lets start at the very beginning
a very good place to start

when you read yo begin with A-B-C
when you sing you begin with DO-RE-MI

child: do re mi
DO RE MI...

the first three notes just happen to be : DO-RE-MI
CHild: do re mi...

DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI...
oh let me see if i can make it easier

DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER
RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN
ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF
FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN
SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW
TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO... oh oh oh

DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER
RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN
ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF
FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN
SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW
TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO...

(CHILD)
DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER
RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN
ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF
FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN
(EVERYONE)
SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW
TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO

DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI-DO....SO DO!

now children, do re mi fa sol and so on..
are only the tools to build a song...
once you have these notes in your head you can
sing a millions different tunes my mixing them up!!!
like this:

SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE
(CHILD)SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE

SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-DO
(CHILD)SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-DO

(julie)NOW put them all together!!

(all)
SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE
SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-