We also noticed that children who were typically shy to get up in front of the group, seemed to be more comfortable and at ease in front of the group when rapping. Of course, part of this may have been that the flashing lights and voice amplification of the rap microphones help to draw the focus off the individual performer. She believes the rhythmic patterns, beats, sounds and format of rap music capture children's attention. It relaxes their minds and helps them to personalize the reading, writing and listening of the rap music. But they also can learn other skills from rap music by working concepts from areas such as math, science and social studies into rhyme.
Rap is fun and it makes learning fun.
She says it is important for negative raps to be overshadowed by the positive ones. Teachers should have certain types of programmatic issues they want children to work with when they deal with rap. But much of it today emphasizes being a moral person, doing what is right and not living your life in a damaging and detrimental way. And it's also important to remember that there is no one way, right way or wrong way to do rap. You can tailor it to meet children's needs, and there's a role for all children in a classroom to help.