Do We Vote For? * Terms of Office * A “Handful” of Political Parties * Caucuses & Primaries * National Conventions * The Presidential Campaign: Platform * The Presidential Campaign: Stump Speaking * The Presidential Campaign: Media — News Source * The Presidential Campaign: Campaign Advertising — Spreading the Word! * Raising Money * Statistics * Election Day * The Electoral College * Inauguration Day * The Electoral Race! * The “Vocabinet” We were given the downloadable version to review with Little Britches, age 10. Using the Product The first step of using the product was to download the link I was provided. This gave a folder that contained images, mp3s, pdfs, and a "start". I began at the beginning--the start, of course! This page gave me a great idea on how to use the product and explained it very well. One of the first things I did was check out the "Directions for Printing the Reading Text". It allowed me to determined what to do with the informational text. It was possible to print it and turn it into a booklet that went with the lapbook, or simply print it out to go in a binder. Since it was for me, I decided to go with the binder and went ahead and printed out the full unit study reading. I discovered by reading the start page, that I even had the option to have the reading text READ to my student for me via audio links. I liked this idea, but decided that unless I really needed to do something else, I would be the principle reader. I checked out the project directions next. This gave me an idea on whether I wanted to do the unit as designed for a lapbook, or if I wanted to go with a notebooking style. I decided to stick with our tried and true winner of lapbooking, so I began printing out the first few lessons. Each lesson is labeled by a title, and the title is alphabetical in a list of pdf files, so you simply find the ones you want and then print them out. To make it a lot easier, I FIRST printed out the information regarding putting each lesson's lapbook portion together. This told me whether I needed to print something multiple times, the type of paper I needed, and how it was going to be used. This saved a lot of trial and error. I decided to start by printing the first 5 lessons. To save time, I also pre-cut a lot of it. Not that Little Britches couldn't on his own, but because this would make it easier for us to complete a lesson within a time frame. Once I had the first few lessons done, I paper clipped them all together in order. The next step was to put together the lapbook's base, which was easy to do using the color directions provided. I pulled the directions up on my laptop while attaching everything and it was easy to complete. I have made lapbooks before, so I had a general idea of what to do. After I had the first few lesson components together, I knew I could just get started. We started this on a Monday and I decided based on the reading for each lesson that we would complete 1-2 lessons a session depending on the lesson's length and the complexity of the lapbook components. The first few lessons had pretty lengthy readings, so we did just one lesson a day. When we began, I gave an introduction on the topic and why I felt it was perfect for the time. Little Britches was rather excited when he discovered it was going to be a lapbook--"I really like putting lapbooks together!" As I decided in advance, we completed one lesson a day for the first week. The lapbook recommends waiting until the very end to put all the pieces of the lapbook together (following their directions for placement), but I like to see how the lapbook progresses, so after completing each week, we attached the elements we had finished. Here are some photos of us working through the lapbook: We worked through one reading passage (I read aloud), and 1-2 lapbook coordinating components per day and we completed our entire lapbook within our review period. The unit took about 15-20 minutes per day over 4-5 days a week. Our Thoughts On The Product Little Britches: "I love lapbooks because they are short lessons and it's fun to look on the whole thing when it's done. It was interesting to learn about how elections are done and now I understand more watching TV with my Papaw right now because he likes politics shows." Me: There are so many great things about this product to mention, but I will try to focus on the things that I like the most. 1. I really enjoy having all the information already provided for me. The notes are there for me to read (or let him read) and then we simply can talk about it and complete the lapbook piece for it. Sometimes unit studies can be discouraging when you have to go round up all the resources yourself. 2. The instructions for using the product were very detailed, but allowed for some leeway--like letting your child write something out instead of printing it for them. It was easy to follow along with the printing directions to know what kind of paper I needed to use and how it all fit together. 3. It worked well having short lessons. My son learns best with concise lessons. I handed him the lapbook components and then read aloud while he colored or cut the pieces. Each piece only took us about 15-20 minutes, but the information was very comprehensive. 