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This project will benefit around 250 3rd-5th graders per school year, with classes as big as 30 students per class, and will be enjoyed by students for over a decade. We would be so grateful for a partial class set, and have our hopes on possibly having a full class set (see Ukuleles Now, Music Appreciation in Their Future and Ukuleles Now, Music Appreciation in Their Future Part 2 if you would like to help us with a full class set). My students have access to all different types of musical instruments that they use in my classroom each week, all of which they enjoy playing. However, most of these instruments aren't an instrument that you would own as an adult because they are more symphonic in nature, expensive, and hard to store instruments. My ultimate goal as a music educator is to instill a joy of music in my students so they can appreciate listening, singing, and playing as an adult. By teaching students how to play the ukulele we are giving them a chance to be more like their favorite musician, which, if you can imagine, is even more exciting than playing a xylophone. They can play an instrument that is more commonly used, and that they can easily have and store at home and carry from place to place. If we put a ukulele in a kids hands, they are more likely to play and enjoy music as an adult.
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