Goss Homeschool Academy

This is the ultimate board/card game gift recommendation post! We love playing games and enjoy playing with our family and as a party! Here are some of our favorites broken up into different categories: Educational games Wildcraft is a game that teaches how natural herbs and plants can help heal common ailments. The game is cooperative so everyone works together to finish the game play! Scrambled States of America is a book and also a cute video on Amazon Prime. The game is a lot of fun and teaches state facts like nicknames, geography, and state mottoes! The makers of Bird Bingo also have Bug Bingo ! The illustrations are beautiful! We love this game! Ticket to Ride is also a great introduction to geography! It is a game of strategy and the "First Journey" is easier to play than the traditional Ticket to Ride game! Strategy Games Like Ticket to Ride, Catan has a junior version that makes the game play easier for elementary age students. Gamewright has amazing strategy ca

  As we gather together with family and friends for Thanksgiving in our homeschool community I was thinking about a song we could sing all together during our celebrations! We have 2 "Friendsgivings" coming up as well as our own family celebration this month. Here are four songs that you can enjoy this month! Maybe add one to your morning time each day this month! Click the link with each title to listen to the song! 1. Thanksgiving Nature Song The first song that came to mind is our Thanksgiving Song that we sing each month at our Nature Adventure ! This is a melody I wrote to go along with the Ralph Waldo Emerson poem. 2. The Doxology I will forever be thankful to my mom who taught me to sing the Doxology every time we gathered the produce from our garden each season! It will always have a place in my heart as a prayer of Thanksgiving to God for his blessings! 3. For the Beauty of the Earth As the student conductor of the childrens' chroale I worked with in college I b