by Jenny Peters | Jan 12, 2014 | About our books, Kids and school
Learn how 21 Songs in 6 Days helps teachers integrate learning ukulele in their General Music teaching load. In an era of educational budget cuts, many band and orchestra directors are asked to add sections of General Music to their teaching loads. Administrators know...
by Jenny Peters | Jan 12, 2014 | Kids and school
Learn how Jenny adjusts to students and shares how Eminem’s Mockingbird inspires ukulele students to try transposition. As a General Music Classroom teacher, I am always looking for ways to engage students. What better way, than to teach music they listen to?...
by Rebecca Bogart | Jan 1, 2014 | Video lessons
Happy New Year! Learn how to play a fun holiday song with this Winter Wonderland ukulele tutorial. Sign up for our mailing list on our blog and receive FREE sheet music. You will receive 3 free songs right now and a new song every two weeks. This song has some...
by Jenny Peters | Dec 23, 2013 | Kids and school
I wanted to share an experience at school that taught me to never make assumptions based on ethnic backgrounds and that music bridges cultures. One of my observant Muslim students told me at the beginning of the year, that because of his religion, he could not play...
by Jenny Peters | Dec 13, 2013 | Kids and school
Students work together with ukuleles and other musical instruments in a band and learn teamwork. For our upcoming Winter Sing, the 5th graders have learned several songs on their ukuleles. Many of these songs also appear in beginning band and orchestra texts, but in...