This project can be adapted for students of all age levels and abilities. It is equally effective with bilingual and ESL students.

This project was developed for 110 students: two kindergarten classes and intermediate and upper grade bilingual students ten to fourteen years old.

This project was developed for 92 students in grades 4-8. It can be used for large or small groups of students of various ages and abilities.

This project can be adapted for children in grades K-8, including Special Education, Bilingual and Gifted students.

The Cantando, We Learn! has been used successfully with first to fifth-grade students. The project is easily adaptable to all grade levels and to students of different learning abilities.

In 1993-94, sixty fifth and sixth graders in two classes with a, variety of achievement levels, many limited-English proficient, and some Spanish readers, participated in making musical books. Grades K-8 have been successful participants in this activity.

Sixty-six sixth graders, including ESL and special education, students, participated in the 1993-94 school year. All students, successfully completed the key areas of the unit. Adaptations to, individual learning levels included teaming students and, modifications of assignments.

Poems, visions of our world, are made of carefully chosen words. They are arranged in special ways because of their sound patterns, or the shapes they make.