Our folk song this month is another Sea Shanty (Blow the Man Down was earlier this year!) There is something so catchy about this genre of folk music and if your family is similar to mine, these tunes become major ear worms!!! My kids sing them all.the.time! I found several recordings on YouTube that I liked but ended up purchasing a recording of Pete Seeger singing it on the album "Living in the Country." In the downloadable lesson plan you can print off a page of lyrics to sing along with the Pete Seeger version. In our Charlotte Mason co-op meeting the kids had a blast creating their own lyrics to a verse. This song really lends itself easily to composition. You can prompt the kids with "Up jumped a ____" and then finish the verse however you'd like! My son (age 7) has been having a blast making up verses at home! They don't always rhyme and that's ok! For me, I want him to cultivate those creative juices and have a joyous time singing!!! This is not a writing composition activity - simply an aural/oral way for kids to be creative! Here's my son's favorite verse that he made up...."Up jumped an eel with a big shock! He said 'Skipper, you better watch out or I'll shock you again!" The verses that our co-op kids came up with were so adorable and I wish I had written them down! We had dolphins, tuna, and mermaids represented in the song!
Download the PDF with lyric sheet hereClick here to read more about the history of this particular shanty!
And finally, enjoy this short video of a live performance of Pete Seeger singing the song!
In my last post "Part 1 - Tonic Sol-fa and Rhythm" I introduced a little bit of the history behind the music education methods that were used to teach children in the PNEU schools by Charlotte Mason and her teachers. Today I want to address the list of songs and melodic training within the schools. My driving question through some of the research and reading I've done is "HOW were these singing and musical skills taught?" I've come to the conclusion that for young students, the music instruction was given by "rote" or by the training in the sol-fa method that sequenced skills in order to sight sing a written melody. Rote singing is simply aural instruction that can be done by echoing phrases until a student has learned the entire passage, and/or continual exposure to the song until mastery is demonstrated in the ability to sing alone and with others. I think this method was probably most prevalent. I'm learning more about what Miss Ma...
While planning and working on preparations for Year 1 Ambleside , I have found some amazing resources for study guides. Unfortunately, one of the resources is no longer free so I came up with my own document that you are welcome to download and use! CLICK HERE to download the coloring pages I also wanted to have a resource to see the color versions of the birds so I created a photo guide to each bird. CLICK HERE to download the photo companion. Here are some other helpful resources! Burgess Bird Study Guide Burgess Bird Images and more links
Community dancing is such a wonderful activity for all ages! I have seen the question pop up in many homeschool groups about suggestions for resources to teach folk dances so I want to share some of my favorites from teaching music and dance to elementary students in public school and our homeschool groups! If you have the opportunity to find a group already in place to attend and learn dances and observe how they teach you will have a better understanding of how to approach this in a group setting! You may feel like at the beginning like you are herding a bunch of cats but that's ok!!! Practice and consistency will improve the process! Cited Material First, I want to just say how blessed I am that I have been fortunate to have training under the most talented folk dance and movement specialists. I feel like my education and experience has been in the "golden" age through first hand workshops by the following professionals. New ...
Our folk song this month is another Sea Shanty (Blow the Man Down was earlier this year!) There is something so catchy about this genre of folk music and if your family is similar to mine, these tunes become major ear worms!!! My kids sing them all.the.time! I found several recordings on YouTube that I liked but ended up purchasing a recording of Pete Seeger singing it on the album "Living in the Country." In the downloadable lesson plan you can print off a page of lyrics to sing along with the Pete Seeger version. In our Charlotte Mason co-op meeting the kids had a blast creating their own lyrics to a verse. This song really lends itself easily to composition. You can prompt the kids with "Up jumped a ____" and then finish the verse however you'd like! My son (age 7) has been having a blast making up verses at home! They don't always rhyme and that's ok! For me, I want him to cultivate those creative juices and have a joyous time singing!!! This is not a writing composition activity - simply an aural/oral way for kids to be creative! Here's my son's favorite verse that he made up...."Up jumped an eel with a big shock! He said 'Skipper, you better watch out or I'll shock you again!" The verses that our co-op kids came up with were so adorable and I wish I had written them down! We had dolphins, tuna, and mermaids represented in the song!
Download the PDF with lyric sheet here
Click here to read more about the history of this particular shanty!
And finally, enjoy this short video of a live performance of Pete Seeger singing the song!
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