Goss Homeschool Academy

Photo shoot day! I can't wait to interview the kids for their first day of school 2017-2018! A post shared by RaeAnna Goss (@sewingmamaraeanna) on Jul 29, 2017 at 4:43pm PDT Greetings!  I love writing updates to our school mostly because I can come back and read in years to come and enjoy the pictures and moments with my babies!  I just transferred home movies to a DVD this week from 5 years ago and can't believe how quickly they grow.  *tears*  To hear my big 8 year old as a little 3 year old excitedly say "A-queen" when he opens his Lightning McQueen Christmas presents is heartbreaking!  Where did that sweet little voice and those adorable little curls go?!  And the tiny little newborn that Eva Mae was during that Christmas makes my ovaries hurt! LOL! December 2011 This school year has been a wonderful experience!  Having an official Kindergartner in the mix plus a little harder workload for a 2nd grader makes our days of schoolwo...

In preparing for our co-op I made a compilation of some of the verses that are used in many recordings of this song!  For your reference, here are some helpful blog posts! https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/theoutlandishknight.html http://www.contemplator.com/child/outland.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T81kI1hFJJA I love this quote from the first link: Cecil Sharp believed this to be the widest circulated of all our folk ballads, “outlandish” here means coming from beyond the northern border—that is, Scotland. The story told is an ancient one of a beguiling lover who entices a whole sequence of girls to their deaths. Ballads on the same theme are known in Poland, Germany, Scandinavia, Holland, France; and perhaps the Bluebeard story is a first cousin to our song. Probably the lover was originally a malevolent water spirit who drowned the girls of his choice. If so, this supernatural element has become so vague as to be almost unnoticeable, as the ballad has pas...

I hope you enjoyed reading through the first 20 pages of Volume 1!  Did the language get to you?  I remember having to re-read the first section several times to feel like I understood the language!  Who knew you would need to have a translation from English to English! LOL!  For those of you not ready for the old style of this book you can read it in modern English here! If you missed some of the study questions for pages 1-20 Click here! On to pages 20-37!  This section feels dated in some places to me.  I know that there are scientific reasons that continue to support her theories but our way of life has also influenced some of the daily tasks that were necessary back in the early 1900's.  I hope you can appreciate and receive what is offered in this section and I would love to hear your thoughts! DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR 2nd MEETING Readings from Volume 1, pages 20-37 pages 20-22 What is the importance of the physical activity of the bo...