This method can be used by parents, by school volunteers working with individuals or groups, and by teachers in classrooms. Children often learn songs without knowing several of the words. She asked her sister to turn on the dawnzer to get some light. The details are in Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary. Younger children often have trouble understanding figurative language because it is natural for them to think concretely.
Children often make mistakes when supplying meaning from context clues.
Some children have never seen sheaves of wheat. One child used his personal experiences with sheets on the clothesline to supply meaning in a hymn. It is best to pick some songs which your children know well. Select songs which have words which you want them to learn. They already know how the words are used in familiar songs.