Have you checked out one of our Discovery Kits lately? One of the sections is Art and Music, which includes ukuleles you can borrow and bring home for three weeks. Place a hold on a ukulele kit »
Ukes not your style? Try these books and activities about rap and hip-hop!
Check out these titles
- Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With a Beat by Nikki Giovanni
- When the Beat Was Born: Dj Cool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill
- The Roots of Raps: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford
Make your own beats
NAEYC has an excellent guide to understanding the value of hip-hop and how to include it in lessons. Kids can create their own raps, dances, or poems about what they learned, plus you can bring tracks in for routines and so much more.