On Part 2 of our discussion about singing and the Solfa, we continue our chat with RaeAnna Goss, singing teacher, homeschool graduate, homeschooling mother, and Charlotte Mason follower, who has created Solfa Sofa, an early years approach for introducing singing in a CM-friendly way. (Part 1 can be found here.)

We were also joined by Crystal Hosea of The Legends of the Staff of Musique, but we invited Crystal back for another episode about her own CM approach to combining story and music, which will air in a couple of weeks.

Recorded April 15, 2019

Show Notes:

• Heidi Buschbach0:26 Free Resource Ideas
  
  
  
  • Children of the Open Air
  
  
  • Sing Solfa
  
  
  • Solfa Sofa
  
  
  
  


• 3:00 Paid Resouce Ideas
  
  
  
  • John M. Feierabend and Conversational Solfege
  
  
  • The Kodály Center at Holy Names University
  
  
  • Organization of American Kodály Educators
  
  
  
  


• 5:02 Should you use a certain set of songs to teach?


• 6:35 Canadian Resources
  
  
  
  • Kodály Society of Canada
  
  
  • Music Play with Denise Gagné
  
  
  
  


• 7:15 Crystal Hosea of The Legends of the Staff of Musique


• 8:14 Dalcroze and Movement


• 9:01 Miriam’s experience with Children of the Open Air


• 10:13 An overview of Solfa as learned up to Form 3


• 10:45 What to do in the upper forms


• 11:24 Skills to learn in the lower forms


• 15:34 Ear Training (PNEU article: A Few Remarks on Teaching Music by W.H. Leslie)


• 17:36 Starting with an older student
  
  
  
  • Article referenced by Heidi Buschbach for older beginners
  
  
  • Outschool
  
  
  
  


• 19:42 Solfedge, Solfa and Solfedgio


• 20:46 Find the joy and protect your children’s voices


• 27:07 Fun resources
  
  
  
  • Music K-8 Magazine
  
  
  • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  
  
  • The Kodály Center at Holy Names University
  
  
  • Workshops with chapters of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association
  
  
  
  


• 29:46 Nature minutes
  
  
  
  • Coyote’s Guide To Connecting with Nature Book Discussion
  
  
  • Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms