Welcome to the Educators’ Corner!

Here you will find reflections, activities and songs related to folk singing in schools.

This space is for educators who are interested in, or perhaps already incorporating folk song into their classroom or learning environment. Not to be missed is Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat’s “The Songs and Stories of Canada”: a collection of audio programs and educational materials focusing on various threads of the settler experience in Canada – from mining, to logging, to farming the prairies.

Check out the archives box on the right for related songs from the VFSS Archives.

Cover of CD-ROM: Songs and Stories of Canada
Songs and Stories of Canada

An audio teaching program.

Why it’s important to sing songs from and about where we live.
Songs and a Sense of Place

Why it’s important to sing songs from and about where we live.

VFSS kids' choir
The Old Fogies

VFSS kids’ choir

Invitation to contribute
Invitation

Invitation to contribute

Singing with school children throughout the school year
Singing Around the School Year

Singing with school children throughout the school year

Reflections from a seasoned teacher
Folk Songs in the Elementary School Classroom

Reflections from a seasoned teacher

From The Archives

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