PLEASE READ ENTIRE DESCRIPTION. I welcome all registered students to attend my class, but cannot issue refunds for students who are disappointed due to attending class without a suitable instrument and/or who are not yet developmentally ready.

This course takes place via live video chat. The course is designed for students with no prior playing experience. Students do need to be solidly at at least a first-grade developmental level and be accustomed to structured learning. Students who have only been in play-based settings may be more suited for my beginning class for preschool/early childhood, which can be found in my profile. Most six-year-olds and many seven-year-olds would benefit from taking the younger class first. 

To be successful in this course, students should be solid in these developmental skills: Consistently knowing right hand and left hand without much thought, fine motor and spatial skills around the level of skills such as writing fluently and shoe-tying, solid number sense up to ten, and sufficient impulse control to refrain from making sounds on the instrument until called on to play. While it can be helpful to have a parent nearby for periodic assistance, students should be at a school-age learning level and be mostly independent with readiness skills such as remaining in class, attempting to follow most directions when given, and so forth. It is of course understood that some neurodivergent students may have unique ways of staying focused and engaging; these are just general guidelines for rough developmental of the course in order to avoid frustrating/disappointing students who are overall at a younger learning level.

Students will learn the basics of the instrument and will begin playing some basic chords (C-major, G-major, F-major, and possibly a-minor and others depending on learning curve and time). Students will be able to play at least one simple song after this course, and often more. Students who are already familiar with the basics of playing and can switch between a C-major chord and G-major chord without too much hesitation would likely prefer one of my one-time Ukulele Hero classes.

This course is suitable to take multiple times for repetition and reinforcement. Students and families are welcome to determine whether they prefer to master the skills through at-home practice, frequent retaking of the course, or something in between. 

Students need a working and tuned ukulele. Non-musicians/absolute complete beginners: Please see my blog post at http://bit.ly/ukulelesetup. It explains how to set up and tune the ukulele, and has tips for purchasing a beginning ukulele on Amazon.