A social worker in Detroit has
created a CD using rap lyrics to help teach children multiplication tables.
Odeather Hill got the idea when a client
of her company, Professional, Preventive, Restoration and Consultant Services,
wanted to improve his 10 year old daughters math skills.
Realizing how popular hip-hop
is with children, Hill spent $500 to produce 100 CD copies of Times Table 2000,
Robotic 2000 and Friends. Her grandchildren contributed the lyrics and provide
the vocals, and her son, who is a musician and producer wrote the music for
the CD.
The CD is on sale at Sam Goody
in in Northland and Eastland, the Truth Bookstore in Northland, and the School
House in Detroit. HIll says that over 300 copies of the CD have been sold. Hill
is planning a coloring book, a writing pad and a calendar this summer.