S10E135: The Singing Family with Nate and Jess Roberts
Perhaps we do not attach enough importance to the habit of praise in our children’s devotion. Praise and thanksgiving come freely from the young heart; gladness is natural and holy, and music is a delight. The singing of hymns at home and of the hymns and canticles in church should be a special delight; and the habit of soft and reverent singing, of offering our very best in praise, should be carefully formed.
Charlotte Mason, from School Education, p. 144
Show Summary:
- This week on The New Mason Jar Podcast, Cindy and Dawn have Nate and Jess Roberts on to talk about singing together as a family
- How Jess and Nate first learned about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy
- What is Nate’s role in teaching other families and students about folk music and musical discipleship?
- Why should we sing?
- What is the importance of folk songs and hymns in musical education?
- Why should the whole family be involved in singing?
- A little about Solfa or Solfege
- What are canons and why are they so valuable to sing?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria A. Trapp
Find Cindy, Dawn, and The Roberts Family:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
The Singing Family Sheet Music
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Indeed, there is Gladness enough in the world for us all; or, to speak more exactly, there is a fountain of Gladness in everybody’s heart only waiting to be unstopped. Grown-up people sometimes say that they envy little children when they hear the Gladness bubbling out of their hearts in laughter, just as it bubbles out of the birds in song; but there is no room for regret; it is simply a case of a choked spring: remove the rubbish, and Gladness will flow out of the weary heart as freely as out of the child’s.
Charlotte Mason, from Ourselves, p. 132
