My apologies for the delay in new posts…. too many school events going on, most of them non-ukulele related. Anyway, I wanted to share a quick idea I’ve been using in my classroom for the past year.
About a year ago, I purchased spike tape from Amazon, and used it to make six permanent chord diagrams on my whiteboard. Well, semi-permanent; I can always remove the tape if I need to. I also purchased a bunch of round whiteboard magnets in various colors. Now, to show the kids whatever chords I want them to see, I move the magnets to various places on the tape diagrams, and label them. When we change songs and need a different set of chords, I just erase the chord names, move the magnets around, and write new chord names.
Sometimes it’s cool to see if the kids notice when I put magnets in the wrong place. It’s also fun to ask different kids to come to the board and make the chords for us.
Anyway – just a really simple way to deal with the mundane chord diagram task. Have fun playing and teaching!
ukes with class 