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 
This is interesting. I’ve been surprised with the trouble I’ve occasionally had with chord diagrams. Some kids have trouble with “which way is up,” which fingers on which string, etc. And it can change from week to week! I keep feeling like I need to include more and more info, which can be frustrating for what seems like such a simple system of notation.
What I do often is create this sheet called “chords for today” and I lay a few copies on the ground at the kids’ feet.
I like your magnets though!
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