Grades K-6 * "Activate!" is an all-you-need resource for the K-6 classroom teacher. Each jam-packed compilation includes: songs to help students discover their voices; opportunities to utilize classroom instruments, from the traditional to the creative; folk dances and other movement activities; and pencil-to-paper games and activities addressing a variety of music concepts. Lesson plans are provided and a CD with numerous complementary recordings is included in each book. You want more? Okay. The National Standards for Music Education are referenced and all student pages are reproducible!

Contents: April Calendar; April Calendar Connections; May Calendar; May Calendar Connections; Activate! Asks: Sandra Stauffer; Kindergarten Corner: Fishy, Fishy (Denise Gagne); Together, We Can Change the World (Ruth Elaine Schram); America, the Free (Phyllis Wolfe White); Buffalo Gals (Doug Edwards); Wikiwiki to the Luau (Kim Soleski Ward); It's May (Randy DeLelles); Green Beats (Donna Dirksing); Pat Works on the Railway (Brian Hiller); Simple Gifts (Mari Schay); Juba (Timothy Adams); Johnny Works with One Hammer (Jeanette Morgan); Recorder Message (Nicole LeGrand); Gypsy Davey - A Kitchen Junket Tune (Stephen F Leonard); Water and Weather: Exploring Science Through Movement (Kate Kuper); From My Classroom to Yours: Strategies for Improvisation and Composition; Groovin' on the Eights (Mari Schay); Spotlight on Duke Ellington (Jenny VanPelt); Discovering Duke Ellington (Jenny VanPelt); Get to Know Duke Ellington (Jenny VanPelt); Ellington Explorer (Jenny VanPelt); A Dynamic Puzzle (D Brian Weese); Crazy American Folk Songs (D Brian Weese); Hooked on Music (Jeanette Morgan); Note Value Table (Nicole LeGrand); Music Symbol Hunt (Jeanette Morgan)