If you use our Amazon. Staying on schedule together for these subjects enriches our studies as we share resources and experiences. We love these music lessons focused on participation provided by an AO mom with a music teaching background: Children of the Open Air.
Included are Solfa lessons for musical literacy and basic singing lessons. Hannah Fridenmaker at FolksAndHymns has been recording folk songs and hymns -- they are beautiful, simple, and joyful. You can view them for free on her YouTube channel , and purchase downloadable mp3s from her Patreon. Hannah has received specific and seldom-granted permission from the AmblesideOnline Advisory to use our name, and we appreciate her consistent dedication to the vision of AO per our license statement.
We encourage your family to sing these songs together, not just listen to them. Folksongs were never meant to be a spectator activity. AO's Intro to 's Folksongs. YouTube Playlists: Wendi C. Other renditions may use older lyrics that contain racially tinged language. Please preview. Please check that the version of the song you choose does not contain racist language.
This page has some fun ones, but some are crude. Parents vet first! Lyrics and background information on these songs is on the Advisory blog. Wendi's YouTube playlist is here. Note: Clicking on a song title will take you to the Advisory's blog post about that song. This is the only place to find our recommended lyrics plus a little background info on the song.
Music lessons focused on participation provided by an AO mom with a music teaching background: Children of the Open Air. American Folk Songs for Children, by Mike and Peggy Seeger a long time favorite; there are two bloodthirsty ones which we skip. Includes nursery rhymes, songs, and some Robert Louis Stevenson poems set to music. These are suggestions.
