"UKE Can Make Music" is a proven method to get teachers playing chords and songs within minutes!
Early Education teachers know the value of using different songs for transitions and teaching
concepts. Often it is difficult to find the correct track on the right CD in the moment. Many
teachers have found that keeping a uke in the classroom gives them the immediate flexibility to
sing a song as needed or just for fun. Playing music is soothing both for the performer and the
children so here is a fun way to keep yourself healthy and happy.
Topics:
1. Sizes of ukes.
2. How to hold and tune.
3. Learning chords and how to read charts.
4. Chords for 30 common children's songs:
Row Your Boat
Are You Sleeping?
The Wheels on the Bus
Skip to My Lou
Here We Go 'Round
Hush Little Baby
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Hickory Dickory Dock
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Humpty Dumpty
How Much is That Doggie in the Window
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Pop Goes the Weasel
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Billy Boy (in 3 different keys)
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (in 3 different keys)
Mary Had a Little Lamb
The Farmer in the Dell
The Hokey Pokey
Sing A Song of Sixpence
My Bonnie
Do You Know the Muffin Man
This Old Man
Jingle Bells
On Top of Spaghetti
(ABC's)
Hey Diddle, Diddle
Yankee Doodle
Shortin' Bread
Oh Susanna
5. Helpful internet sites.
6. How to transpose chords if the key doesn't work for your voice... Using a capo.
7. Customizing songs to your classroom needs.
*Basic cost for 5 person package: $40 per person
Includes:
Evie coming to your site with ukuleles for participants to try
Evie also brings a laptop, projector, and screen for PowerPoint presentation
Useful internet sites
Each participant receives an instructional booklet with:
Diagrammed chords for each song
Chart of common chords
Practice pointers to keep it fun
*cost is forMetro Detroit Area
Larger groups possible.
Individual lessons available too. Starter ukuleles are available to buy.