4. Good for different learning types and ages. This product provided the lesson that could be worked on independently by the student or used as a read aloud. The lesson was in visual form to be printed or read, and audio form to be listened to. Thus, this makes it a good product for a larger spectrum of ages. I felt my reading aloud was a great fit for my 4th grader. If he had been older, I would have had him read, or better yet, listen to the audio clips. Because the lesson information is provided, it would be easy to fit it to your child's needs. 5. I appreciated that the information was presented without bias. Because it's an election/politics lapbook, there is always a chance for a bias. But this information was strictly taken from the federal and state level laws and also focused on the Constitution. A simple play-by-play about how an election works logistically. 6. Lapbooks are great for using as a portfolio of sorts. Now that we have completed the lapbook, I can easily store it in my files and have Little Britches reference it later in our studies. There won't be any extra papers anywhere to worry about. 7. It's all digital. Now that I have this lapbook, I will be able to pull it out and use the same information for my younger son at a later date--and it's all saved on my flash drive! There is a definite bonus to having it all as a download. 8. The supplies are standard for any classroom. I love that everything that is required is available easily! The main supplies are colored papers, cardstock, crayons and scissors. Sometimes you need brads for moving parts. I never have to go buy anything for these projects! Cons? There are two that I would put forth as the main ones. *If you don't have a good printer, then you will be in trouble because all the pieces of this lapbook get printed out. There is a lot of paper and ink being used just for the lapbook components. Fortunately, we have a good printer and I restocked my ink. I also have a lot of different types of paper which is a plus for lapbook work. *There is a lot of prep work that goes into a lapbook. If you have a child that isn't a strong cutter, you will need to do the cutting in advance, or allow for a lot more time. There are also pieces to be printed on numerous different sheets of paper, so you need to spend a good amount of time getting everything ready to use. Unless you prepare every piece for the lapbook, it's NOT an open and go. Some of the lessons I prepared in advance, and some of them I let Little Britches do the cutting. Will we continue to use this product? Well, we actually were able to finish the whole lapbook, which is great! But I definitely plan on investigating some of the other lapbooks this company has because this one worked so well for us! Would I Recommend This Product? HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections is a great product for the child that does better with short concise lessons, and needs things to manipulate and move to keep them focused. This is a great product if you are trying to teach multiple age groups under one topic. The lap-PAK is great for someone who doesn't mind having to do quite a bit of prep work for a lesson. This is also a great product if you need something that is already researched for you. The lapbook promotes more creativity than typical activities as there are some open ended activities, and there are movable pieces and coloring involved. I wouldn't recommend this product if you like an open-and-go product with little prep work. It also might not be a good choice if you have a child that doesn't work well with putting together projects. Someone who is more of a classical or traditional style teaching method, won't like that there aren't simple reading and writing activities. I also recommend that you observe the age range because this product is definitely for the 3rd-8th grade level child. I believe that the price is very reasonable for the quality and comprehensiveness of the unit--and because you can use the product over and over with future children since it is downloadable. If You Want To Know More... We reviewed the HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections ($18.95-downloadable) by Home School In The Woods. You have seen how we used it and read our thoughts on it...but what did the other members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew think? You can learn more about Home School In the Woods by following them on these social media outlets: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeschoolinthewoods Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Homeschoolinthewoods/posts Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hsinthewoods/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSintheWoods *** Little Britches really enjoyed learning about how an election process works, and I enjoyed revisiting the topic as well. It is great to hear him use his new knowledge as he discusses what he sees about the current 2016 election year with his Papaw and I know it will be nice to have this lapbook to refer back to later! Working through this with him, showed me again how much he enjoys these type of units. I am definitely going to be checking out some of the other products available from Home School In the Woods!

