We loved completing the “Hello Hawai’i” curriculum from Story Lark for our one week study of Hawaii. My children loved going on a journey to explore Hawaii with the adorable characters Thaddeus the cat & his tour guide, Crabby. We had a blast as Thaddeus took us to four of the main islands - O’ahu, Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i - and we were amazed to learn that Hawaii is made up of 132 islands! Not only was the story telling captivating for my children, who laughed a lot, learned effortlessly, and enjoyed learning, but I also loved the sidebars that included even more fun facts about each island including the weather, landscapes, culture, and the Hawaiian language. My oldest has been telling everyone we run into about the humuhumunukunukukuapua’a fish & using Hawaiian words all week. Another family favorite was the “Go Poi” game, which was played multiple times every day this week. The activities paired with the daily story are nice in the way I can utilize different parts for the different ages of my children. Both of my kids participated in the speaking, listening, and comprehension activities, while my oldest (first grade) enjoyed most of the writing activities (and the added learning about poems & poem structure that came with it). We used the more advanced writing prompts, such as day 3’s paragraph writing, to guide a drawing and coloring project that went perfect with the curriculum. My children have put Hawaii on our future travel list & I love that this curriculum fostered a love for learning about geography and an excitement to learn about different states. We look forward to utilizing more of these state units in the future in our studies. Overall, this curriculum can be used with a wide range of ages, which is great for homeschooling families! *I received this free unit in exchange for my honest review*

This was the perfect amount of information for my 4th grader. She had so much fun playing Go Poi and was so engaged throughout the unit.

The curriculum uses adorable characters to explore each state. This week, we learned about Hawaii. I supplemented with a globe and beautiful maps book we already had—everything else was from this curriculum. We followed the characters as they traveled through four of the Hawaiian islands, experienced the culture, food, and had the range of experiences. I loved that it had layered text—there were sidebars with more detail, which was fantastic for my older kids while youngers were doing something else. I also love when leveling is possible because kids of different ages are able to experience one curriculum in age-appropriate ways.
There are days of activities provided, and my kids were sooo happy to pick up this up again over multiple sessions. There are cute activities like guessing distances, for example, which prompted some math and estimation. I turned these into a contest: the activity sheet asked how many banana lengths Hawaii was from California. We discussed how to estimate, did some mental math, and had the kids try to guess their best answers.
We learned Hawaiian words, practiced, and then looked up other Hawaiian words we wanted to know. These words kept peeping up in various other activities, which was so fun!
There were lots of discussion around culture, indigenous people and contributions, and food!
Here are the things that shocked me, in a great way:
-After a *full* hour chunk of learning, my kids *actually* begged me to keep going on the lessons. No joke!
-We played the included game TWICE. My kids wanted to keep playing! (And they did without me!!). The games were super creative.
-My kids were throwing around Hawaiian language, culture, foods, in a totally organic way as a result of this curriculum.
-At the end of the lesson, they asked me if this was part of a new curriculum I would use this year covering all of the states (that is the plan, I believe!) -- really hoping it would be!
**Received free trial in exchange from review.

I had the opportunity to take a peek at STORYLARK ROAD’s geography enrichment curriculum. How I wish I had this when I began homeschooling. Those of you who know me, know that I love engaging my homeschoolers using quality story narratives across all learning domains. That’s what makes STORYLARK ROAD unique. It is a quality story-based curriculum with learning units delivered in the most delightful epistolary narratives. Children will enjoy the daily journal entries from the point of view of humorous, well-traveled, incredibly articulate animal characters. Home educators will love the step-by-step well-designed daily guides that cover little-known fun facts about our fifty states. I fell in love with Thaddeus the cat, whose unit on Hawai’i is so fun. (Did you know that this state is spelled with an “okina,” the 13th letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, and that well-traveled cats must keep journals? I learned why from Thaddeus.) So engaging!

We loved completing the “Hello Hawai’i” curriculum from Story Lark for our one week study of Hawaii. My children loved going on a journey to explore Hawaii with the adorable characters Thaddeus the cat & his tour guide, Crabby. We had a blast as Thaddeus took us to four of the main islands - O’ahu, Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i - and we were amazed to learn that Hawaii is made up of 132 islands! Not only was the story telling captivating for my children, who laughed a lot, learned effortlessly, and enjoyed learning, but I also loved the sidebars that included even more fun facts about each island including the weather, landscapes, culture, and the Hawaiian language. My oldest has been telling everyone we run into about the humuhumunukunukukuapua’a fish & using Hawaiian words all week. Another family favorite was the “Go Poi” game, which was played multiple times every day this week. The activities paired with the daily story are nice in the way I can utilize different parts for the different ages of my children. Both of my kids participated in the speaking, listening, and comprehension activities, while my oldest (first grade) enjoyed most of the writing activities (and the added learning about poems & poem structure that came with it). We used the more advanced writing prompts, such as day 3’s paragraph writing, to guide a drawing and coloring project that went perfect with the curriculum. My children have put Hawaii on our future travel list & I love that this curriculum fostered a love for learning about geography and an excitement to learn about different states. We look forward to utilizing more of these state units in the future in our studies. Overall, this curriculum can be used with a wide range of ages, which is great for homeschooling families! *I received this free unit in exchange for my honest review*

This was the perfect amount of information for my 4th grader. She had so much fun playing Go Poi and was so engaged throughout the unit.

