Bob Bledsoe
Well-known member
Hi guys, I'd love to get some input from fellow teachers.
I run a ukulele program at a summer camp each year. Up until now I've made it available to anyone at camp who wants to learn. There are a few times during the day (mornings and free time) that kids can work with me and I end up teaching about 20 out of 80-100 kids per camp session. I usually teach a C,G, Am, F progression to the new kids to get them going on songs and that works really well. The kids who already play get to learn whatever they want - finger picking, new chords, songs, whatever.
This year will be different. I'll still work with my core group of willing participants during down time, but we're now making ukulele part of the camp's official activity rotation. So every camper will spend at least an hour during camp learning ukulele (1 hour total, not an hour each day).
I have a basic plan for the 7-10 year olds and a basic plan for kids 11-17. But I'd love some other ideas that I might incorporate to bring something new to my program.
So, if you had only one hour to get a group of kids excited about ukulele, what would you do?
Thanks in advance for your creativity and input!
Bob
I run a ukulele program at a summer camp each year. Up until now I've made it available to anyone at camp who wants to learn. There are a few times during the day (mornings and free time) that kids can work with me and I end up teaching about 20 out of 80-100 kids per camp session. I usually teach a C,G, Am, F progression to the new kids to get them going on songs and that works really well. The kids who already play get to learn whatever they want - finger picking, new chords, songs, whatever.
This year will be different. I'll still work with my core group of willing participants during down time, but we're now making ukulele part of the camp's official activity rotation. So every camper will spend at least an hour during camp learning ukulele (1 hour total, not an hour each day).
I have a basic plan for the 7-10 year olds and a basic plan for kids 11-17. But I'd love some other ideas that I might incorporate to bring something new to my program.
So, if you had only one hour to get a group of kids excited about ukulele, what would you do?
Thanks in advance for your creativity and input!
Bob