A comprehensive study of the U.S. Elections with a Lap-Pak from @homeschoolinthewoods #ihsnet

Lapbooking is so much fun. I love watching my boys create projects that demonstrate what they have learned and they make teaching so easy. However, I am nowhere near creative enough to come up with…

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. With the upcoming elections barreling upon us in just a few months, I was delighted to be given the opportunity to review U.S. Elections Lap-Pak, a lapbook unit study designed by Home School in the Woods. Learning how our county's government works and how it's citizens play a huge role in who fills elected positions is very important for all citizens. However, elections can be rather confusing. Many people do not understand that our vote isn't exactly for the candidate but instead to tell the body that votes (the Electoral College) who we want them to vote for. The U.S. Elections Lap-Pak takes students from start to finish in the election process. From a candidate declaring their intent to run for office, to swearing in to office and all things in between, this hands on learning project breaks it all down for students to understand. While learning important terms such as what an incumbent is, what is a caucus, and what a candidate's platform is, students create a hands on lapbook filled with hands on activities to help reinforce what they learn about elections and political candidates. U.S. Elections Lap-Pak is typically best suited for elementary and middle-school students between the third and eighth grades. Like other Home School in the Woods material, the U.S. Elections Lap-Pak is a digital file that is installed on the computer. While the digital file must be downloaded (although a physical CD option can be purchased from the company) from the internet, once installed on the computer, no internet access is needed to use the material. All material, including instructions for project assembly, printable masters for each activity, audio file and text material are easily accessed. The U.S. Elections Lap-Pak contains a few different components. First, the Lap-Pak begins with a 24 page printable text pamphlet. This contains all the reading material that is covered in the Lap-Pak lapbook. For younger students or those who are audible listeners, an audio version of the text is included. This is also perfect for those who do better to listen while reading along. To help to pick up where the student last left off, the browser base material gives a time index for the beginning of each portion of the text lesson. Topics covered in the U.S. Elections Lap-Pak include: Elections in the United States of America The Different Forms of Government Governments of the People in History America: A New Creation from Old Roots The Three Branches of Government Suffrage The Election Process Running for Office Caucuses and Primaries Running a Presidential Campaign Raising Money Election Day The Electoral College Inauguration Day The Importance of Elections The lapbook includes project includes 21 activities that cover each of these topics. Many projects offer two options - a fully printable project that has text already filled out for most the activities as well as a notebooking style option that allows the student to fill out the necessary information. The material presented is non bias and does not lean towards any one political party but instead just presents the material in a general term. Current candidates running for office at the present are not included. Instead, the Lap-Pak is a very well rounded, general government introduction that can be used during any election process and is not limited to the only upcoming election. How We Used It: Lapbook projects from Home School in the Woods are always a real with our family and this project wasn't any different. From start to finish, the kids have learned all sorts of information about our country's election process. Usually, I allow both kids to do their own lapbooks, however, this time they decided to make one lapbook together. For this review, we decided complete a project each day. First, we would listen to the audio portion of the lesson. I would then lead a discussion with the kids, using the text pamphlet, to make sure they understood the material covered by the audio. That way, if there was something they were confused about or that they didn't completely understand, I was able explain it more in depth. Then we would complete the activity. Here's a look at our completed Lapbook. Now that our lapbook is complete, we are going to hang on to it so that as we get closer to the elections, they can look back at it and refresh their memory. It has also helped to get the kids more involved in the upcoming election and looking forward to watching as the states get awarded to the two candidates and keeping track of the total Electoral votes and the race to 270. For more information about Home School in the Woods and their various hands learning packs, visit their website. For more information specifically about the U.S. Elections Lap-Pak, you can also find information on Home School in the Woods Blog page. 