Feb 28: JuJu House at Kimball ES
Before the visit officially began, JuJu effortlessly grabbed the attention of students and faculty at Kimball Elementary by simply walking into the gymnasium! The elementary-aged children and their teachers caught glimpses of JuJu’s E.U. zip-up and erupted into cheers and warm welcomes to one of Teach the Beat’s founding teaching artists. After taking pictures with the class, JuJu set up his equipment and go-go artifacts for students to see and hold literal pieces of go-go history. JuJu led the dozens of fifth graders through a lesson on the pocket vs. the bounce beat, basic go-go trivia, and gave every student an opportunity to play a percussion instrument to demonstrate their learning about the types of beat.
Dennard shared:
I think the students enjoyed learning about go go music and playing the instruments.