The curriculum uses adorable characters to explore each state. This week, we learned about Hawaii. I supplemented with a globe and beautiful maps book we already had—everything else was from this curriculum. We followed the characters as they traveled through four of the Hawaiian islands, experienced the culture, food, and had the range of experiences. I loved that it had layered text—there were sidebars with more detail, which was fantastic for my older kids while youngers were doing something else. I also love when leveling is possible because kids of different ages are able to experience one curriculum in age-appropriate ways.
There are days of activities provided, and my kids were sooo happy to pick up this up again over multiple sessions. There are cute activities like guessing distances, for example, which prompted some math and estimation. I turned these into a contest: the activity sheet asked how many banana lengths Hawaii was from California. We discussed how to estimate, did some mental math, and had the kids try to guess their best answers.
We learned Hawaiian words, practiced, and then looked up other Hawaiian words we wanted to know. These words kept peeping up in various other activities, which was so fun!
There were lots of discussion around culture, indigenous people and contributions, and food!
Here are the things that shocked me, in a great way:
-After a *full* hour chunk of learning, my kids *actually* begged me to keep going on the lessons. No joke!
-We played the included game TWICE. My kids wanted to keep playing! (And they did without me!!). The games were super creative.
-My kids were throwing around Hawaiian language, culture, foods, in a totally organic way as a result of this curriculum.
-At the end of the lesson, they asked me if this was part of a new curriculum I would use this year covering all of the states (that is the plan, I believe!) -- really hoping it would be!
**Received free trial in exchange from review.

I had the opportunity to take a peek at STORYLARK ROAD’s geography enrichment curriculum. How I wish I had this when I began homeschooling. Those of you who know me, know that I love engaging my homeschoolers using quality story narratives across all learning domains. That’s what makes STORYLARK ROAD unique. It is a quality story-based curriculum with learning units delivered in the most delightful epistolary narratives. Children will enjoy the daily journal entries from the point of view of humorous, well-traveled, incredibly articulate animal characters. Home educators will love the step-by-step well-designed daily guides that cover little-known fun facts about our fifty states. I fell in love with Thaddeus the cat, whose unit on Hawai’i is so fun. (Did you know that this state is spelled with an “okina,” the 13th letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, and that well-traveled cats must keep journals? I learned why from Thaddeus.) So engaging!

We loved completing the “Hello Hawai’i” curriculum from Story Lark for our one week study of Hawaii. My children loved going on a journey to explore Hawaii with the adorable characters Thaddeus the cat & his tour guide, Crabby. We had a blast as Thaddeus took us to four of the main islands - O’ahu, Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai’i - and we were amazed to learn that Hawaii is made up of 132 islands! Not only was the story telling captivating for my children, who laughed a lot, learned effortlessly, and enjoyed learning, but I also loved the sidebars that included even more fun facts about each island including the weather, landscapes, culture, and the Hawaiian language. My oldest has been telling everyone we run into about the humuhumunukunukukuapua’a fish & using Hawaiian words all week. Another family favorite was the “Go Poi” game, which was played multiple times every day this week. The activities paired with the daily story are nice in the way I can utilize different parts for the different ages of my children. Both of my kids participated in the speaking, listening, and comprehension activities, while my oldest (first grade) enjoyed most of the writing activities (and the added learning about poems & poem structure that came with it). We used the more advanced writing prompts, such as day 3’s paragraph writing, to guide a drawing and coloring project that went perfect with the curriculum. My children have put Hawaii on our future travel list & I love that this curriculum fostered a love for learning about geography and an excitement to learn about different states. We look forward to utilizing more of these state units in the future in our studies. Overall, this curriculum can be used with a wide range of ages, which is great for homeschooling families! *I received this free unit in exchange for my honest review*

This was the perfect amount of information for my 4th grader. She had so much fun playing Go Poi and was so engaged throughout the unit.

The curriculum uses adorable characters to explore each state. This week, we learned about Hawaii. I supplemented with a globe and beautiful maps book we already had—everything else was from this curriculum. We followed the characters as they traveled through four of the Hawaiian islands, experienced the culture, food, and had the range of experiences. I loved that it had layered text—there were sidebars with more detail, which was fantastic for my older kids while youngers were doing something else. I also love when leveling is possible because kids of different ages are able to experience one curriculum in age-appropriate ways.
There are days of activities provided, and my kids were sooo happy to pick up this up again over multiple sessions. There are cute activities like guessing distances, for example, which prompted some math and estimation. I turned these into a contest: the activity sheet asked how many banana lengths Hawaii was from California. We discussed how to estimate, did some mental math, and had the kids try to guess their best answers.
We learned Hawaiian words, practiced, and then looked up other Hawaiian words we wanted to know. These words kept peeping up in various other activities, which was so fun!
There were lots of discussion around culture, indigenous people and contributions, and food!
Here are the things that shocked me, in a great way:
-After a *full* hour chunk of learning, my kids *actually* begged me to keep going on the lessons. No joke!
-We played the included game TWICE. My kids wanted to keep playing! (And they did without me!!). The games were super creative.
-My kids were throwing around Hawaiian language, culture, foods, in a totally organic way as a result of this curriculum.
-At the end of the lesson, they asked me if this was part of a new curriculum I would use this year covering all of the states (that is the plan, I believe!) -- really hoping it would be!
**Received free trial in exchange from review.

I had the opportunity to take a peek at STORYLARK ROAD’s geography enrichment curriculum. How I wish I had this when I began homeschooling. Those of you who know me, know that I love engaging my homeschoolers using quality story narratives across all learning domains. That’s what makes STORYLARK ROAD unique. It is a quality story-based curriculum with learning units delivered in the most delightful epistolary narratives. Children will enjoy the daily journal entries from the point of view of humorous, well-traveled, incredibly articulate animal characters. Home educators will love the step-by-step well-designed daily guides that cover little-known fun facts about our fifty states. I fell in love with Thaddeus the cat, whose unit on Hawai’i is so fun. (Did you know that this state is spelled with an “okina,” the 13th letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, and that well-traveled cats must keep journals? I learned why from Thaddeus.) So engaging!