25/06/2026
🎵 Singing Our Faith
Singing hymns has become one of our family’s favorite ways to worship and hide God’s truth in our hearts…
I still remember playing the Praise Baby Collection as lullabies when Sepi was just a baby… One of the very first hymns he learned to sing was “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” when he was around three years old… Even before he could read, he was already becoming familiar with the timeless truths found in these beautiful hymns…
During his Kindergarten year in 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, one of the sweetest parts of our morning time was singing “To God Be the Glory” and “Holy, Holy, Holy” together as a family… Those hymns have become especially precious memories from that season and continue to remind us of God’s faithfulness throughout our homeschool journey…
Now, Mati has also been surrounded by hymns from the very beginning — even while he was still in my womb… It is our prayer that these songs of faith will become part of his own journey of knowing and loving the Lord…
As a Charlotte Mason homeschooling family, we have also been encouraged by her emphasis on cultivating the habit of praise… She wrote:
“The Habit of Praise.—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, School Education (Vol. 3), p. 143
Among our favorite hymn resources are Singing the Great Hymns by Simply Charlotte Mason and Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan…
Singing the Great Hymns is our family’s primary hymnbook… It is thoughtfully curated for Charlotte Mason homeschool families, with hymns arranged by homeschool year, making it simple to build a consistent habit of singing together… The spiral-bound format, piano accompaniment and downloadable recordings also make it especially practical for family worship and homeschool lessons…
Then Sings My Soul has become a wonderful companion to our hymn singing… Rather than serving as a hymnbook, it shares the rich history behind each hymn — introducing the authors, the circumstances in which the hymns were written and the stories of God’s faithfulness that inspired them… Across its three volumes, it contains hundreds of hymn stories that have deepened our appreciation for the songs we sing…
Together, these resources have taught our family that hymns are more than beautiful melodies — they are rich expressions of biblical truth, theology and worship passed down through generations… Singing them has become one of the sweetest ways we learn, remember and proclaim God’s faithfulness together…
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” -Colossians 3:16
