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: February Calendar; March Calendar; Inside the Music Classroom: Music In Our Schools Month (Patricia Bourne); Kindergarten Corner: On a Log (Denise Gagne); When You've Got a Song (Jan Reese); Everybody's Favorite Melody (Greg Gilpin); Lovely Lullabies (Nicole LeGrand); Wild Things (Don Dupont); The Elephant's Wrestling Match (Patricia Bourne); A Musical Valentine (Artie Almeida); Tube Jam (Mari Schay); Love Somebody (Jeanette Morgan); English Country Dances (Tom N Tumbusch); Rufty Tufty; Heartsease; Alphabet Actions (Kate Kuper); Skip the Jig (Ingrid Hurlen); Celtic Suite (Ingrid Hurlen); Don Quixote by Richard Strauss (Jenny VanPelt); Spotlight on Richard Strauss (Jenny VanPelt); Strauss's Secret Code (Jenny VanPelt); The Glass Armonica WebVisit (Artie Almeida); Instrument Iditarod (Mark Burrows); Music Symbol Slalom - Strin gFamily (Mark Burrows); Rhythm Logic (Rhythmic Values) (D Brian Weese); Identifying the Parts of Musical Notation (D Brian Weese); Scramble for Speed (Tempo) (Nicole LeGrand); Playful Penguins (Time Signature) (Nicole LeGrand)