When I was part of a choir, I remember every day at practice, the choir director would come in and say,

thank you God for the gift of music. That's how he started every rehearsal. And music is a gift.

It's a huge gift. And we can incorporate that gift in our school and give our children that gift as well,

with Charlotte Mason's

wonderful methods. We want to talk about and explore how music is a gift in our homeschools.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. Joining me today is my friend

and co-worker, Christy Husson. Christy, so good to have you back. Thank you. We're talking about

music today, and I know music has a big place in your heart, as it does in mine. Just give us some

ideas of how music has played a role in your

home school. And I know that's a huge topic. Can you whittle it down a little bit?

It is. Well, religious and cultural music builds family intimacy and community,

and builds your faith.

And so we have always tried to enjoy as much live music as we could to engage more of our senses

and to be able to participate in it ourselves instead of just being an observer.

So participate in it yourself. Give me some examples of that.

Like, did you sing the Messiah?

Yes.

You would go to some of those sing-alongs?

Okay.

Okay.

So we're very blessed.

Our church has lots of opportunities for music,

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