Page 30 - Level 1 Ukulele Lesson Plans

Jessica say hello (hello), Harvey say “hello” (hello), Mia say “hello” (hello), It’s music time.
Repeat until you have sung the names of all the children in the class.
‘Yes We Can’
Explain to the children that you are going to play a game where you will ask them some questions and they are to answer, “Yes we can. Yes we can,” copying your voice. Ask the questions using the type of voice indicated. The children answer “Yes we can. Yes we can” using the appropriate voice. Once you have been through each question, repeat the activity two more times, mixing up the order of the questions.
Teacher: Can you use your speaking voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can.
Teacher: Can you use your louder voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can.
Teacher: Can you use your whispering voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can.
Teacher: Can you use your higher voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can. Teacher: Can you use your lower voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can. Teacher: Can you use your singing voice? Children: Yes we can. Yes we can.
3. Getting to Know Your Ukulele (4 mins)
Choose a volunteer to show you where the nut is on their ukulele. Next, point to each of the known parts on your own ukulele, one by one, and ask the group to name them.
“Who can tell me what pegs are?” Choose a volunteer to answer. “There are pegs on our ukuleles but they’re different to the kind we use to hang out the washing!” Show the children where the pegs are on your ukulele. Demonstrate how each peg is connected to a string and how turning it makes the string sound higher or lower. Explain how if our ukulele is out of tune and playing the wrong notes, we turn the pegs until we get the right pitch! Ask everyone to repeat the word “peg” (e.g. “let’s all say peg together. 1, 2, 3 peg. 1, 2, 3 peg. 1, 2, 3 peg”).
Test the children’s knowledge of all the parts learnt so far. Sometimes point to a part and ask them to name it and sometimes say the name of a part and ask them to show you where it is on their ukuleles. Do this mostly with the whole group at once. However, you can sometimes call on volunteers to answer on their own as well.
“Part of this week’s homework is to learn the name of the pegs and where they are on your ukulele for next week.”
4. Finger Dexterity (3 mins): ‘The Finger Game’ Please see instructions in lesson plan 3.
5. Tuning (5 mins): ‘The Tuning Song’ written by Lucy Milan Davis
Same as lesson 5, except get the children to pluck a C as they say ‘yum’ at the end of ‘The Tuning Song’.
6. Song/Game (7 mins): ‘See Saw Up and Down’ (traditional)
Hum the song and see if anyone can guess which it is. Ask a volunteer to sing the song on their own.
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