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Ukulele 101
Getting Started in your Classroom
Welcome and Course Outline (6:42)
Goals for Students - What Could They Learn? (5:43)
Ukulele Sizes, Brands, and Buying Suggestions (13:21)
Resources & Accessories - Everything You Need To Get Started (12:52)
Ukulele Play Alongs - How, Why, and Where to Find Them (6:19)
PDF - Buying Suggestions for Uke & Extras
Setting Up Your Ukulele Classroom
Tuning, Labeling, and Storage (8:09)
Classroom Management Tips (7:00)
Classroom Helpers - Visuals for Kids (5:31)
PDF - Uke Dot Picture and Other Visuals for the Classroom
PDF - Ukulele Chord Charts Download
Day 1 - Where to Start Teaching
Everything to do BEFORE You Put a Uke IN their Hands (9:15)
Finger Practice - Teaching Dexterity (7:01)
How to Hold the Ukulele (7:58)
Strumming 101 (18:21)
Learning Chords - Visuals, Ukulele Hotel, and Terminology (10:38)
Off We Go - Playing and Exploring
Learning the C Chord, Hawaiian F, & Play Along Prep (17:27)
Play Along: Best Day of My Life (C & Hawaiian F)
More Play Along Options for C and Strategies for Playing (3:16)
Hawaiian F to F Major (7:40)
Play Along: Don't Worry Be Happy (Transition from Hawaiian F to F Major)
Transition Chords - A minor (9:56)
Play Along: Thunder (Add Am)
The Great Debate - G or G7
G or G7 - Choose Your Own Adventure (6:53)
If you Choose G7 - Teaching Process (7:43)
Play Along: Surfin' USA (G7)
If you Teach G - Teaching Process (6:26)
Play Along: Gummy Bear (G Major)
Strumming - Examples, Tricks, Picks, and More
Strumming 101 (18:21)
Buying or Making Pics - A how-to guide. (9:32)
How to Make Felt Picks - Blog Post
Teaching New Strumming Patterns (6:23)
Strumming Patterns Based On Song Lyrics (4:13)
Play Along: Baby Shark
Strumming Patterns: Song Specific (7:28)
Play Along: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Different Strumming Patterns Based on Song Form (3:45)
Play Along: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Now What? Life after C - F - G
Building Out Chords - A7 - D7 (3:18)
Play Along: I Feel Good (A7 and Hawaiian D7)
Practice - Putting Chords Together In New Ways (3:33)
Try Out and Explore - What Else Could We Play (2:48)
Uke Play Along Modified Dm: Don't Worry Be Happy
Find Motivating Songs! (3:10)
Play Along: You'll Be Back from Hamilton
Ukulele Learning Centers - A how-to guide and Download (2:58)
Adaptations and Challenges
Teaching for Fluency - Slow to Fast Chord Shifting (3:41)
Play Along: Run Run Rudolph
Push Them - Use the Zone of Proximal Development (3:35)
Play Along: I'm On Top of the World
Teaching Kids to Simplify and Adapt on their own (3:49)
Play Along: Sweet Caroline
App Focus: The Amazing Slow-Downer (2:16)
Amazing Slow Downer - iPhone View (2:31)
Slow Down the Song YouTube - A How-To Guide (4:01)
Play Along: Butter by BTS
Where Does the Chord Go? (2:56)
Dance Break - When Chord Progressions are Too Crazy (3:01)
Play Along: Can't Stop the Feeling with Dance Break/Bridge
Thanks and Follow Up!
How to Contact Me and How to Ask Questions! (1:38)
Ukulele Presentation Visuals and Teaching Aides
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