S5E63: Singing in the Homeschool with Heather Bunting
August 3, 2023
In teaching music, again, let him once perceive the beautiful laws of harmony, the personality, so to speak, of Music, looking out upon him from among the queer little black notes…
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 2, Parents and Children, p. 278-279
Show Summary:
On the New Mason Jar today, Cindy is joined by Heather Bunting, homeschooling mother of 4 and former public school music teacher
How Heather first came to learn about Charlotte Mason and her philosophy
What is solfege or solfa, and why it is helpful to learn?
They are the earth and the wind and the home and the heather and all the gracious commonplaces of human life and circumstance. They are children of the open air.
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to pass on a big thank you for your wonderful podcast and for this episode in particular. I had come across Children of the Open Air on youtube a few years ago but I mustn’t have been ready for it at the time. After listening to the wonderful Heather talking on your podcast I looked it up again and started doing the videos, one a week, with my youngest-of-six child, who was just turned 5. We have enjoyed the videos so much and as I hoped the older kids are catching on too. I couldn’t see a way on youtube to contact Heather to thank her for this amazing resource, so I wondered if you could pass on my huge gratitude for making us these videos. I have always wanted to learn solfege myself and now I am and can pass this along to my children too. Thank you! Clare, from South Yorkshire, UK.
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to pass on a big thank you for your wonderful podcast and for this episode in particular. I had come across Children of the Open Air on youtube a few years ago but I mustn’t have been ready for it at the time. After listening to the wonderful Heather talking on your podcast I looked it up again and started doing the videos, one a week, with my youngest-of-six child, who had just turned 5. We have enjoyed the videos so much and as I hoped the older kids are catching on too. I couldn’t see a way on youtube to contact Heather to thank her for this amazing resource, so I wondered if you could pass on my huge gratitude for making us these videos. I have always wanted to learn solfege myself and now I am and can pass this along to my children too. Thank you! Clare, from South Yorkshire, UK.
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Clare Mulhall
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to pass on a big thank you for your wonderful podcast and for this episode in particular. I had come across Children of the Open Air on youtube a few years ago but I mustn’t have been ready for it at the time. After listening to the wonderful Heather talking on your podcast I looked it up again and started doing the videos, one a week, with my youngest-of-six child, who was just turned 5. We have enjoyed the videos so much and as I hoped the older kids are catching on too. I couldn’t see a way on youtube to contact Heather to thank her for this amazing resource, so I wondered if you could pass on my huge gratitude for making us these videos. I have always wanted to learn solfege myself and now I am and can pass this along to my children too. Thank you! Clare, from South Yorkshire, UK.
Clare Mulhall
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to pass on a big thank you for your wonderful podcast and for this episode in particular. I had come across Children of the Open Air on youtube a few years ago but I mustn’t have been ready for it at the time. After listening to the wonderful Heather talking on your podcast I looked it up again and started doing the videos, one a week, with my youngest-of-six child, who had just turned 5. We have enjoyed the videos so much and as I hoped the older kids are catching on too. I couldn’t see a way on youtube to contact Heather to thank her for this amazing resource, so I wondered if you could pass on my huge gratitude for making us these videos. I have always wanted to learn solfege myself and now I am and can pass this along to my children too. Thank you! Clare, from South Yorkshire, UK.