Strumming for Learning

Do you pick a star student or student of the week? This binder includes a cover and inserts for a Star of the Week. My version is special as I send home a borrowed reading buddy (stuffed animal), an "All About Me Poster" that I purchased seperately & already use, and a journal entry. Includes ideas of what to do with the reading buddy and a journal entry to encourage writing and drawing. This version does not include directions for a take home ukulele, it's more general.

Do you pick a star student or student of the week? This binder includes a cover and inserts for a Star of the Week. My version is special as I send home a borrowed reading buddy (stuffed animal), an "All About Me Poster" that I purchased separately & already use, and a borrowed take home ukulele (that I am willing to part with for the weekend). Includes ideas of what to do with the reading buddy, a journal entry to encourage writing and drawing, as well as tips for playing the ukulele with th

Having a classroom aid or volunteer is incredibly helpful. This check list helps you organize the work you need them to do and gives them the independence and guidance to get it done. This is great for the beginning of the year or as an intervention for students struggling with foundational concepts. Check the skills you'd like the students to work with and what they need to do when they're done. Place this sheet on top of the worksheets and/or activities you want students to complete.

This song or chant can be used to help your students practice skip counting by 10's, 5's, and 2's. It's a fun way to use rhythm sticks or get their bodies moving while they practice this skill. You can also have a student use a pointer and show the class on a 100's chart in front of the room as they all sing together. Chord charts and finger placement for both right and left handed players are on the page.

Doubles can be tough to teach. Use whole body beat clapping and hand motions to this fun ukulele doubles song. If you don't play the ukulele, it's easy to use it as a class chant. Great for teaching or reviewing doubles and addition. This sheet includes chord charts for left and right handed ukulele playing.

Counting to 20 can get a bit monotonous for kiddos. Make it fun with your ukulele! This song encourages wiggles and movement while helping students learn to keep a beat. It's interactive with some jumping and thumping and you can use your ukulele as a drum during the counting parts. Chord charts for right and left handed players are on the page and suggested strumming patterns and there too. If you're learning to switch chords in a song, there are bolded fonts to cue you when to switch the chord

Help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School by singing this fun song that uses some additonal math to express ways to make 100. This song lends itself well to hand motions and is a great addition to your classroom 100th Day party or celebration. This song has both right and left hand ukulele chord finger placement directly on the page with guides to help you know when to strum down and switch between chords.

Help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School by singing this fun song that uses some additonal math to express ways to make 100. This song lends itself well to hand motions and is a great addition to your classroom 100th Day party or celebration. This song has right and left hand guitar chord finger placement (for standard tuning) directly on the page with guides to help you know when to strum down and switch between chords.

Help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School by singing this fun song that uses some additonal math to express ways to make 100. This song lends itself well to hand motions and is a great addition to your classroom 100th Day party or celebration. This song has left hand guitar chord finger placement (for open G tuning) directly on the page with guides to help you know when to strum down and switch between chords.

Do you work with children and want to learn to play the ukulele as a teaching tool? This downloadable PDF How-To Guide and imbeded tutorial videos will take the absolute beginner through everything you need to know. Every page and video includes right and left handed chord charts so anyone can learn!How to purchase an instrument and what to look for.How to hold, tune, and strum the ukulele.How to play 5 basic chords and 5 learning songs (Good Morning Song, Weather Song, Happy Birthday, Itsy Bit

Help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School by singing this fun song that uses some additonal math to express ways to make 100. This song lends itself well to hand motions and is a great addition to your classroom 100th Day party or celebration. This song has right hand guitar chord finger placement (for open G tuning) directly on the page with guides to help you know when to strum down and switch between chords.

Students will love learning to skip count with this song. You can even pick a random stick for a student to use the pointer on a displayed 100's chart as everyone counts together. Right and left handed chord charts and finger placement are included on the page.

These songs use lots of movement and help students practice their counting at the same time. Start the beginning of the year with 1-20 and then progress to the 21-100 song as they improve on their counting skills. Right and left handed chord charts and finger placement are included on the page.

Teaching doubles can be tricky. After teaching the concept, you can use this song to help students remember their doubles facts. Using their fingers to reinforce the number sentences will help them remember the concept as well. Right and left handed chord charts are included on the page.

This question words song goes great with some hand motions and solidifies what those words do and how they tell us which punctuation mark to use. Right and left handed chord charts and finger placement are on the sheet.