SongSolving™ with GuideNotes™

SongSolving is how to use GuideNotes songs to meet your needs as an educator, parent, child guide. It's also how to create culture. I review some of the process in my programs, and will publish more soon, but in the mean time, here are some tools! The essence of the process here is to identify your need, then the "Cues and To-Do's". What do you want the children to do or feel? How do you want them to behave? Do you want their energy up and louder, or soft and cozy? Then we find the songs and "install" them so that we can use the little bitty ditties along your daily routine to cue the kiddos. Kathryn teaches this process to educators in her teacher training. Look for more opportunities to learn soon! Posts are educator-focused right now but will integrate more at-home themes soon!

Learn about SongSolving Tools below types &
then go to the Song Index to explore them!

Read about the Song Index here. The Song Index has all of these song tool types in one place. ALL songs I have published are accessible, for free, from the Song Index. Page through or search by toggling the first letter of key word. That page also has a feature to find songs by topic or category (like below). Deeper searches are available by clicking into the categories themselves. Please log in to by joining "Field Guide Member Access (yellow button) for the fancier searches. Membership is free. Why? Because I write these songs for a reason and I want them to go to where they need to go, without financial boundaries. I write songs to impact and inspire wellness and wonder in the lives of children and their adults. If you find my work meaningful or helpful, please let me know! If there is a way I can serve your community, please let me know! If there is a rendition of a song that I can create for you, please let me know! If you are able to contribute to this endeavor, please do! This is a work of heart, in service to childhood wonder, wellness and community. I began by writing the songs we needed as a family with special needs, and having a differently working brain and disability myself. I am so grateful to have written and had these tools as my children have grown and to be able to serve others with them. While this has been mostly volunteer for the last 15 years, I am welcoming contributions as I have now grown this body of work to have national impact with equity focus.

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GuideNotes™ Song Solving Tools

Song Index
(Alphabetical Order)
Public

Find songs in Alphabetical order. Page through or use letters to toggle key words that are in the title.

Also contains all tagging listed here to refine your selection.

Daily Rhythm Activities (DRA): Routine
GuideNotes™ Field Guide Members

Find songs by the time of day during which they would serve you. Educator version up now, parents coming soon!

Arrival
Circle Time
Activity Time (Inside)
Cozy Time (Nap)
Table Time (Eat)
Outside Time
Departure

Transition Cycle™ Songs
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Find Songs that correlate to the Transition Cycle ™, which happens for every activity each day. Some transition cycle points have repeating cues that are needed for children.

Kathryn defines the Transition Cycle Points (TCP's) as:

Prepare
Begin
Do
End
Between

Companion to GuideNotes™ programs in which I describe the Transition Cycle (Most)

CodeVerb™ Songs
(an EverSong Subset)
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Find songs that provide an oportunity to incorporate what your child or group is working on right now. Great to integrate special interest of a child who may extra motivated with their special interest/ hyper fixation, This Concept was developed by Kathryn for special needs children.

Nature Ditties™
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Find songs that help celebrate nature:

Bringing kiddos out to nature
Bring Nature in to Kiddos
Celebrate Seasons
Noticing Nature
Flora, Fauna, Earth, Weather

Companion songs to Nature Ditties™ Program & Training

Social Emotional Songs™
GuideNotes™ Field Guide Members

Find songs by their Social Emotional Learning aspects.

This list is growing and will include many more songs.

Correlates to GuideNotes™ Social Emotional Songs Program.

EverSongs™
(Muli-tool Songs)
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Find songs that you can use at multiple points of the day, songs you can modify to fit the environment, activity, child's interest or need.

Multi-tools -use all day
Zipper- replace words to meet needs
CodeVerb™: special-interest based
Noun & Verb: use as nonverbal cue to action while inserting a thing, body part, place or action to meet your needs
Unicorns: Insert to help manage energy and attention, shift or gain focus.
Reflective: Use at the beginning or end of day.

Childhood Themes
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Find songs about childhood themes like growing, birthday, time, family, friendship, waking up, going to sleep, etc. coming soon.

A Few GuideNotes™ Videos for you!

Explore the GuideNotes songs below to find a few that may serve you right now. To explore more deeply and learn about GuideNotes, feel free to join Kathryn's learning and community platform or download the app for this website.