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Home School in the Woods has sent us a couple of review items in the past and we have always been pleased with the quality of information and the projects. (We especially enjoyed reviewing Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt!). We have just been blessed to receive HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections to review. We have never really studied elections and with the race on now, it is perfect timing for us to do a study. The U.S. Elections Lap-Pak is a hands-on, history lap book designed for grades 3-8 (younger ages can work on this with a parent and older kids can work on it independently). It can be purchased as a download or as a CD. This lap book is designed to teach about the history of the U.S. government and the process of the United States presidential elections from the presidential campaign to inauguration. Reading materials, audio of the text (over 60 minutes), masters, step-by-step directions, assembly instructions, photos, handouts for the projects, and additional suggested resources (books and links) are all provided. The U.S. Elections Lap-Pak includes 21 lap booking projects. The study provides information about: Different Forms of Government: rule of one, rule of few, rule of many, and anarchy Governments that Inspired the Formation of the U.S. Government: Athens, Rome, and England The Three Branches of Government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Suffrage and Qualifications to Vote Overviews of Voting for President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives Terms of Office and Term Limits Political Parties Caucuses and Primaries National Conventions Presidential Campaigns: stump speaking, platform, interest groups, media, propaganda, raising money, and statistics Voting Day and Voter Turnout Electoral College, Election Day, the Importance of Elections, and the Electoral Race Inauguration Day Important Vocabulary When you receive your Lap-Pak, you will need to print off the necessary pages. Directions are provided for setting up the Lap-Pak into lap book form with file folders. You can choose which size of book that you'd like to print off. One format is full-size page text or a booklet that is a typical page that folds in half. To complete your lap book, you may want various colors of copy paper, coloring materials, scissors, adhesive (we used all of these: glue dots, two sided tape, packing tape, and glue sticks), file folders, a small rectangle of material, acetate or dura-lar, paper fasteners, and velcro dots. An ideal way to use the Lap-Pak is for your children to work on the projects (lap book style information activity) while they listen to the audio. Working on the project in this way, keeps hands busy and minds actively involved in listening. We chose to work on it differently. To start the project, we copied all of the pages necessary and began coloring cutting and assembling each of the pages. I decided that I would like to use a 3-ring binder to make an U.S. Elections book that we can keep in our library after the study for easy reference. So in addition to the other supplies listed above, we needed a three-hole punch, the binder, and card stock. To give our book a cover, we attached the lap book cover to the front of the 3-ring binder. Originally I though I wanted to make a mini-book, but when I printed the text out I forgot to make the pages 2 to 2 sided. Instead I decided on a full sized book. We put a cover and back page on with card stock. It fits nicely in the front pocket of the 3 ring binder. As we completed each of the projects, I attached them to a white piece of hole punched card stock and put them into the binder. There are many types of projects: fold outs, slides, pockets, mini-books, pop-ups, wheels, lift flaps, and paper fastener swivels. Once the book was completed, we began to read through the materials weekly. Our plan is to read through the information as close to the actual election process as we can. Ceesa studies current events and it has been interesting to compare what she has just learned with what is happening. There are several places where you have options for writing out the text or for using the text that is already provided. We chose to use the text that was already provided. Generally, the girls and I read through a portion of the text together then we look at the project that goes along with it. The girls like to look through it and try out the book we made. Since we chose to put the Lap-Pak in a binder, it is like a lift-the-flap book and so they really like looking through it. We recommend checking out Home School in the Woods. The offer so many different ways to study history and in many different forms. You can see more about the different types of study materials in the video here. I plan to look into more of their projects. We can't wait to see more of their Time Travelers series, the Project Passport World History series, and History Through the Ages. 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Can you believe that this year, in November, we get to elect another new president of the United States?! Well, what better way to teach the kids about the election process than with HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections from Home School in the Woods. This product review is the first Lap-Pak (or lapbook) I have ever used in our homeschool. You won't believe how brilliant it is . . . HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections This unit study is one that I have never worked with before. But boy oh boy,

With this year being a presidential election year, I jumped at the chance to use HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections from Home

