Ukulele for Music Teachers

Perfect for the music teacher audience. I’ve just started at a school that won a grant for ukeleles. I’ve never played…this book is sequential and cumulative. More importantly, it gives ideas on how to help students make the music their own with question/answer and improvisation in addition to learning songs. I will be using this as a curriculum/padagogicial/repertoire guide for sure! Thank you, Robin!

What an amazing gift Robin has given to the music ed world. I've told so many teacher friends about it, and every one raves about it. Such a smart guide for music teachers and musicians on how to navigate this instrument. The song charts alone are worth the price of admission. But oh, yeah, it's FREE! Cheers to you, Robin.

This unique book is all you’ll need to get started or to jazz up your ukulele curriculum. It is filled with audio and video examples as well as pictures. There is a tuner, chord charts for soprano and baritone ukes, and songs galore. Dr. Giebelhausen lays out an easy-to-follow plan for how to add chords, strumming, and tab. What you’ll find here that won’t be in any other ukulele book are sequential lesson plans for creative projects as well as worksheets, quizzes and rubrics for use in your classroom. And…..the book is FREE. Hurry and download your copy!

I have a few private students and have been using this book in my instruction; it has added so much to the process! Accompanying new lessons with fun, easy songs keeps the student engaged and invested. It is clear Giebelhausen worked tirelessly when assembling this method book. I was so surprised this book is free, because it has been incredibly valuable to me!

This book is a great resource for teachers!! I love the interactive format, love the humor, and love the content. AND it’s free…..

This is one of the very best method books and tutorials I have ever seen. It breaks things down carefully for beginners without getting wordy or hard to follow, and is supplemented with videos and PDF resources galore! It is not just for music teachers, but I am using it with non-musicians to teach ukulele and it is working fabulously. The humorous, light-hearted approach is appreciated. I hope all my students will be downloading this for their future teaching!

I dare you to find a better uke method book. Written by a seasoned teacher (with multiple degrees, btw), and experience playing and teaching this fun instrument. Whether you teach or are learning to play (or both!), you'll find Robin's book useful. Why are you waiting? Get it now.

So many great songs, tips and techniques, this user-friendly resource will launch music teachers and laypeople alike into great uke adventures with their students, or with just themselves! Created by someone who knows music teachers and ukuleles, this is a valuable resource - fun! Interactive! Free!

Extremely useful and user-friendly book for music teachers and beginning uke players! The iBook format includes gifs and links for video and audio examples and PDFs of just about everything you could need. These learning supports enable musical independence for students, and could be useful for teachers who would like to use a flipped-classroom format. Robin also provides pedagogical suggestions and teaching strategies teachers might consider when introducing ukulele and supporting struggling students. As if that’s not enough, the book has includes assessments to monitor students’ content knowledge and rating scales to measure students’ progress with performing and improvising. I use this book with the students in my methods classes and with the adults who participate in my community ukulele jam sessions. It’s inspiring and enjoyable.

This is a fantastic method book that is not only practical and knowledgeable it is fun and encouraging. Too many instructional book are difficult to follow, and are often too wordy. This book however gives smaller digestible portions with learning how to play the uke! Well done!