How do I upload only the songs I want?

I have a new ipod Nano 6th gen. and also a new ipod Shuffle. Neither is large enough to automatically sync all the music I have in iTunes on my Macbook, and if I unchecked enough songs in iTunes to allow automatic syncing, I'd be re-checking all day, especially after syncing to the Shuffle.
I've thought of creating a 1.8 GB iTunes folder for the Shuffle and a 1.7 GB folder for the Nano, checking all the songs, disabling automatic sync, and then selecting just the folder (or  all the songs in that folder) that I want to put on whichever iPod.  Questions:
1.  Is that the solution to my problem?  If not, what should I do?
2.  Can anyone tell me exactly what steps to take for this, or point me to an article that does?
Thanks so much for any help out there!

The best way (in my opinion) to handle this problem is to create a separate playlist in iTunes for both your iPod Nano and your iPod Shuffle.  Then add all the content you wish to sync to the Nano to the Nano's playlist and do the same for the Shuffle as well.  Then configure each of your devices to sync just that one playlist from under its Music configuration tab in iTunes. Make sure to remove the Sync only checked songs option as well.
Now anytime you want to add or remove content from the Nano or Shuffle, you only have to remove it from the respective playlist in iTunes and then resync your device.  Neither device has to be connected when you want to add or remove content, but each time you sync either iPod with your iTunes library it will be updated to mirror the playlist it is configured to sync from in iTunes.
B-rock

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