I cannot wait to tell you about this hands-on history activity I was given a chance to review. I am absolutely thrilled to have been able to review Make-a-State Activity from Homeschool in the Woods which is part of their Activity-Paks series. Homeschool in the Woods is a hands-on history company that offers multiple product lines and plenty of historical learning for everyone. Before I get started with the review, I want to tell you about their most recent addition to the hands-on history company's product line: A NOTE ABOUT AN ALL NEW PRODUCT FROM HOMESCHOOL IN THE WOODS! Home School in the Woods just announced a new A-La-Carte projects ! This is a way to piece together each of the projects you are interested in without having to purchase the entire unit study! SPECIAL OFFER: Use the code alacarte at checkout to get the Erie Canal project on that page for free. The Erie Canal project has specifically been chosen because it is the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the canal this week! Other members of the Homeschool Review Crew got to try out additional Activity-Paks: Activity-Paks *The Old Testament *The New Testament *Composers *Artists Still other members of the Crew have been working with tons of additional products, so be sure to check out what they have to say about: Time Traveler American *New World Explorers *Colonial Life *The American Revolution *The Early 19th Century *The Civil War *Industrial Revolution through Great Depression *World War II Lap-Paks *U.S. Elections *20th Century in America *Wonders of the World *Benjamin Franklin *Knights Timeline Trio The following video explains the differences between each of their multiple product lines: What is Make-a-State Activity? Make-a-State Activity Pak is part of the Homeschool in the Woods Activity-Pak line of products which is just one example of what this hands-on history company offers from their multiple line of products. If you've ever done a unit study that uses a Lap Book as the central focus activity, then you have a pretty good idea about how this works. However, the Activity-Pak series offers more than just a lap book. It also provides suggestions for games and additional activities that correspond with the study. The nice thing about the Make-A-State Activity Pak is that everything is right there on the computer in a download, and you click on the links to print the materials as you need them for study and to make your Lap-Pak. There is always a Timeline included along with all of the printables needed. This study allows you to make a lapbook for each of the 50 states, and this particular study also came with a State Folder Game - Name That State. Each of the 50 state lapbooks cover 20 activities: Key State Facts Origin of State Name State Motto State Symbols State Song State Industry / Agriculture / Climate State Wildlife Regions State Geography State Government State Seal & Flag State History Famous People From... Native Tribes State Landmarks Sports Teams State Quarters Recipes State Vocabulary State Timeline Bonus: State Pages that provide summary information about each state as well as Washington D.C. Name That State File Folder Game How Did We Use It? I previously had the privilege of reviewing Project Passport World History Study: The Middle Ages, and HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Greece from Homeschool in the Woods, so I was excited to get to take a look at the Make-a-State Activity-Pak. My 10-year-old absolutely loves lapbooks and anything hands-on or artsy/craftsy. So, this is right up her alley. I was so excited because we began the study of the states last year but never finished so this couldn't have come at a better time. Also, we are planning a trip to WI and MI this summer, so I wanted my daughter to be fully knowledgeable about her surroundings as we visit. What Did We Think? I absolutely love the in-depth study that corresponds with the hands-on activities in these Paks. Of course, it requires making sure your ink cartridges are full and ready to print before you begin, but the final product is a nice, easy-to-file record of your child's work. Ultimately, anything that is hands-on is a hit with my youngest, so Homeschool in the Woods hits the mark for us since it's a hands-on history company that offers multiple product lines, with the history information-packed Activity-Paks series being one of them. 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Every four years our country becomes engrossed with politics as we prepare to elect the next President. Like most families, we have been watching all of the debates and political commentary and my kids have been asking questions about the process. I recently learned about a new curriculum and was thrilled to be able to use it with my older children. HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections from Home School in the Woods is the perfect solution for teaching your children about the political process in the United States.

With all of the news coverage of the upcoming United States Presidential Election, my kids have been asking a lot of questions about the details of electing our next president. So, I figured this would

This article is in collaboration with Home School in the Woods. Home School in the Woods is one of my favourite companies. They produce stellar unit studies, lap books, Time Traveler series and much more. You really need to check them out. You will find that creating hands-on materials for studying history is THE thing ... Read more

Teaching your homeschool child the US Elections process for local, state and federal elections focusing on the presidential election.