Homeschool in the Woods (HSITW) is a popular, Christian history curriculum that utilizes a hands-on, unit study approach for deep, immersive dives into specific eras. It is highly versatile and designed to be effective for a broad multi-age range (typically K-8th grade), allowing parents to teach all their children together using the same topic. The curriculum is organized into comprehensive studies, primarily the Time Travelers series for U.S. History and the Project Passport series for World History, covering history chronologically from ancient times through the 20th Century.
The program's methodology is an activity-driven unit study centered heavily on lapbooking, notebooking, and paper crafting. Each unit comes as a digital download (PDFs) and begins with a written lesson text (often designed to be read aloud), followed by a vast menu of hands-on projects. These projects are the heart of the curriculum and include detailed timeline creation, map work, copywork, file folder games, recipes, and intricate 3D paper replicas and dioramas. Since the curriculum is delivered digitally, it requires a significant amount of printing, cutting, and assembly by the parent or teacher before the student can begin the actual lesson.
Families consistently choose Homeschool in the Woods for its ability to transform history into a memorable, tactile, and artistic experience that sticks with students. It is highly valued by parents specifically for its Biblical worldview, which intentionally weaves faith and church history into world events. Its greatest strength is its flexibility for teaching large families with varied age ranges simultaneously, offering an open framework that encourages parents to pick and choose projects to create a custom, engaging curriculum for their kinesthetic and visual learners.
