Goss Homeschool Academy

  I love pretty things and I love seeing a list on one page! The Knowledge of God, Knowledge of Man, and Knowledge of the Universe are the guiding principles I follow as I create our curriculum each year. There are many facets to each subject but if you would like to print this visual for your homeschool planner feel free to copy and print, or download the PDF for free on my Gumroad site! FREE DOWNLOAD For my friends that I met at the recent Charlotte Mason Mini Retreat, I've put together some helpful links that you might want to use in your planning. My personal homeschool blog - you're here at my main homeschool blog where I share updates to our school year and the resources I use each semester. My latest planning blog lists books, websites, and more that we are using for grades 7 and 9 this year! My nature lessons - I started leading nature classes when my children were in elementary and we have continued it in middle and high school! Click any topic for information and ide...

  I cannot believe that the time has come to start preparing a high school transcript for Christian! In the hours of reading and researching I did for our sciences I have found a beautiful rotation that is working so well for us! If you would like to go back to previous blog posts, we started physics way back in 2021 through the Screen Free Science class ! In 2022 we studied chemistry , and last year we had an amazing year of biology . Click the links to read more about the books I used for each of these classes. This year, we are starting the rotation over with physics and a deep dive into the life of Newton, a wonderful and living text on physics by Walter Lewin, and a series of educational videos by the Crash Course team. I created a document for anyone to download that includes hyperlinks and a reading schedule for the year! I hope it is helpful to you if the traditional textbook science just doesn't work for your family! I love what Lewin says at the end of his book: "My ...

The 2024-2025 reading schedule is here! I am so proud of our book club for continuing through all the volumes and now committing to reading through many of the wise articles published in the PNEU and Parent Review journals. To purchase Book 2 click here. For all our previous reading schedules see this post. Session 1:  On First Reading Charlotte Mason’s Books – The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Mason https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/on-first-reading-charlotte-masons-books/ https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/the-educational-philosophy-of-charlotte-mason/ Session 2:  Children Up to School Age and Beyond – Children Up to School Age and Beyond (cont.) https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-up-to-school-age-and-beyond/ https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/children-up-to-school-age-and-beyond-continued/ Session 3:   Education is a Discipline – Discipline in the Schoolroom – Discipline in the Schoolroom, Stage Two https://charlottemasonpoetry.org/education-is-a-discipli...