Flocabulary: Life Imitating The Onion

Remember on The Wire when Officer Pryzbylewski was teaching at the school in Baltimore and all the kids were growing up to be corner boys and fighting each other and he was just trying to make a difference (I think it was kind of like Dangerous Minds)? That season could never happen today, because of FLOCABULARY. It’ll teach you social studies, language arts, math, and science all with awesome jams.

Here are lyrics so maybe you’ll learn something reading this blog for once.

I’m planet Earth, space is the place, I’m the globe,
Bet you didn’t know the third rock and roll got soul,
And gravitational pull. I orbit around the sun,
And every 12 months make a revolution.
Or better yet 365 (and a quarter!) days,
As I rotate change into night.
Why? You should ask Isaac Newton,

Undeniably the best part of their website is the blurbs of praise highlighted on each page:

“Very good, and very detailed.”
-KGdaKid Rhyme Master
“It’s a great handbook and covers the whole rapping scene, y’all really gotta check it.”
-~LyRiCiSt~
‚”I used to hate school, but after seeing and hearing you guys perform on MTV, I actually wish I was back in school.‚”
- Paige, Former Student
‚”THIS IS AWESOME! My students LOVE the raps!”
- Dina Marcucci, Teacher
“That book is sick!”
-Test1
‚”I have finally “gotten” students that I thought would never get excited about education!‚”
- Donna McMeen, Teacher
‚”I played Shakespeare Is Hip Hop. Oh, my goodness! If you could have been in that classroom! One by one, they all got up, many on top of their tables and danced as if life had been infused into them!”
- Karen Wootton, Teacher
‚”Catchy raps.”
- National Education Association

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