Easy Orff Ideas For Your Ukulele Curriculum

“This is boring.” “My fingers hurt.” You often hear students new to the ukulele relay their frustrations about learning the instrument. Getting away from direct instruction and using easy Orff ideas for your ukulele curriculum is a great way to re-engage your students when they hit a plateau in their ukulele learning journey.

Or, add an Orff approach all along to prevent burnout in the first place. 

Let’s add movement and speech to our curriculum along with play, imitation, improvisation, and experimentation. 

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How to Teach Kids to Play the Ukulele

Originally published July 2, 2023
Updated April 7, 2026

Even if you’ve never played the ukulele, learning yourself and teaching kids to play the ukulele is so fun and actually quite simple. We will explore an effective sequential curriculum that will help you learn how to teach kids to play the ukulele in elementary or middle school music, providing a step-by-step guide to help you engage and inspire your young students.

Here's everything music teachers need to know about how to teach kids to play the ukulele. Learn about curriculum, tuning, buying, and storing the ukulele.
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