Our students are eager to learn and love to be challenged by something new. We have music twice a week for 30 minutes and we are musical for every single minute of that time. Music and the arts have a big emphasis in our district and our students are wanting to become more proficient musicians each day. Our school currently teaches Orff percussion and recorders as introductions to band instruments but we would like the opportunity for students to get hands on experience with string instruments as they move into middle school and beyond.
My Project
New this year, our district is combining two elementary schools to create one very populated one. We would like to build a community within the school as we are merging music programs from different schools. We would like to use these ukuleles as part of community and culture building blocks for the students in the 3rd and 4th grades.
With these instruments, we want to combine fun and exploration into learning a new type of string instrument.
Ukuleles will help the students become more well rounded musicians because we are able to do hands-on learning of chord structures and basic strumming patterns that would be mute without the instruments there to help use demonstrate and explore.
We want music to be a fun and safe learning space for all types of students. These ukuleles can help achieve that goal by creating an outlet for students to enjoy, explore and perform on these unique instruments.
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